Steph Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 I was looking through old attachments and found this neat little advertising item George Sourlis sent me awhile back. It's definitely a Marble King company bag ... as opposed to the circa-1940 mesh bags which said Marble King on the label but were before the MK company was actually started. Neat mixture in it. close-up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Unusual marbles in that bag but I have seen sometimes that they picture different marbles in the bag than are found in real life. Vitro did that also. Here is my bag with the similar header and some swirls - probably Alley but look a little different. Check out my next post if you want to see an odd MK bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Here is the odd bag. Look at the wording in the lower right corner of the reverse side of the header..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Made in Japan....hmmm. Neat bag Al! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Love the made in Japan header! I've seen at least one more MK bag which had some Japanese cats in it. But I don't think that one acknowledged the country of origin. Between 1949 and whenever they started making their own Rainbows and Cat's Eyes who knows what all Marble King may have had to do to fill orders ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Here is the other bag that I have. It has 6 Japanese style cat's-eyes in it with "Japan" name on reverse also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Are you sure It is a company name. When was Marble King incorporated? I ask because it says Berry Pink and it says Brand of Marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 My thoughts also as I think Berry Pink used the term/name "Marble King" long before the company was formed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Think about the time frame for the cat's eye "invasion" of the U.S. MK was incorporated in 1949. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Alley Agate III Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 The 1955 post card would contain Peltier Marbles. Sellers Peltier was one of the men who bought Alley Agate Company. they were Berry Pink and Sellers H. Pettier, the son of Victor Peltier who founded Peltier Glass Co. of Ottawa, IL. Corporate papers were filed 24 June 1949 under the name Marble King, They sold Alley Agate, Peltier and their own Marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poplarhead Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 My guess is ad was made in New York offices of Berry Pink and he just used whatever bulk marbles he had laying in office to mock up bag.. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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