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Thanks Mibber!

Neat, Al. The Mr. Mibbs blister appears to be a bit earlier than the "Your Bag of Marbles" bags (I have also seen "Your Tub of Marbles", which I think had Cat's Eyes in it). I'm a little surprised they were still packaging Black Lines in the late 1960s - I thought the newer All Reds came out a bit earlier. Great stuff, as usual - even the bouncy balls are really nice!

Nice bunch of vintage marbles. Mostly West Virginia Swirls (made by several different companies), a couple of Master marbles, a Peltier Rainbo or two, and maybe a couple of Vitros, from what I can see. The fifth column, fifth row might be something, but not much else jumps out at me.

Odds are with Master, IMO. Cool Mib!

It's giving me a MK vibe, although it might be Vitro.

A few Cairos for this weeks Sunday Best . . .

I was off - there are five 7/8" marbles. Interestingly, the K-Mart price tags are on the cardboard inside the bag. Chemtoy did a variety of marbles packaging for K-Mart K-Kids and other retail outlets.

I am so sorry that I passed on erroneous information about George. I am very disappointed with myself for not better vetting the information I was given before sharing it. My most sincere apologies to anyone who may have been adversely affected.

You might get a start at this site but it has an expired security certificate so use it at your own risk - many do. Pete Caparelli (RIP) once had a pretty comprehensive spreadsheet - if you're lucky @Al Oregon might still have a copy.

How about Vitro and MK? 😉

Nice, Joep. I'm digging the ones with "black". Thanks for posting them!

It's a Vitro Superior with one of Vitro's versions of "oxblood" (purists probably wouldn't call it oxblood but it's about as close as Vitro gets). It's not so uncommon on these types. The two in the back have it . . .

That's a good bag. Chemtoy packaged lots of Vitros for sale in stores like K-Mart. All of the "This is Your Bag of Marbles" bags I have seen contain later All Reds (not Black Line All Reds), like yours. I also have these same (but smaller) bags with four large marbles. I'll try to get you a pic tomorrow.

My bet is because you just haven't seen some marbles you like even better . . . yet. lol Nice Rainbow!

I agree with, Chad. It looks like a purple slag with way more than it's fair share of white - so much, in fact, that it's apparently opaque.

I think Brad has the stopper right - pretty generic. It belongs with some sort of ground glassware receptacle - maybe a piece of lab glass, an apothecary or a decanter, like Brad said.

These remind me of the neon green oxbloods that Ed Parsons (RIP) made at JABO but those that I have seen had way more white. I have to say they are pretty attractive marbles, regardless.

I thought this was pretty funny . . . Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Just to be clear, the examples that Chad and Jeff posted are from the digs at Akro and not from digs at the Sistersville Alley site, like the OP marble.

Good Ravenswood flames are hard to find . . .

A couple of more Ravenswoods . . .

Nice Ravenswoods, Bill - I especially like the second one!

It's really hard to see the designs, since the photo is so small. The reproductions I have seen are usually made of resin and they can look remarkably similar to old original designs. In hand, it is much easier to tell, of course. I do know that scrimshaw boards anything like this are exceedingly rare and very pricey. I am not even sure I have seen one outside of a museum collection. So the bottom line is that I would exercise extreme caution purchasing something like this without giving it a thorough inspection in-hand. Is there any sort of description posted with it?

Superman colors would be blue, red and yellow. I think this is probably a JABO Classic that has a little "spin" on it.

This is the simplest type of West Virginia Swirl (WVS; a swirl made by one of several WV companies including, Alley, Bogard, Cairo, Champion, Davis, Heaton, Jackson, MidAtlantic, Playrite, and Ravenswood), and they all made many of these simple types. It is essentially a "slag" (white striping glass in a clear or colored transparent base - marbles don't get much simpler unless you're talking about one color opaque or transparent game marbles). But this is not what most collectors would normally call a slag, although some old-timers might still refer to them as such. All of this makes these types of WVSs notoriously difficult to ID with high confidence, although certain ones are definitely easier than others. Your marble could have been made by several different companies. Based on what I see here, my top guess would be Heaton, although Champion and others are also possibilities. Sometimes knowing whether the marble reacts to UV light can help narrow it down, but not always.