Al Oregon

Thanks for sharing that.

Good marketing tactic - similar to marblealan's listings

I couldn't find a WL on any of my 'coloured' or 'Empire Made' marble bags. Haven't seen that one before. I do have a box like the one you show, Bill - there's been a few around.

Last year at the IAMC Show in Tacoma. Smitty had some of the real St. Mary's and the 2000/01 remake. The real are on the left and the repros on the right. Gives you an idea of the color difference.

What year did you make these, Bill? That way I'll know the marbles were from before that date.

Enjoy - you do a great job on the touring! If Howard is driving, remind him to watch out for turkeys....

Here's a couple pics in bags

Hi Bill - it was me. I guess I didn't get one from you years ago...

I just got back from vacation and saw this thread on the Cosmic Rainbows. I agree that they were done after G-V (1982) and before Anacortes. I use the 45+1 count bags for reference here since I don't find 45+1 prior to the G-V use. Here's a Vitro Bag - Flag Label - Parkersburg with All Reds and some of the 'Lilacs' - (kind of dates them maybe also); then another Parkersburg flag label bag with cat's-eyes, including a green glass shooter; then the 45+1 flag label bag of Cosmic Rainbows (again Parkersburg); then a similar style bag with the Paris Manufacturing info printed under the Parkersburg line (by the way, some of the Paris bags were glued - no staples); then I threw in the flag label style bag with Anacortes in place of Parkersburg on the info line (that's a 50 count bag). So, they did print some headers on the Parkersburg style before they switched to their well known silver label.

That's a legit bag from all I can tell. You are looking at a 60+ year old mesh bag - they do show some wear... Lee is a well known collector and one of the founders of the IAMC which runs the Tacoma and Las Vegas Shows each year. He can make mistakes, like the rest of us, but is very honest. Of the bags he has listed, I might question the Mr. Peanuts bag with MK types - might be a filled bag but...? I haven't been able to get any confirmation from MK if they did use the 'Play the Square...' phrase subsequently to using the 'Play the Game...' phrase. The legit bags I have seen have the 'Play the Game..." - the fantasy/fake ones have the 'Play the Square...'.

I use AOL and haven't had a problem. If you are on AOL, you could do a CTRL K for their keywords. The type in 'browser settings' and clear the footprints - making sure you check the boxes for temp files, etc. If you haven't done it for awhile, it'll take a few minutes to clear. That might help clear out some temporary internet page problem - sometimes the computer thinks they are bringing up a new page and it is just the same 'saved' page that keeps coming up.

Can you get to the main site board? Maybe just log in again on any Yuku Board? Google 'Yuku' and find a place to log in?

And here's pics of one that Bob Byard showed a while back

Only one is in July in Tacoma, WA. Info at www.iamc.us

Thanks again for all the pictures, Edna. That's a tough call between the Mylee and the Edith Irene - both great looking marbles!

Thanks for the update, Steve. I'd been checking regularly, too.

When I have taken pics of my bags before storing them, I usually don't get good pics of the marbles inside, especially with Master's cloudy poly bags. But here are some where you can see the marbles to see the banana and other styles.

Looks like he had a great time - glad he got a chance to see marbles being made after hearing about it from you two and seeing your pictures.

Happy belated birthday!

Neat group of marbles no matter who made. Good topic for discussion.

Very nice!

OK, I'll bite - what's a Tootsie?

I have a couple different Hot Shot bags in my collection - here's the pics. One had some tears in the mesh so I was able to take the marbles out and photo them.

Here are a couple old pics that I have of the King and Monarch bags - probably from eBay.

Here's the reverse mode of the picture Windy took of me. Then a box of Pelts from Steve's $1 bin - always fun to pick through; a couple of Vitros I got from Smitty; some corks for my collection and some neat Vitro hybrid cat's-eyes.