Steph

Thanks, Dave. And thanks for adding.

post 'em if you got 'em

So, the history is that this is an early bag -- presumably after the Marble King company was incorporated in 1949 but before they started making their own marbles (which was sometime around 1955). So looks like Berry Pink just gathered together some colorful marbles for the ad, without worrying too much about whether he could match them when the orders started coming in. Mr. Pink bought the factory from Mr. Alley ... so that explains the Alleys in the package. He jobbered marbles for Mr. Peltier ... so that explains the Peltiers in the package. I think I also see some Akros in there ... and the Akro company had gone out of business around that time so there may have been some surplus floating around, but I thought Master got that. So ????? (Ric do you see Akros?) And what is that marble in the bottom right -- white with orange and yellow stripes?

The rotation in this view is interesting, but I'm not positing any opinion about how it was made. This subject is definitely above my pay grade.

nice!

Cat toy? Spoiled little Victorian cat? I love it.

Anyone know the date on this one? I'm giving it a general ballpark of "early 1950's" for now. Also ... how many company's marbles do you see in the bag? (If you click through a couple of times, you can get to a pretty big copy.) Side 2

Hoody, do you know Snap, Crackle and Pop ... both an iconic phrase and three iconic cartoon characters associated with Rice Krispies cereal? I thought of them and what a part they were of my culture growing up ... the kind of thing "everybody know" ... and I wondered about other countries having that kind of silly stuff becoming household phrases. So I thought I'd try to ask you about it. Even though I haven't quite figured out how to phrase my question .....

I see it! That looks like a hurricane or a whirlpool or something.

lol ... I don't know

Oooooh ... nice pattern. I'm gonna go with Peltier. The seam kinda made me wonder if it could be CAC, but I'm sticking with Peltier. Peltier slags are famous for "feathering".

Flash pictures or underwater pictures could help ... at least could help me!

I'm trying to see it! I kinda see two eyes and a pointy nose. What is the cat doing?

That's yours? Wish I knew! And just an hour left.

How are the ribbons arranged? Could we have a pic in different light, maybe with flash? What I'm curious about: Are the colors all mixed in together or are the green ribbons distinct from the yellow ... and if they are distinct, do they do the pelt flipflop?

Jabo New Decade on left, Akro Silver placeholder on right.

What a nice thread this has been to wake up to in the mornings.

What do we think? Chinese on that one?

Not sure I'm quite seeing the ribbons properly in the light. Ribbons green and gold?

Any requests? LOL ... there's soooo much ... where to start!

that's different

I need to do this someday. I had a box of special runs from 2008 and 2009, labelled groups side by side, with tiny dividers between them. And then I tripped.