Ric

Here we go. This is one of eight bags I purchased in a partially filled carton, and I am betting Charlie Stutsman put them together. A lot of the marbles are fractured - probably from freeze/thaw or just getting thrown around. And many of the patches look like seconds to me. I think quality control on the bags filled by Champion was probably better than this. It looks like these were filled using the cheapest marbles available, and some of the Champion swirls look like they were made in the 80s. Charlie sold these bags for about $10 each, which must have provided a very nice profit margin. In the bag Out of the bag Contents: Black Cat's Eyes Yellow Cat's Eyes White Cat's Eyes Swirls 1 2 3 4 5 Patches 1 2 3 4 Game Marbles Clearies

I do like the transparent bases. This is one of my favorites.

I'd go with Alley.

Thanks a lot for this, Ron. One of the things that bothers me about the OP marbles is the orange colored patches and almost stripe-like blue patches on many of them. It just doesn't seem like Vitro quality to me. Maybe they were seconds or something, but MK did make some similar double patch marbles, didn't they? Wasn't the "Pepsi Marble" a Marble King? Now I am going to open a bag or two so we can get a good look at the mibs. But I don't recall seeing any like the OP mibs in the bags.

Just to add some perspective, those really are 3" Sammy's. I have been fortunate enough to see this board. It is probably about 30" round, and there is fitted storage for each of those 3" marbles in the base. The pics really don't do it justice. This is a beautifully crafted museum quality piece.

Thanks Al, I have nine of these bags, none with a single type of marble, or any with even one marble like yours or the OPs, and I do not think any of them were filled by Champion for the bicentennial in 1976. (I'll try to come back with pics a bit later). Have you ever seen an original bag filled by Champion? I don't think I have. Maybe @wvrons or someone else has an authentic one to show.

I have no idea what this might be called other than bifurcated. It is a Peltier, right? Spidermelon sounds like a Marble King name - cross between a Spiderman and a Watermelon?

Very nice, Chad! They are pretty great - here's another, among friends.

Very nice, Gladys. I want to be Charlie . . .

NIce ones! You gotta' love 'em!

Good Morning, Chad, I thought I'd get it going just in case you decided to sleep in past 5:00 AM today! lol 🙂

I recognize that beautiful display - one of the best ever! You'll get a workout playing solitaire on that board. I am looking forward to seeing you again soon too!

Happy Peltier Tuesday!

And I will happily add Alley for #2.

I'll keep you in mind, Brad, but I am pretty fond of it!

And they always ruin it for the rest of us.

Funny, Brad, sounds like you still have a ways to go. lol And it always surprises me when you find matching marbles so far separated in time and space, but it does happen - certainly less so with something like a distinctive hybrid though - It's all about the numbers.

There are lots of dug Akro patches that look like unspun corkscrews.

I agree with Vitro on the first one. The third almost looks like an odd unspun Akro Life Saver.

I am not really seeing Opal for the first two.

Might just be be an outler - is the base opaque?

Nice mibs and great pics. I assume you checked the base on this one - it looks a bit more Opalish than the others.