Steph

what they said!

Oh, I didn't read that. I just tried a couple of links. I'm a pushover for a section on packaging.

It looks pretty cool so far.

Bill, from what I understand, some are thinking about Alan's parents. With the idea that more money could be generated for them with public auctions than through private deals. Don't know if that's everyone's motivation, but some have that in mind. Of course I appreciate your advice to give it a break. However those looking after Alan's estate deal with the challenge, I'm sure they're doing what they think best.

Did someone give the guy a hard time? Looks like he pulled the pix.

What are your favorites? Corks or parrots?

It is a covetable item!

Thoughts? http://www.ebay.com/itm/150848123471

I tried! I really did! I thought I knew how to work this borrowed camera .... *mutter mutter* It's a peltilicious bunch, that's all I can say .....

TY friend.

Here's a coupla examples in the "whirl" line. One with fewer numbers. One with numbers which look worn and/or handwritten. http://www.uncletoms...-and-games.html

My first thought was "German Roulette", but then no, the numbers didn't seem quite right for that. Or not the version I remember.

LOL. It appears we've uncovered another one of the ID's the Birchfield consortium is using to distribute and/or acquire their product. Were we aware of the 2muchstuff4me2buy ID before? I don't remember it among the list of Birchfield ID's we already knew about. But hey, they've made it easier to remember now. On June 30 they changed it to marbleconnection! It wouldn't be the first name tribute they've made. Once when they were p.o.-ed at Pete they registered Land0fMarbles as an ID, with a zero instead of an Oh. Since Pete had LandOfMarbles legally protected ebay scrubbed that name. So here are a couple of their listings for you to enjoy. http://www.ebay.com/itm/170871175522 http://www.ebay.com/itm/170871396882 Hey, look! They finally admitted the marbles are modern! Well, how about that! 1970-Now > Hand Made The item description is now "ANTIQUE VINTAGE STYLE CLAY MARBLES OLD BENNINGTON TOY LOT". They added "STYLE" to the keyword bonanza in the old description. (Version from the other account: VINTAGE MARBLES ANTIQUE TOY OLD BENNINGTON CLAY LOT) And one of their photos for posterity ....

everlasting!

I wrote the seller on this one to let 'em know it was a modern MK. They responded graciously and seemed to appreciate the info. I don't know if they'll change the listing. But they were polite.

I too thought slam dunk MK with the photo in the OP. Other photos/info from the link do give pause.

Oh no they didn't! lol At least the marble in the OP looks vintage. Slippery slopes all around.

Yes, these are the same folks, Roger. The eagle bennie people. I don't think ebay cares. Might require tests to prove they're new. I'm not aware of anyone in the know who ever made a purchase.

neeeeaaatttt

Hmmm ... well, to me the marble underneath looks more like a Peltier than the Marble King I generally expect to see with Repros ...

Looks real to me.

First I heard of it. But I didn't mind 'em bumping this thread so I didn't say nuthin' one way or t'other.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251096683666 They're still at it. The green is looking better. Their best are still the fancies. I used to like bennies a lot. Bid2win has turned me into a bennie cynic.

Ron sent me a file with this flyer. It was generated in a program I don't have and my program gave a warning that some content might be missing or not formatted properly. Hopefully all the pertinent information came through. If you click on it, I think you'll have the option to save the JPEG and then you can print it if needed.