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Sometimes you can find a used one on eBay either under marbles or under Books. Art

Looks like a sunburned Zebra to me. Art

Don't hold me to it, but my por ol brain seems to remember that the winning contest name was "Prize Name" Sounds logical. Art

Back in the 30's when this box was put together no one was too worried about what went into a stock box. There were buckets, barrels and tubs filled with marbles all over the production floor. Anyone who has spent time in a factory where production was stressed ( and especially in the 30's when marbles were cheap and so was labor ) would know that most "stock" boxes were probably filled with whatever marbles that they had the most of and wanted to ship. With the possible exception of "gift" boxes which had somewhat various matched color marbles, the goal was to make and ship as many boxes of marbles a day that you could. No one picked them up and looked at them to make sure they matched. Since a 50 gallon barrel might contain the same color and type of marbles from a few different days runs, it's not surprising that Lee's box has slightly different hues and bases. And that's not my humble opinion , it's my opinion from spending more than 30 years in a variety of manurfacturing plants from the 50's onward watching piecework and production lines. None of that IMHO cop out....... Art

Absolutely vintage and certainly worth keeping. The pinwheel is especially nice. A guess on the prices : Helix $30, Coil $25, Jasper $5, Pinwheel up to $100 depending on how badly someone wants it. A

I don't think any Akro Agate ads after 1930 or 1931 showed slags. When you think about it, slags were the staple from MFC for 15 years and then from Akro for at least 10 more. By that time kids were ready for a change. Just like when Cat eyes hit the market. Art

I have an identical box with all Akro marbles from the early 30's. Bob Block(with my apologies to Roger Hardy) shows the box and other unmarked boxes with Akro marbles as gift boxes in his "Marble Mania" book. I think Roger is wrong because I've had other boxes of the same type with Akro marbles. Art

Just kidding. They were made in a press of some kind and ive seen them in 5/8" and 1"... Art

No, it's hand made but you have to squeeze real real hard to get it closed. Art

There were at least 7 or 8 boxes by Master Marble offered at the 1933/34 Chicago Worlds Fair but I think that this is the only bag. There's a Worlds Fair show in Elk Grove Village, just West of Chicago, coming up in March and someone there might have answers about the bag or other questions you all might have. Art

If you've ever fished any marbles out of a creek where they've been rolling around in sand for years they'll look something like that. Art

I'm sorry to have to report that Ron Hetzner passed away last night. Many of you will remember him from his sponsorship of the Ottowa marble show for many years. He'll be missed by all who knew him.

Everyone whoever met and knew Les will miss him. I know that I will. Art