newby2007 Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 hi all --- I passed on a large lot of Blackies this past Sunday (about 300) but I passed as they were all very high grade. Do any of you know if they have been reproduced and imported? If they have been re-made, how can you tell they are wrong? Do I look for the common oily surface and bad seams? thanks everyone --- lots of snow and ice here --- chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankgrrl29 Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 hmm.......there shouldn't be any reproductions that look like real blackies, but there are some that could look similar to a newby eye. Marble King made some black based with two patches of red or blue or green. also, vitro did package some in labeled bags that looked like pukey versions of the older ones. dang it, i can't find a picture. the colors were kinda gross and smeary if i recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Like Chris said, I haven't heard of any 'fake' Vitro Blackies being made but obviously people can ID marbles incorrectly so some of the Vacors, etc. might have 'blackie' traits. Here are pics of two basic Vitro Blackies bags. The latter is one with marbles that, in the wild and not in a bag, might be hard to ID as Blackies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 The latter is one with marbles that, in the wild and not in a bag, might be hard to ID as Blackies. Really hard. Do you have these bags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Yes, those are my bags and pics (although I do have other pics from a lot of other colelctors) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Yes, those are my bags and pics (although I do have other pics from a lot of other colelctors) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordiskul Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Great bags ......and no they dint repro. blackies Dustin. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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