If your document has a date associated with it, please title your post beginning with the date (using year-mm-dd format) followed by -- and a brief description of the document's contents.
We appreciate all donations of any amount! Your donations help pay hosting and licensing fees which total about US$550 a year now. Any excess beyond yearly is put into our hosting account to apply future payments. Thanks!
One of the 8 I snatched up at an auction today...
This one had an old, worn tag with it "German hand. Lutz" Compared to the other 7 marbles though this one is incredible condition.
Size 1.5"
Black is almost entirely sparkly.
There were/are--very few companies that made/make these big ones.
I looked and looked for an ID--no luck imho.
The best that I could come up with is a Vacor--from Mexico—probably a “Picasso”. It could be a version of some from Asia.
The thing with these big ones is that they do not act the same when being made as the smaller versions. You may find some really great ones and you may find some like yours with multiple folds and less than desirable colors.
The sheen comes from a spray that was used on the marbles once they were on the rollers being “rounded”. This is why “Picasso” is a bad ID imho.
This is not a great marble—but a fun ID for sure.
I appreciate you showing it—let’s see some more—I just love this stuff!
Marble—On!!