Al Oregon

Ones like this?

I don't think that I bought it from Alan but...? That marble might be the same as "Hot wheels" - I remember they were hard to tell apart.

Winnie, not sure on time frame. I think the "pumpkin" marble was 70's or 80's. As for the Nationwide bag, I found one with the 3 metallics in it also. Here's a pic. Also, these bags were used by insurance agents for promos. Here's a picture of one, front & back. Also, there are filled ones of these, too. The Champion made bags are a crapshoot sometimes. Even with the original one that I posted, if there were older headers/labels like this in the factory sale, this could be a filled one. If so, at least it had some good Champion marbles in it.

Agreed - does have Jabo look.

The Champion bags are ones that have a "poor" history due to all of the filled bags that occurred after the factory sale where people bought empty bags, headers (labels) and marbles. When the Champion marbles ran out when they were filling the bags, others were put in like MK, etc. But you do find original Champion bags and some of them have great marbles in them or, at least, interesting ones. This is one I got recently with some varied Champion marbles in it, including misshapen flame and "Pumpkin Swirl" (I think it was called by David C.).

And don't forget about the Vitro "Peewees" mesh bag and the Vitro "Dixcel" mesh bag - both hard to find also.

The trouble is that most marble books do not show pictures of a vast majority of the marbles that you will find. It's like the top 20% are shown in books. Trying to ID the marbles is your first step in collecting. Many new collectors think they have a CA or Peltier NLR when they really have a Jabo or a common West Virginia swirl. Posting pictures at a board like this is a good way to learn. There are some marble sites, like Joes' marbles, that give you a pretty good ID factor on many marbles. Remember, the vast majority of marbles, if they are in mint condition, are in the nickel, dime , quarter and up to a dollar value. But, it's the chance of finding the ones that reach the $20 to $500 range and more that keeps many people collecting. Good for you in trying to find proper pricing before selling your marbles. By the way, Steph is correct on trying to find pricing on eBay. The problem is with the ID's on eBay - search Christensen and see how many "real" Christensens are listed.

Here is one bag that I have with Peltier patches.

Thanks for sharing - had not realized they were labeled as "Moons" rather than "Moonies".

Thanks for sharing!

A few bags with peewees...

Japan Art Sphere Calendars

Alley peewees - top two rows

Tough one. Here is a picture of Nancy's display of Alox but hard to tell if there are any patches there. Also a picture of a mesh bag where two in the upper right could be patches. And, picture of a poly bag with 5 shooters, 4 patches, but could very well be a "filled" bag. I have some other bags with obvious filled marbles like MK cat's-eyes and patches (although Alox could have bought the marbles and packaged them - seems like there have been stories about the purchases).

The Vacor (Mega) Spaghetti/Streamers were thinner ribbons and I don't show them ever having an orange. Attached is a picture I had saved from 1999 that showed some Champion wirepulls.

Thanks, Edna.

Is anyone familiar with this 2003 time frame project that these three marble artists did? I've had someone contact me about this project.

And, here is a Jackson mesh bag with Playrite marbles that, if I remember correctly, came from Mike Johnson who got it from the lady that owned Playrite.

Here is a Jackson mesh bag that I got from Chuck B. some years back and some close-ups

A quick P.S. to the above. Ron Shepherd has done a great job in getting information out to us via the marble forums from digging that he, Bill, Nola and others have done over the last 10+ years. But, look at the several times where he has had to correct himself from something he said in the past on ID's, etc. Do we criticize him? No way! That is what is great that Ron (and others) recognize that information changes as more research has been done but they still put it out there when they think they have new information. I can't say enough about the work that Ron has done and the knowledge provided to the community. And the same for anyone who has had the time and courage to put out a book on marbles!

I agree with Steph. I like all marble books since it means that someone took the time to write them and put the available knowledge "at that time" into print. Things change all the time. It's only been 20 years since machine made marbles even became collectible. And, no company really kept any records on what they did. The Peltier paperwork seems to be one that has some information but that information has not been published or even widely shared with the marble community. Mike Johnson (helped by Suzie & Dean) spent many years researching information about the marble companies and interviewed a lot of the old-timers from the marble companies before they passed on. Their book is considered one of the best for history. Bob's (and Stan's) books drummed up a lot of interest in marble collecting and were basically the only thing out there for years, especially with price guides (and remembering because of the publishing company slow process, those prices were "wrong" before the book came out - but they were something we did not have before). Marlow & Larry's cat's-eye book and marble collecting books were good reference sources. Everett Grist attempted to get some information out in books and there were others (Baumann, Webb, Barrett) that came out with books during that time frame. So, please don't be critical of people who at least attempt to get information out to the marble community, whether it is for commercial gain or providing information on marbles and marble collecting. Thank them for their effort!!

That's cool to find local (somewhat) fellow marble collectors (or at least sellers).

Thanks - interesting about some of the countries receiving marbles.

Here's Ric picture of one I gave him at the Texas Show a few years ago for helping ID a bunch of WV swirls and one of the boxes of Ravenswoods ID'd by him.

Great variety!