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Someone recently mentioned Baumann's book placing them in a very short period in the early 20th century. I was surprised, so I checked, and sure enough that's what he said, although I'd have to look again to get the exact (suggested) dates . . . somewhere around 1910-1920, I think, offhand; he believes they may have been made for only 6 years or so, which (along with WWI) could account for their rarity, in comparison with latticinios, solid cores, etc. The Venetians had the monopoly on what we call lutz for a loooong time . . . "Maybe "gilded" refers to those chinas with gold bulls-eyes that were in a recent thread? And the few Benningtons with gold?

Fold it? You mean lengthwise? Pickled bologna?? I might try that . . .

Um, I hope I don't get into trouble for this, but Chicago deep-dish pizza is not, as you've heard, universally loved here. But if you were born here I don't think you can say that. I was only conceived here, long ago, so I may get a pass. I happen to like it, but anything that multiplies cheese & pepperoni & onions & green peppers & mushrooms and stuff is usually OK by me. Heck, you can do away with the crust entirely and just give me a bowl fuli of toppings and I'd be happy . . . Chicago hot dogs freak me out. I've lived here for 13 years and have never managed to actually taste one. It's not the neon-green relish, though -- it's the TOMATOES and celery seeds. Shudder. Who puts TOMATOES on hot dogs?? These are the same people who make regurgitating sounds if you talk about ketchup on hot dogs. I just don't understand it. But I acknowledge that Chicago hot dogs are very photogenic . . .

Well, I think it is! I've lived in both north and south Florida, so I can talk. (Tallahassee, Jacksonville Beach, Delray Beach, and Islamorada . . .) Wait. Then what the hell am I doing in Chicago? Something's wrong with this picture.

I had my first boiled peanuts in northern Florida. And I'd give -- well -- a lot to have a dripping double handfull right now . . .

I believe he was referring to radio stations in 1923, not radios themselves . . . and since the leaflet is undated,there is no way to be certain about its date -- but I would be very surprised, considering its design, if it were produced any earlier than the 1920s. But of course, all things are possible . . .

Naw, Imperial Jade . . .

I know -- didn't they get their first automatic feeders (Empire) around 1927? I think that's as early as any corkscrew could be . . .

Gee, I didn't know Akro was making corkscrews in 1908. Hasn't this guy been run out of town about 10-20 times already? THAT Mike?

And after staring at it for a while I've decided it's the nicest one I've ever seen.

I don't know what you'd consider well after, but by the design and typography I'd say at least sometime in the 1920s . . .

Wow - Glad to hear somebody else has one (I mean two). So that's three, at least. Mine, unfortunately, is not printed on a popeye -- it's just on white. I wonder what the crown / number thing was about? Any ideas?

I bought two from Alan -- one H. E. Koehler, printed in red, and one with a small crown and the number 4, printed in blue. He said he got them from the family. I know he sold at least one more with Koehler's name on it, but I don't remember any others. Not saying there weren't any, though. Does anybody else have one with a number and crown?

The most interesting Pelts I have were given to me by Art. I miss him too.

Heck, Akro threw away most of what he sells!

You have to consider the seller . . . I'm surprised there are still people who will pay that kind of price for one of his marbles, which are always damaged to some extent.

I think lion is a possibility too. Tail and head (?) wise. And the body looks a little muscular for a cow. At least the cows I've seen.

Gotta agree -- Maslach's ribbons are far thinner than the ones shown here, which mostly look like Jody Fine to me, too. In the 3rd picture, the 2 smaller ones on the second row don't look like Fine, though -- I have 3 or 4 similar ones with very fine threads and core elements, also unsigned; they don't look "Fine-ish" in hand, at all. But their maker -- whoever that is -- is very skillful.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AAM-MARBLES-PELTIER-NLR-CROSS-THRU-CHERRY-BOMB-/181070992186?pt=Marbles&hash=item2a28ac133a

Then maybe the ones you have came from those digs, Dani (or from others in the same area?). Planning on selling them? Just checking . . .

I have one of the gold-bulls-eye chinas like Steph posted, purchased from Alan B, some years ago. I've only seen a few (really, like 2 or 3) for sale since then. One is illustrated in Paul Baumann's book. I assume they're fairly scarce. I don't know if they're rare I don't know of any other type with gold, except . . . gold on a bennington is ringing a very tiny (and possibly cracked) bell in my brain . . . I seem to remember seeing one, once, also being sold by marblealan. I don't remember the gold having any particular design -- just a smallish splotch, or something like that. What were found in the digs you're referring to, Clyde? I like gold . . .

There was a very brief period last year when Our Boy was quiet and things were looking up, to the extent that someone felt comfortable enough to post some of their recently-discovered information and evidence. K chose to interpret it as an attack against him (his knowledge) and his "acknowledged marble-expert" friends -- instead of being interested and/or excited that they had chosen to post it on his board. Went into one of his endless rants about how "just because someone's been collecting a long time doesn't mean they know anything about marbles." It became painfully evident that he didn't understand the distinction between "opinion" and "facts/evidence." He then started altering people's posts, among other things, making it look like they were saying things they NEVER would have said, including calling people names. Psycho. You had more sense than I did, Edna!

It was, and it is!

Yep. After I politely disagreed with him about his definition of a cross-thru (a term he said he had coined) he posted about how he was right and those who had open minds and were willing to learn would agree with him. That snapped my very last nerve, which had been under severe stress for some time. So I told him -- politely -- off. And said "I quit." I received an immediate PM from him -- a hand waving bye-bye -- and of course he deleted the post. Not before some others had read it, however, including one person who saved and reposted it, for which he was banned for life. Another person posted (as I had) that the term was used in Larry Castle & Marlow Peterson's cat's-eye book, not coined by Kevin. He too was banned for life. Don't know if I have the "For Life" status or not, but as far as I'm concerned, it is. The newbies are just gonna have to fend for themselves. Trying to be rational and polite there on a regular basis was forcing me to make too many withdrawals from the Karma Bank.

Yep. Now he's changing people's posts and deleting the ones he doesn't like -- and throwing people off the board who disagree with him. He's quite a boy.