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I am sorry to hear that. I did not know George but my prayers go out to his family.

Hey, it is paper that is over 100 years old. Mind blowing for US... Of course in Europe, that is only the equivalent of a week or so... However, it is still amazing to have marble related items that are that old (besdies the marbles themselves).

I have a couple bags like that. I'm not sure if they are fantasy bags or 'real'. They have a variety of marbles. I would think they are from the 70's or 80's. Here's a couple pics.

I am sorry to read that. Paul was a true gentleman and a fine marble maker. He and Dee were always a pleasure to talk to at shows. My prayers to the family!

Neat pictures! Thanks for sharing those. The 'model' making the marbles does look like a French version of Sammy Hogue...!

That's fine - all my pics can be used by anybody (as long as they are not saying that they are selling that specific bag...).

I looked through pictures of my Vitro All Red bags (with the name All Red in the header) and the Gladding-Vitro All Red bags and did not see any that had the metallic sheen look. That would be late 50's to 1969 as Vitro and then 1969-82 as G-V(and a couple years into the Paris Manufacturing era after G-V). I did find a couple of Paris bags that appeared to have marbles with a metallic sheen. Also, a couple other bags without Paris on it had some of the Vitro blue metallic marbles in it along with some All Reds that appear to have sheen. I added the pics below. I did not find anything resembling the All Reds in the Anarcortes packaging so it was probably before then (even though some Anacortes marbles had a metallic sheen). So, in guessing, I'd say 1980's.

Again, great pictures, Edna! And that is neat that Lawrence Alley III was there. I'm looking forward to his book. Did he mention any time frame for completion?

Cool earrings! Maybe Griff can wear them with his dress and hat from the Ladies Run... (payback for the gutta percha pun)

That's too bad but glad no one was hurt. He has a nice workshop.

Looks like one of the best runs to me also.

Yup, a good deal...

One option - since marble collectors now know how important it is to keep records (we know the companies really didn't) would be to contact the people that ran the Amana Show back in 1996 and see if they still have their "records" of who attended. That might help narrow it down.

Neat one!

Good reference

Here is the reply I received from Brian Estepp: I had Morphys send marble to me to take another look. It is Christensen green guinea with two curved pinch lines.I am having them reshoot the photos to show the spotting of the colors that are not seen and state the as made stretched surface blowout I did not see the first time looking at it.

Did anyone email Brian E. to get his take on that marble and why he thought it was a guinea?

Steph - are your hands tired yet from copying all the pics that you don't already have.....?

Amen

bermar is a member of this board (for many years) - just message him and ask (Pg 8 under 'Members')

Don't forget to stop by the couple days before the show at the hotel and meet people in their rooms and get your marbles iD'd, buy, sell, trade, etc. That's one of the best parts of the overall show.

I think Craig is spot on. On a similar note (not trying to highjack the thread), if someone posts a pic and asks about the marble on one of the boards. I do think it is unethical for someone to lowball a price before the poster finds out at least a value range on the marble (obviously depending on condition, etc.). The boards are here to help people learn about marbles. By the way, on the eBay situation described above, if the Buyer that makes an offer gets burned on condition......?

Dani describes her grading numbers quite clearly in her listing. They are different from what many collectors think of as the number grading. But, she makes it clear if people read the listing - so her grading description is correct.

Beautiful marble and there are at least two people that think it is worth it...

And, a multitwist, so that adds to its 'value', IMHO.