Al Oregon

Yup, great pics, Winnie!

First postcard - collector's item!!

There are all kinds of indicators with fake/fantasy bags but one of the primary ones is that the old headers were usually two-color headers (meaning one color ink on a colored header paper), not the multicolor headers like on the one Galen showed. Multicolor printing back in the 50's and 60's was expensive. Pepsi was one of the first ones to have the muticolor header.

hoping for rain?

Neat one!

I have attached a picture so people know what Scott is talking about. I have several but nowhere near as many as Scott. But here are some that I have or have pictures of that are not on Scott's list: There are two Florida types - one with outline of the state and cities shown and the other with a palm tree. Great Smoky Mountains with a bear Mackinac Bridge - Michigan Atlantic City Convention Hall Queen Mary - Long Beach, California (white bag with red, white & blue printing Also, the "Marbles" one has some varieites - there are the 14+1 (=15) as Scott showed but also a 24+1 and a 64+1. And some of the bags are different, in the 24+1, there is a "blue on orange", an "orange/red on yellow". One 14+1 "Marbles" bag has "Black on Orange"

When Winnie posted hers, I was thinking letters in a calligraphy style. I agree with the term being used primarily for busy Alleys. Here are some pics - Chuck on the larger individual pics, Block's auction from 2000 on the blue & white and Kevin on the group.

Here's one my late friend Bo Stiff gave me a few years back - my State!

I don't list by # of marbles but one came to mind right away - a Hop Ching bag with 18 noted on the header. You had posted a MM Ritzy bag ad back in 2009 that mentions bags coming in 13 or 18 marbles. I also found an odd mesh bag with "18 Good Luck Marbles". Here's pics.

Waiting... Just shake the bag of cat food, put it in the other room and close the door!

Neat - thanks for sharing!

Good work!

Imposters within its own company. MK St. Mary on left and the 2000 run on the right. Smitty had them at the 2008 IAMC Show.

Vacor "slags"

My guess is that it may have been a jobber type bag. I'd normally guess Berry Pink or Pressman but Pressman usually put his name on the header somewhere. Obviously Peltier is a possibility as they used the 'Marine Crystals' name. Of course, MK did also along with 'Marine Puries' but the MK bags are all polybags. Here are some pics of the ones I have that are similar.

I don't have any pictures of a 16 vane that Patry had. Here is a picture of her 8 vane crossthrus from 2002 - no idea on size - probably mostly in 5/8 range.

Out of the little over 200 different "Japan" bags that I have, 95% are cat's-eye bags. But there are some of the different patch or odd 'bands' on some marbles. Here are a few 'other than cat's-eye' Japan bags.

Some bags of mine - first group are Wales bags from Japan - two different header types

I do get my 'kicks' collecting bags but have not seen that one - Al

Thanks for sharing the short history lesson.

Nice case!

Yup, but they don't ship to the US

Hey great that you had a picture! But, not the top of the header.... Oh well, let's do some detective work - not many clues but here is a Sharpshooter bag from Australia. The bag and style of header (including base paper color) look similar. The ones that I have and have seen are with Vacors in them and all (8) look the style and header. Here's a picture of front and back of one. All have the bar code and 'Made in Mexico' on the back side of tgh header. Too bad we can't see if there is anything on that back side that is showing. However, Sharpshooter may have also bought marbles from China and packaged them this way but I have never seen such a package.

Remember though, you want to do justice for the lady and a $100 marble on eBay, with two bidders who really want it, might go up substantially in final price. Great bunch of marbles! PS - on the boxes, check out Dynalab's website and search Square Petri Dish. You should find those boxes. Sterilin out of UK makes them but they don't appear to have any direct distributors in the US.

The Atmospheres were done by Vacor in a similar size but they were packaged 3 to a nylon net bag with header. I also don't recall seeing any spiral types in the Atmospheres. I would lean to China also.