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Oh brother, I hope it was a typo. I thought the Mellons were bankers. lol

Great pattern on the purple slag, Dave!

Nice ones, Tommy. Is this one peach colored - I know it's a tough color to capture.

Nice hand-gathered slags, Joe.

Very nice photos, as usual, Gladys - nice looking marbles and amethyst too!

@Melissa Although you should know that Melon Balls are actually old German handmade marbles with pontils. Here are some Bumblebee posted several years ago . . .

It's original - that double folded seam on the bag is usually a pretty good indicator.

My first impression is Akro or Vitro but it would be helpful to see straight-on shots of both seams and some of whats going on in the interior, if anything.

I don't know of any marble collecting pamphlets geared toward children but House of Marbles sells an inexpensive pamphlet that includes a little info but is mostly about playing. I used to give it and some marbles to Cubscouts when I did presentations and taught them how to play so they could earn their marbles belt loop. Unfortunately, the loop is no longer awarded.

It looks like there is a little bit of everything - most vintage as far as I can tell, but the photo is very small and the resolution too low to get a very good look at them.

That's a beautiful figure and an awesome agate, did she come carrying it?

I used to talk with her too and was lucky enough to meet her a couple of times - a pretty special person IMO.

That would be Gregg Pessman.

I really like the opaque caramel patch on this one - a little unusual, at least to me.

This is a great post, Chad!

They're all nice, Tommy, but this one is my favorite - it's a little different.

Jumpin' Jimminy, Joe - that's a sweet one!

There are a few in here - the mint green ones are pretty . . . Fairly common in transparent too . . .

Nadine MacDonald - you lucky guy!

Maybe 🙂

The upper left may not be Alley but the others look it to me.

JABO or Champion are my guesses - leaning JABO on the right and Champion on the lower left.