Steph

Wow. Those are so beautiful.

Looks like you had a blast. I'm jealous! p.s., enjoying the captions in your album ( : Griff's bad side?

Cool link. Al, do you have your bags yet? There was a Jabo Kokomo run. http://marbleconnection.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=13291

The way he phrases it is,"History links the set to the Alley Agate Company and the Anacortes Factory." I think I know what he means. This appears to be the box pictured on p. 21 of the Vitro book. Apparently what gives it its historical link to Anacortes is that it was in the "Vitro Find". Photo is "Courtesy of Raelyn Dolton". It was ID-ed in the Vitro book as a Vitro-Agate Sample Case. Might have been the only box like this known about at the time. So appears to have been some confusion based on where the box was found.

Do you have Paul Baumann's Collecting Antique Marbles? He did a lot of ranking in different categories, complete with tables detailing percentages and noting his sample sizes and all sorts of good stuff.

Nobody should worry their pretty little heads over that scenic china. It's mine.

Cool beans! Does this link work?

well done on the lolspeak! You seem quite fluent! I can read it but never learned to converse. Here's how to post images. Put the web address between img and /img tags. [img=http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/funny-pictures-salami-sensing-device-has-now-been-activated.jpg] Your code looks like this in that first post. Not sure what happened. [img=<a%20href=]

wow!!

It does look very biological!

Trick or Treat! (yes, that's my costume. )

lol, did you wear her out? A cat show? Is she a certain breed? I don't know much about breeds. My cats are mutts. Welcome to Daisy.

Nailbiter!!!! Congratulations! p.s., in case you were serious. lol http://www.amazon.com/Baseball-Crying-Towel-Vintage-Style/dp/B000GDNXH8

Agree on the date on the Tiger Eyes, some time in the 50's. I'd guess earlier rather than later. Agree not Cracker Jack on the maybe-pelts. Cracker Jacks did have some largish prizes - in the early days. But pretty sure marbles weren't among their prizes during the cat eye age. Not sure when Pelt introduced their cats. (I think 1954 or later.) The only Cracker Jack marble prize I remember seeing was a single marble wrapped like a piece of hard candy, circa 1928. Nifty items you have there ... as usual!!!

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zOMG!

If you guys don't quit watching so closely, I'm never going to be able to unload my .... nevermind ..... :ph34r: Just kidding. I love my Jabos!!!

Here are some more (click to enlarge):

My husband tried to reassure me that the pic was photoshopped. I still don't know but I hope he's right. This on the other hand ... the real thing ... no special effects at allllll

Once they got their hands on all those popeyes they didn't want to give them up! That's great. I hoped it would turn out that way.

I think that's a new box on me. The printer's plate is just plain neato.

Whatever it is, I think it's a very cool item. Don't underestimate it just coz it's not worth millions! :) I wouldn't use that one non-selling ebay listing as an indicator of its monetary value either. If you were tempted to discard it, I'd look for second opinions. just sayin!