Al Oregon

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Great buy, Ron! Even saved on the shipping costs!

I have a few packages made by Wells - one like yours and a couple others. I'd guess they were from the 70's but...?

There's a link to a 2010 post on this site about the Lunt Avenue Marble Club but for some reason I cannot copy & paste the link - maybe someone else can.

I agree with Steph that you are probably losing out on selling it all in one lot. I know that I won't bid on the whole thing but I would bid quite high on several individual items. What is the reserve?

Good pic!

Yes, I have several of those bags. I had some that were damaged so opened a couple. I sold 3 bags at the KC Show. I had not looked at the smaller ones for patches. Here are some close-up pics of one bag and some of the opened ones.

Me, too, on Thursday evening.

Yup, cataract surgery can work wonders and quickly.

Vitro horseshoe style marbles were their cat's-eyes generally made in the 70's & 80's (there may be a more specific time frame but I did not look it up). The style is basically like the pic attached although most a single color and not fancy ones like the pic (Guy's pic)..

Great information - thanks!

Not sure if anyone shared this before but it was in the Sunday paper this past weekend. http://americanprofile.com/articles/how-to-collect-marbles/

Cool box - I have not seen one before.

Newer - probably packaged for dale in Canada. What does the printing on the back of the header indicate?

Here's my Lucky Boy mesh bag. I thought I had one of those clear boxes, too, but can't find the picture.

Looking forward to it since I've been reading about it on the boards for years. Have never been to Kansas before so looking forward to the show, Moon Marble and any other sites around the area that might be recommended.

Cool, I have never heard about that in Seattle. They have glass balls on the beach by Lincoln City here in Oregon later on in the year.

It is not rare. It does show up on eBay once in a while. Valuewise, I'd say in the $10+ range but with Alley marbles, someone may buy higher for the marbles (I hate to open original bags but some people do). There are fake bags of the Mr. Peanut style similar to this that you have to be aware of. The fakes usually have the wording "Play the square..." although there are some real ones with that wording. The marbles make a difference so learning about them helps.

Finally made the decision to get to this show so my wife and I will be there - arriving the 6th. Looking forward to meeting many of you from the boards.

Willie's picture from back in 2008

Here is a post from 2002 by Ron Shepherd's ex, who was also very involved with marbles and the boards back then: -------- Posted by Paula Shepherd on Alan's Board - June 23, 2003 (from WVMCC website): On November 22, 2002, I had a phone conversation with Dave McCullough (former manager at Champion Agate and currently Vice-President of JABO-Vitro) According to McCullough, Champion furnace marbles were made in the mid-1990's. He said that Roger Jones, who was a very knowledgeable glassman used Wizmach glass to wash out the tanks when changing runs. Located in Paden City, West Virginia, Wizmack makes plate and cathedral glass. This plate glass was not compatible with the glass in the tanks at Champion and that is why it was used to wash out the tanks - this incompatibility is also why nearly all of the furnace marbles have internal fractures. McCullough told me that, according to Jones, Wizmack glass was run once or twice a month in the mid-1990's and that there would have been 5 or 6 buckets full of marbles each time - making the total number of furnace marbles well over 6,000. He also said that Jones told him that the yellow glass cleaned out the tanks best. This most likely explains why we see more yellow furnace marbles than other colors. (Note; According to Dave McCullough, Mr. Jones passed away in 1996 or 1997) Paula ----------------------

Didn't realize there were so many - great!

Neat!

Great collection! Thanks for sharing the photos.

Great pics - especially of the fish (& Mia)