Don't waste your money!!  Unless these are what you collect!!!

• Civil War Era Clay Marbles.  These are solid color base with a 5 pointed star
  
• Marbles are believed to have been found in Atlanta while renovating for the 1996 Olympics
• Clay Marbles Dredged Tennessee River, Mississippi or any river.
  
• Felt tip marker Clay Marbles with pictures of butterfly's, animals, flowers, etc.  These type are very heavy as well.
  

Examples of Felt-tip and Civil War Modern clay marbles...

Fantasy Bag's or Bag's that never were made by marble companies.  Most are computer printed with modern marbles inside. 
Some headers to stay away from:

• All tobacco bags
• Navy, Air Force, Army
• Watermellons, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts
• Gene Autry, Cisco Kid, Hopalong Cassidy, Lash La Rue, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Lone Ranger, Gay Ranchero, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Bette Davis, etc.
• Coca Cola, Pepsi, Pal Aid, Royal Crown, Nehi, Hires, 7-Up, etc.  (Note: most 'Real' bags where Hanger type that hung off the bottles)
• All gas station promo bags.  Mobil, Esso, Gulf, Shell, etc.

Example's of Fantasy or Home-made Bag's with Modern Marbles

Steelie's vs Ball Bearings

• Steelie's have an 'X' and they will be hollow
• Ball Bearings are NOT collectable in the marble world.  They can and will damage marbles during shipping.
• Only Ball Bearings in orginal packaging and marketed as "Marbles" are sought after.  ie, Cannon Balls

Example of a Vintage Steelie and Ballbearings marketed as Marbles