The Nickel Guy

Thank you Ric. My mix looks a lot like your opened bag in that thread. It appears i will have some black cats, game marbles, swirls and patches. I don't think I have any collectible value in the bag except to photograph mine like you did and sort down the contents and photograph. When I do that, I will pretty much repeat what you did in your "other" post. I remember seeing Ron in a video of Stephens talking about the marbles going through the floor. I learned something new today again. I did not lose any money though, certainly didn't rob the bank either. Very educational. Awesome.

I won a couple lots in an auction. I know that these are not exactly rare and usually sell on eBay for about $25-35 before shipping. I imagine these Champion marbles are fairly common inside the bag. I am tempted to open it up when it arrives but then, these are already 50 years old. ( and I am 50 years older LOL)

I can't see anything else but clouds, a couple stars peeking through some oddly well spaced holes in them, and a tree getting in the way. Well, maybe a weird Bennington ?

Thanks Art, they came in Mega Marbles net bags dated June or May 2025. I am stumped. Maybe just a freak wash out marble type between named marbles. I'll name them myself if that is the consensus. maybe Calico ?

These have a brown and purple swirl and or patch pattern, 5 are one kind and very iridescent. The other two not so much and show more subtle swirls and some yellow. Please help, I looked for an hour or two now and I am at a loss. I thought maybe Gazelle or Giraffe but they are not those, Thank you!

So I bought 2 lbs of these Michelangelo players, and it came out to be 175 marbles. I am surprised there was no breakage, cracks, or pinpricks. They looked pretty good overall for design. I picked out my favorite set, and 1 extra which jumps out at me. Wish they all looked like it. Ended up with 7 groups of 24, Need them shooters! My extra favorite one. It's in here with this group of 25 marbles. Dead center second row from the back. I did not own a Michelangelo yet except a frosted one I got from VAMarbles at the NJ show as a gift. I STILL LOVE IT! But . . . . Maybe I did have one all along. I got this one incher and inventoried it as an "Eclipse". Sure looks like it is related to a lot of my new weaker Michelangelo. I believe these are 4th generation variety. So here it is leading the group. I think I may have assembled my own nice 24+1 net bag. My tag I made.

They strongly resemble an earlier Serpent Vacor marble. But that's just my reaction. Not an opinion. (They are neat!)

LOL!

I'm leaning towards Alley. Neat moment captured.

That red stripe, patch and transparent base makes me think of a Vitro Helmet and I am not saying it's a helmet but I think it is a Vitro. But then . . . that stripe is not exactly red is it?

It came from Moon Marble in a Vacor assortment bag.

Alright! Another Stephen B production! You little devil. 👹 Thank you for all you do. I will watch this on my TV tonight. saving it for later on. LATE EDIT: I did watch this last night. Quite interesting. Yes, that is my little solar powered Dollar Tree devil. I used to have a bunch of those things. LOL

I can't for the life of me remember or find what this one is called. It is probably not a streamer nor a spaghetti or Cats Eye. Please help and thank you.

I only have a few but this was an educational thread. Nice marbles too VA!

I forgot to say table was Oak

Nice Marbles too

If there's a Quacamaya in there LOL Quack . . . spelling. I don't see a duck either. Glad Melissa doesn't see one too.

If there's a Quacamaya in there, I really don't see a great example. Patience sir ... a nice one will come to you someday. I don't have one yet.

Hiya VA ! If I ran across this box I would probably buy it for $30 tops only because I need a few of those shooters. A lot are very run of the mill examples maybe, which I would not need to have. I like the tray though. I would have answered earlier but I was out fishing on the Finger Lakes for a couple days. Just got home.

I found quite a few of the odd ones in the asst bags, and have been grouping like kind together. You might see more like yours in near future bags. I myself will be on the lookout for your example. My guess is that as they rolled off the rollers there was a duration those produced marbles that might be very similar and ended up in the asst bags. Here's a picture of one of my 4 boxes so far of the strange but neat ones. I don't know if there is a name for the blue ones on the right. They have a patch on opposite sides. Only one side has a highlighted line of an olive brown along the patch. I have dubbed them "Blue Whales" for my own identification on my spread sheet. Besides these 5 I have 23 set aside to make a net bag but finding a shooter might never happen. In the second column are Wolf but instead of the normal colors they have Orange or Yellow. I suppose they could be Police Officer related too. Weird huh? I have maybe 50 strange ones that I can't put in any particular issue from Vacor.

As wolves go, that's a great specimen. That is, if it is a Vacor Wolf. I would vote yes. They produce many "tweeners" and hybrids.

Thank you very much for the clarification and history.

I used to collect Akroware and had a decent collection. Now I might have a dozen pcs left with only a couple better ones. I am fairly sure that a company named Westite bought or acquired some of the molds.

. . . and I can't get this old TV show out of my head. Maybe posting will help?

What a bunch of antique hand made marbles! Wow! I can't tell you much about Onionskins tho.