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I might post up something, but first I need to decide on a spiel. The goal is interesting yet believable.
More copies of the Big Time comics and other classic ads can be found in The Open Road for Boys. I don't remember if I'd ever heard of that magazine before. These are from '29 to '31.
My files of bag photos are in disarray due to awkward backups before computer reformatting. Hopefully Al will have the bags.
I know that Vitro trademarked the name "Marine Gems" in 1941.
Here's a 1959 ad which shows a different header on Peltier's poly bag version, and a price list.
Here's a Reg'lar Fellers puzzle box which said "Made in Japan", though some suggested it was only the box and not the marbles which were made there. The seller said these marbles were 11/16".
Here's an itty bitty picture of a box, and a pic of its label. Got the pictures from a Marblealan auction. Don't know who got the box.
Here is what the auction description said:
Here's an assortment including some with what looks like oxblood and some with aventurine:
Ooops, these wouldn't all be called patches, would they. Well, I don't mind non-patches if you don't mind.
GP, those two with the blue ribbons and translucent base look like modern MK's to me.
Does look a little like a Pelt Blue Angel now that you mention it, but there are differences, including a lack of yellow on the MK.
I'm loving the insight into the bead collectors community.
I've often thought about how there are probably things we could learn from bead collectors about the history of the glass-sphere-making industry but I've never followed through on that and visited their sites.
Yes William, Sureshot.
The red and tan one intrigued me too. I wondered if it belonged there since it seems like it might be the only one of those.
Not my box, just an old picture I saved.