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Haha! You got me. I was thinking you were going to photograph marbles near a mint plant.

Somewhere I swear I have a photo of a box of peewee CAC guineas, or did that I dream that?

Yup, that's it, although my chocolate has more avocado. I am sure there's a simple explanation but it is now lost to time unless somebody who worked there kept a very detailed daily diary.

There's no way the Peltier manager said, "Let's take expensive blue and black aventurine and make a few barrels of marbles using that rotten toad green that Joe concocted. Kid's will love these!" Edit: OK, maybe he said that, but I doubt he worked there for much longer.

I found this oddball in a huge jug of marbles. At first I thought it was a Rainbo, then an MCS. Then when I brought it into the sunlight, the black AND blue ribbons sparkle with aventurine (unmistakably). It looks about 0.62" and that base color indeed does look like two-day old guacamole.

Strange to not accept returns but I suppose it makes sense at those prices, for the risk of buyer's remorse increases.

Thanks. Would love to find a wet mint pile of these!

Found this 5/8" guy among a truly vintage lot, then tossed him into my wounded warriors pile due to damage. But I actually never identified him. Thoughts?

That first one is my new marble sorting song!

Those flames are sizzling. Wear asbestos gloves!

And to dovetail that, did those makers all make 1" vaseline slags? I've never seen anything above a 7/8" vaseline but then again I only recently found a 1" slag in another color.

It's not Peltier according to several on another forum. Probably Alley swirl.

I read that they (agate grinders) lived to about age 35 due to the cold conditions + moisture + dust.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/362217499347?ul_noapp=true

I'm trying to picture what jewelry used the peewee agates without drilling holes in them or anything?

For more photos, see https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/48122635 If I were wealthy I would have because it has a lot of "same run" marbles which to me suggests original owner of boxes/bags, so probably really good condition. Hard to tell from the close-ups whether the condition issues are that white dust or scratches or both.

I agree with you. The aggies look better than the glass marbles. They deserve a special place, too, so maybe in 20 years when I've gathered up enough aggies I'll exclusively use these boxes for them.

I think Steph probably nailed it: https://www.billes-en-tete.com/detail.php?id=123

That's not cousin. That's big Daddy, or even Gramps. Gorgeous!

Some boxes of La Aurora 1903 Edition cigars contain a flocked tray with eight rows that neatly hold mibs up to 7/8". The slots are concave (convex?) so the smaller mibs settle in and line up better. I recently scored two boxes off eBay or $10 each. Sellers typically ask for higher, but I just wanted to give my fellow collectors a heads up. Sometimes local cigar shops sell their empty boxes for a song. Edit: some of their boxes feature a torpedo shaped tray slots which would not work as well.

Bob's answer makes the most sense at a glance. I'm still puzzled why I have so many 9/16" and under without purposely seeking them out (aside from my green one), but I assume back in the day the children adopted the peewees as marbles in the same way we adopted steelies.

I wonder whether the peewees were harder to make? I cannot believe they were because it just seems like they would not sell as well, but still they are tiny so it's very impressive when you consider the way they made these.

I finally got my first green dyed true peewee agate, and again I wonder why they would have taken the trouble to make these? We know hand cut agates required a lot of skill and labor, were highly prized as shooters, and were not affordable to most kids. So why make peewees? Were they cheaper? Was it the same reason we like them today, because they're cute and dainty and amazing?

I use a sniping site partly because I like to put "tentative" bids on things in that site's interface, which I cannot do on eBay. Then as the auction end approaches I'll go back to my snipe interface and decide whether I really want to bid at all, or bid less or more. Quite often I change my mind and retract my potential bid entirely. Then when I'm satisfied, I can forget about it. For the casual buyer like me who rarely *really* wants something, it's fun to do it this way because quite often I am outbid, but sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised. The Ebay interface is too cluttered for me these days and I too have had problems doing last minute bids from desktop or mobile.