Al Oregon

I have seen a similar box pic posted back in 2004. Also, here are some 'can' picture from back in 2001 - close-ups pics by Les (says 'Made in USA') so that answers that question.

Happy belated birthday! 3/4 of a century - lot of experience!

Nice marble - hardter to find but they do pop up. The transparent purple base ones are the tough ones, especially without fractures.

Happy birthday to both of you. We don't see Randy on the boards much but BJ is hanging in there...

Thanks for sharing that. I had heard bits and pieces about Weldon but this sums it up very nicely.

Hope you have a marbleous day!

Good explanations in the article.

I received this email message from Steve Sturtz about Edna, Weldon and Joseph being in a car accident. I hope they all recover quickly and well. My prayers go out to them. They had stopped in for a short time last week at the Seattle Show and were enjoying their road trip. ---------------------- Hi, I am very sad to tell you that Edna, Joseph, and Weldon were in a car accident in Moab yesterday. They had a blow out and went off the road and rolled down a 15' embankment. Edna and Joseph and OKish ...banged and bruised...Joseph with cuts and bruised, Edna with cuts and a very sore neck. It looked at first the same was true of Weldon. He was air lifted to (I forgot where) in Colorado. It turns out that he has a clot that is blocking blood from his brain. They have put him on blood thinners and they should know his fate in the next 72 hours. Her son Gary and daughter-i-law Mary are on their way to Colorado. Edna does not have the charger for her cell phone and they are in the hospital so please don't call since her batteries are almost dead already. Please say lots of prayers for Scooter and Spikey and think many happy thoughts about them. Edna Spikey would want allof to pray as bbest we can. To keep up witht news, go to Edna's facebbok and request frindship with Doris Eaton. She is Weldon's sister-in-law. Call me if you choose, but I know no more. I will post and email and changes in the info when I get it. Regards, Steve

Have a marbleous day!

Nice box!

I haven't seen one like that before - neat!

That looks like fun. I'll bet there is a prize or two in there. Post some pics of the finds. Hope the surgery goes smoothly and remember to follow the doctor's orders...!

Here are some of Don's tray pics (poplarhead)

That is sad to hear. My prayers to her family!

Here's another simple numerical grading system by the Marble Collectors Society of America (MCSA). Stan Block still runs the organization. Marble Grading (MCSA) The descriptions of each grading label used by the MCSA, along with the equivalent numerical grading is: Mint: A marble that is in original condition. The surface is unmarked and undamaged. There may be some minor rubbing on the surface; however, the marble is just the way it came from the factory. (10.0-9.0) Near Mint: A marble that has seen minor usage. There may be evidence of some hit marks, usually tiny subsurface moons, pinprick chips, tiny flakes or tiny bruises. The damage is inconsequential and does not detract from viewing the marble. If there is noticeable damage, then it is on only one side of the marble and the other side is Mint. (8.9-8.0) Good: A marble that has seen usage. It will have numerous hit marks, subsurface moons, chips, flakes or bruises. The core can still be seen clearly, but the marble has obviously been used. If the damage is large or deep, then it is confined to one side and the other side is Mint to Near Mint. (7.9-7.0) Collectible: A marble that has seen significant usage. Overall moons, chips, flakes and bruises. The core is completely obscured in some spots. A Collectible marble has served its purpose and been well used. Still, it is a placeholder in a collection until a better example comes along. (6.9-0.0) Any damage to the surface of a marble, no matter how slight, will affect its value. For a given amount of damage, the depreciation of value is much greater for machine-made marbles than for handmade marbles. Even a small chip will effectively reduce the value of a machine-made marble by more than half.

Good eye! I have two bags like that - one has the larger shooter size and one has 4 regular size marbles. Since a lot of these filled bags were supposedly from real headers/labels and polybags from Champion, maybe the printer actually did screw up and Champion never used these headers in the real production but still had them there when the remaining stock and supplies were sold at auction. I've only seen that type on those 4 count marble bags. That style label shows up on a lot of Champion bags, including filled ones, without the typo. By the way, Vitro had a typo on one of their regular productions run labels. Here's a picture of a 70 count All Reds bag with 'Prand' instead of 'Brand'. I've seen several of these - all on the 70 count All Reds.

Neat - those always remind me of jello

Great pics, Ric! Thanks for sharing.

Then this Eggyolk Oxblood Cork, a multitwist Limeade Cork and my shooter oxblood patch (avatar)

A couple more of my favorite corks. The first one looks like a patch but the pattern goes down into the glass and you can follow its path to the bottom where it emerges.

The one is dark blue, light blue and yellow and the yellow swirls are larger than the normal ones you see in those types of bags. Here are pics of the 'normal' blue and yellow (just two colors - no light blue) that you see in these type of bags. The other one is blue, white and a yellow/tan color swirl - nice looking pattern on it also.

Here are some pics of an MK Big Boy (5) Bag I got on eBay recently. It's like some of their others with the Alley shooters in them but to my surprise, two of the shooters were much nicer - tricolor types. Hard to take pics through the poly but you can get the idea.

The Tacoma Glass Museum is just down the road a few miles from the show hotel. If you have not been there, it is a treat. Besides the museum itself and the glass work area, there is a bridge going over the highway to the Museum that has Chihuly glass items in the ceiling- amazing. Here's one pic of the bridge ceiling and two (very poor but you get the idea) of the glass making area. PLus, it'll be a great marble show, too! Where is this Crab Pot, Galen? Sounds good!

Were some of these in the 15/16 range also - not quite making the one inch class?

And the last 3