Bumble Bee Looking Small Marble

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Months ago I found a small (glass?) marble that resembles a Peltier Glass Marble~Hybrid Rainbo~Cub Scout/Bumble Bee (this I took from the Internet for I saw one similar to it). I'm not really into marbles and don't know anything about them. I just played with them when I was a kid and had many of them. If anyone in the forum is familiar with this type of marble, a word or two would be greatly appreciated. I put my other marble found for size comparison, which I was told is a Peltier rainbo, circa late 1930s-40s
 

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Looking just at the one end shown, it looks a bit like a Vacor/Mega to me. I don't know what size it is... guessing 3/8" to 1/2"? Vacor did make peewees.
 

cheese said:
Looking just at the one end shown, it looks a bit like a Vacor/Mega to me. I don't know what size it is... guessing 3/8" to 1/2"? Vacor did make peewees.

The Vacor/Mega one is about 7/16" . I would not say it made the 1/2" mark, The Peltier Rainbo is 5/8"
 

cheese said:
Add a couple pics of other sides/views. Pelt made some similar too.

Here they are? I wonder about the value, if any, of these two marbles.
 

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Ok, I'm changing my vote to peltier on this one as well. Not much as far as value. One tiny reflection of a hit so small they call it a flea bite can ruin the value of a marble. These are common marbles, probably worth less than $1 each. Take a look at joesmarbles.com for picture of marbles from different manufacturers if you want a good place to start getting a feel for telling what marbles came from where.
 

cheese said:
Ok, I'm changing my vote to peltier on this one as well. Not much as far as value. One tiny reflection of a hit so small they call it a flea bite can ruin the value of a marble. These are common marbles, probably worth less than $1 each. Take a look at joesmarbles.com for picture of marbles from different manufacturers if you want a good place to start getting a feel for telling what marbles came from where.

It's fine! Today I found this other one at the same woods. Matbe a common one too but, probably old as well?
 

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allen said:
The bumble bee looking ones are pretty !

Thanks again. I post them to learn for I don't know anything about marbles. I just played with them when I was kid.
 

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