Finally found the box

[Fire1981]

Finally found this box. I lucked out and found these on the Bottom of the eBay in 2006. It was on the bottom of my box of marble books and and this calendar I packed up in 2008. Truly a Finally Found Them Moment 🔥

[wvrons]

Marble Bert.   He bought a lot of marbles from me over the years.  He also once owned the Alley Salesman sample case which I now own.  Brings back memories with Everett and that yellow 3rd edition.  He shipped some of those swirls back to me three and four times to sort again. After he and or the publisher would get them mixed up. American machine made marbles was several years in the making, probably seven years. Ended in being two books rather than one. The second one Popular marbles was and is a big disappointment. Which was not Mike or Susie's fault.  American Machine-Made Marbles is still the most complete detailed and accurate history, done as of today.   

[Fire1981]

Ahhhh….so you have “The Sample Box” That totally righteous. It’s in good hands for sure 🔥

[wvrons]

I have one of only two Alley salesman sample case sets. Larry Alley has the one which his father used. So the odds are that I have the one which Lawrence E. Alley used.   Lots of history with the case that I have. I followed its journey for many years from Vitro Anacortes Washington state to me.  The lining of these cases are white silk. There are ten different rows which contain five marbles of same color Calligraphy style marbles per row. All the marbles in these cases are 11/16 inch size. 

 

 Larry Alley's case. 

[Carowill]

5 hours ago, wvrons said:

I have one of only two Alley salesman sample case sets. Larry Alley has the one which his father used. So the odds are that I have the one which Lawrence E. Alley used.   Lots of history with the case that I have. I followed its journey for many years from Vitro Anacortes Washington state to me.  The lining of these cases are white silk. There are ten different rows which contain five marbles of same color Calligraphy style marbles per row. All the marbles in these cases are 11/16 inch size. 

 

 Larry Alley's case. 

A national treasure!

[Da Roberto]

11 hours ago, wvrons said:

Ho uno dei soli due set di valigette campione di venditori Alley. Larry Alley ha quello che usava suo padre. Quindi le probabilità sono che io abbia quello usato da Lawrence E. Alley. Un sacco di storia con il caso che ho. Ho seguito il suo viaggio per molti anni dallo stato di Vitro Anacortes a Washington fino a me. Il rivestimento di queste custodie è di seta bianca. Ci sono dieci diverse file che contengono cinque marmi dello stesso colore marmi in stile Calligrafia per riga. Tutte le biglie in questi casi hanno una dimensione di 11/16 pollici. 

 

 Il caso di Larry Alley. 

extraordinary!!!!!!!!!!

Some of these remind me of  very busy wirepulls!