marblenewbie Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Keep seeing posts about old bags of marbles. Been looking but never seem to find any until now. Found these up for purchase but have no idea how much should be paid as the marbles in two of them are not much. Coca Cola bag is more interesting. Somehow the bag seems to put a lot of punch in the price. Anyone that can give me some guidelines would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Unable to tell what the marbles in the Coca Cola bag are. The bag is so crisp that I'm worried that they're Jabo and that the bag is a fantasy bag in spite of being mesh. But maybe it's actually an old bag and just happens to be as mint as can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted February 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Supposedly comes from a collector and seeing some of his other marbles I would tend toward believing that it is older and mint. Probably just trying to talk myself into it. Thanks Steph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 The Coke bag pictures is not focused well enough to be sure about the marbles. But most or 95% of the coke bags are fake or fantasy bags. The only original Coke bags I can think of are the bottle hanger bags which have a hole in the header to hang on a Coke bottle. The yellow mesh could be older but it has been sold in rolls of new old unused stock. The two Vitro bags are original. But later Vitro as they say Gladding-Vitro. This when the original Vitro Agate Co. was sold to The Gladding Company. The marbles are later Vitro All Reds from around 1980-1986. The single marbles are worth about ten cents each to the big majority of collectors. The Gladding-Vitro bags with these marbles are worth about $5.00 each. I have had good numbers of them and ended up giving many away free. If the Coke bag is a fantasy bag it is zero value to collectors. Wish I had better news but it is what it is. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblenewbie Posted February 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Thanks a bunch, just the kind on info I needed. Will proceed with all that in mind and act accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 I think the fake bags that have popped up in the last 20 years can eventually become collectible. There are so many “home made” headers and bags out why not grab them when you can ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 I agree with what Ron said. Some of those "filled" Coca Cola mesh bags have Alox marbles in them so, if cheap enough, might be an okay buy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted February 23, 2022 Report Share Posted February 23, 2022 Coke Cola bag with a hole! cats eyes in bag 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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