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[Steph]

Mesh Bag, 25 Champion Agates:

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Note: There are other pix in the links here, Links: Original Packaging. [Actually there aren't any others as of the time of this writing, lol!, but there might be someday.]


And here is a great Champion page: David Chamberlain's article at Marble Mental.

[Steph]

Here are some from Rinesmarbles auctions.


















Here's some from another eBay seller. Didn't get the name. Are these the ones called "brains"?

[Steph]

Here are eBay pix of Bicentennial Special Packs from a couple of different listings. I didn't get the seller names on either of these. (sorry) Both of these have lots of the white swirls. I'm pretty sure I've had some Bicentennial bags with almost none of them. If I remember correctly there could be wide variation between the contents. I can't recall exactly because I got my bags a long time ago and couldn't resist the temptation to open them. I'll try to keep my next bag sealed. :-)

Actually I got my first bag in 1976 when I was 12. The teeny tiny ones were fun.

If you look closely you can see some Vitros which look like all reds but without red. I mention this because it has been a bit of a puzzle to figure out where those came from if not from all-red bags.

Looks like some Heaton black cat's eyes too.

[Steph]

Cool bag ... not exactly what it seems to be, but still cool:



Jeff Hale's explanation:

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Modern 1980- early 1990's
These more modern marbles were stuffed in bags with old labels. Some of these bags have some excellently colored champs in them. Without knowing the colors of these more recent marbles in this 'stuffed' bag the label dearly tells the story; "60 marbles? You'll get anywhere from 25-30 in these stuffed bags. Don't let the 'stuffed bag' thing scare you because if you are lucky you'll get some pretty nice tri-colored marbles in these which are otherwise difficult to find.

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Source: Marble Collector's Club

[Steph]

Mondo cool!

[Steph]

Some dug Champs of mine, gift from Ron. The scan distorts some things, but I needed it for another thread, and so here it is for this one too.