Steph Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Anyone wanna post some classic St. Marys Alleys ... and maybe later talk about the range of variation. But first some of the ones which a new swirl student might have a good chance of recognizing? (I have a Mr. Peanut bag I can post but that means getting a picture, and you know me with the love-hate thing for my camera.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 The ones in the Marble King bags will be St. Marys ... right? Some boulders ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Thanks Steph. Maybe a daft beginners question, but when do collectors consider marbles produced at the St Mary's plant 'Alley's' and when do they consider them 'Marble Kings'? Was there a change in styles when Berry King took over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Berry Pink ... AKA the Marble King. I consider the basic St. Marys swirls to be Alley even when they show up in MK bags. When MK was starting up they had much leftover Alley stock which they used while they perfected their own style. Edit: their style being the Rainbows and four-bladed cat's eyes. I don't know if they ever ran Alley-like marbles of their own, but I haven't heard that they did. Have heard of Marble King swirls -- with colors similar to Marble King Rainbows -- but am not aware of those being sold back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 For fun ... a 1953 ad .... assuming the pictures show up ... (Photobucket is undergoing maintenance so I hope they show.) I consider the swirls Alleys ... even though this is four years into the Marble King company's existence. Now you have me wondering about the clearies .... good chance Alley made those also but I have no idea .... and I guess I consider them Marble Kings just because they're in the Marble King packaging. But I wonder what they would look like under blacklight -- if blacklight revealed a swirly interior I might start looking at them as Alleys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 So far as I know you are right Steph. The only swirls that MK actually made were those HTF marble King colored swirls. I don't think there was many of those run. As for St.Marys, I will start you off with a couple I believe are St. Marys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JerryG Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 This is an older shot of a Marble King bags with swirls. My photo techniques have gotten better and I'll try to get a shot of both sides later today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryG Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Ok. Probably not that much better. I was hoping to get better shots of the marbles, but the aging and filming of the poly bags makes it hard and I'm not opening the bags. At least I've got both front and back. So, maybe St. Marys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Helpful photos. Thanks, Jerry. Big yes to St. Marys. My marbles are out of their Mr. Peanut bag but for the life of me, I can't see the hole they came out of. Did I cut it open or was it loose, I don't know -- where's that hole? There it is. Apparently I made a small incision. #BadSteph Yes, and where are my pictures? I'll definitely get some pictures if no one comes up with the color combo I'm looking at. Which I will describe as green on teal. Hope I can capture it. P.s., Thank you, Paul, OF COURSE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Something like this, Steph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Could be. Mine seem significantly darker but maybe that's lighting. .... LOL ... why don't I got get that picture now. No more excuses. BRB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 These colors are pretty close. (Look how white one of the bases is ... practically Christensen-Agate-white.) Meant to include the bag and label in the pic. Ooops. Here's the label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Cool group, yes yours look a bit deeper, near same color but darker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdNargel Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Don't know about the bottom one on the right, the Alley Superman is one of my favorite Alleys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Yowza! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Ghosts and Shimmering Spruces are also from St. Marys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Nice Ed, I have a thing for the Alley Superman myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Just picked this one up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Need a new adjective for a gradient like that ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdNargel Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 8 minutes ago, jeeperman said: Just picked this one up MMMM.....Bacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofKent Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Lovely shots all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdNargel Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 More Bacon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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