Al Oregon

First glance, the colors made me think Vacor - almost like Hurricane style, but pattern in other pics is more busy than Vacor so...?

Closest thing Vacor/Mega that I can find is the Dragon - here is one pic. Some of the older Vacor styles had really sharp, bright colors. I threw in three pictures of an older Twister, for example.

Doesn't look like Imperial to me but doesn't ring a bell with any uS ones. Foreign but where?

Chuck doesn't post much (first one...?) on the boards but he makes a great point with this post. Main thing that I see for people attending a show - find some way to help the promoters of the show - money, time, advertising (put the word out in your area) or even marbles that they can sell at a silent auction to raise funds (especially when it is a club putting on the show). And then, have fun!

I agree with you, Smitty. Obviously you want lots of people to attend the show and the in-room trading but they should kick in something. I know when I first started collecting and attended a couple of shows, I did not sell so did not need a table but I put some money "in the jar" to help cover the costs of the show to the person(s) putting it on. You might feel "bad" about doing this but I would suggest putting together a small flyer and handing it out to everyone (who doesn't have a table) asking for "donations" to help offset costs of the show. I'm sure that the majority of the collectors (who are 95%+ great people) will kick in something. Of course, money can't compensate for the headaches of people complaining about where their room is located and why can't they get in at 10 am - hey, tell them it is the hotel's policy that check-in time is 3:00 (or whatever it is) and you don't control the previous occupants of the room nor the cleaning staff, etc. I've "mentioned" that to a couple collectors over the years that were complaining to the show host(s). It may not make me a "friend" but it takes the host(s) off the hook a little (since he/she probably wanted to say the same thing).

As others have said, thanks for sharing. The trip through the marble factories reminds me of the one we did in 2005 with Howard and Ron . Things have changed, as you said. Sounds like you had a great week!

What was Leo's Run then? 2nd run or...?

It is good to hear some positive news. Still keeping your family in my thoughts!

Neat!

Praying for a speedy recovery.

One thing to remember is that a Peltier multicolor swirl is generally a transparent swirl and when backlit, you can see the green glass (or sometimes another color) base glass. The Mega (Vacor) hurricanes are opaque.

Just scroll over the members name on the upper left of the post - box will appear and PM is one of the choices.

Hey, where did you get my high school entrance exam...? LOL!

Here's a picture of the ones Ron had at the show - different sizes.

Ron Shepherd had come across a couple of these also and had them at the WVMCC show a few months ago. He wasn't sure and we had some discussions about them. I had seen other printed bags that had been on eBay a year or so ago (and even further back) so my first thoughts were fantasy/fake. I would think someone would have come across remnants of these bags in digging or some prior find if they were real.

So sad to hear. They were a wonderful couple. I enjoyed chatting with them at the shows.

Great oxblood items! LOL - I was expecting "Irish" Oxblood marbles. I think you have them all, Craig - not sure if other pictures will be posted... However, here is a picture of some car ashtrays that zaboo posted back in 2003 - not all oxblood but...

You just 'found' one but now you have to convince Dani & Ernie to sell it to you...

Neat bag - original for sure. I don't have any Penny King bags larger than 20 count. Also, a side note - that is the first (real) Champion header that I have seen without a count number on one of the sides of the header. Must be some out there but I don't have any in the 25-30 different Champion bags that I have, plus pics of others.

Here is a picture posted by Marboman of some exotics but they were not his marbles.

Happy birthday, Ernie. You're catching up.... We can celebrate in 6 weeks or so.

Neat kaleidoscope! Haven't seen one with the old handmade - one that your Mother had?

Union Bags, made in Japan, also had some of these 'Vitro' type patches

The 'Wales' ones, to me, were the ones that looked more like Vitros. They did have that sort of 'window' to them also. Here's a couple pics - some were in regular Wales bags and some in Wales 'Variegated' bags.

These were a couple pictures posted in the past - one by duffy in 2009 and by Gene in Nov 2010 (no other info that I remember)