Greatmacscott

It it the farm that is over 100 years old or the marbles? I am so confused. :Money_0031:

can't speak for the other bidders but I couldn't reach the reserve price on the bottle stopper. :Happy_050: Was I close? Scott

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Dear Marble collectors: We’d like to invite all of you to the longest-running marble show in the country – the 32nd annual Amana Colonies Marble meet! It is held at the Amana, Iowa Holiday Inn, Exit 225, Interstate 80 (SPECIAL NOTE: On April 27, the Holiday Inn will become the Clarion!) The dates are June 5 and 6, 2009. Like last year, the show will be on Saturday so that folks will have Sunday as a travel day! Collectors usually arrive early in the week and room trading will be in full swing by Tuesday or Wednesday of show week! The actual meet will open on FRIDAY evening, June 5 with the banquet at 6:00 p.m. Ticket pick-up and registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. We’ll have many door prizes (people are encouraged to bring one from their home state!), a humorous skit, and of course, an all-you-can-eat Amana style meal! Banquet tickets are $19.00 for adults, $9.00 for children ages 5-12 and children under 5 are free. After the banquet and skit, you’ll be treated to a presentation by Craig Snider of Shawnee, Kansas. Craig’s subject is “Marble Tournaments of the Past”. The marble display takes place on SATURDAY, June 6 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Exhibitors may set up from 7:00 am to 9:00 am and all others may enter at 9:00 am. There will be coffee and cinnamon rolls for exhibitors. If you are exhibiting, long extension cords and lights will improve the existing lighting. Please remember, only marbles and marble-related items are allowed in the exhibit room. At this writing, a few tables remain at $45.00 each. Please contact Gary Huxford at 319-642-3891 or 319-551-6685 if you are interested in purchasing a table. Tables are 7-8 feet long and table cloths are provided by the hotel. Three motels are within a two block radius of the show. Contact them directly for reservations. Holiday Inn (Clarion) 319-668-1175 (Show Location) Mention you are with the marble collectors Super 8 319-668-2800 Heritage Inn 319-6682700 To obtain a table or banquet tickets, please contact Gary Huxford, 503 West Pine street, Marengo, IA 52301 by May 20, 2009. Checks should be made payable to GARY Huxford. We also have a website: www.amanamarble.com. My email address is [email protected]. Phone numbers are 319-642-3891 (home) or 319-551-6685 (cell). Don’t hesitate to send a message or call for more information! We hope to see you in June in Amana! Sincerely, Gary Huxford

Those are really neat items Lisa. I think they were used to button lady's shoes when shoes had buttons. :Party_fest30:

Yes please if not too much work. Scott

Charles with Bells On! Scratch my eyes out with a fork! Ding-a-ling

Marble Crazy at Moon Marble on Friday and Saturday, Marble Show in Overland Park, Kansas on Sunday, Weather in the 60s, a beautiful funfilled weekend. Who will be there? I will! - Scott

Today, February 16th, is the last day for the special room rate at the DoubleTree Hotel. Reservations made after today will be at the regular rate. don't miss the opportunity to save big on the room rate. Scott

Only a few days left to get your room reservations in for a really great room rate at a fantastic hotel!! Call soon :Computers_comp18: :Party_fest30: :Money_0031:

I am looking forward to another exciting show in KC! See you there Charles.

Ever watch a chicken in the barn yard? It isn't all grain and bugs they are pecking at.

:Emoticon-jawdrop: tremendous find. Congratulations! Scott

would the marbles in a Fisher jewel tray count as an industrial use of marbles? And don;t forget Sling shot ammunition, half inch glass balls can really whack a squirrel at close range. :Happy_143:

I spots of Marion Harland Coffee Pots lamp finials fiber glass ingots

The bennington cane top is real. The round China cane tops with scenes or people on them are some times referred to as Limoge Marbles. Once in a while, the run across one that someone has tried to fill in the hole and actually call it a marbles. Scott

Nice grouping. I appreciate you letting us see them. Scott

Using round seeds as marbles would be a possibility. The idea "grows" on you as you think about about it. Maybe it will take root.

And if you do eat the marble, it too shall pass just as the rest of the bad puns :-) Scott

Great Picture. The Green is rarer than the Red but both are rarer than any of the Akro boxes with the same logo. Akro also make chinese checker boxes without the logo. If you look closely at Chinko-Checko-Marble marble boxes, most of them are from Berry Pink but a few are from Peltier. Some guy talked all about chinese checker boarda and boxes in Amana. :-)

I agree with Galen. It is not unusual to find this type of marbles in Codd bottles too. Scott

Would that make any thing over 3 inches a WOW-WOW!

Modular, Thanks for the tip in email. I will follow up when I get home from Atlanta Scott

1312 must be the Scott number for the stamp - sorry typing to fast and reading two lines

Belgie - Belgique aka Belgium - Issued May 8, 1312 I still need that one