Steph

whoa Nellie!

Chevy Chase's real first name was Cornelius.

It's times like this I really miss my newspaperarchive.com access to do a quick scan for advertised marbles prices in the 1920's. I do have lots of saved ads from past marathon searches that I said I was going to organize "someday", spread over two computers and several storage devices. Maybe this should be "someday".

Ah. They may have been. In 1926, Akro presented 11 marbles for a dime as a very hard to beat offer. In 1929 their wholesale prices for 1000 marble lots ranged from .355 to 2 cents per marble, depending on style, just for the 9/16" size. Up to 3 cents a marble for a 3/4" flintie. In the 1930's, Berry Pink had a big part in bringing marble prices way down.

The 1929 crash was in late October. The "sample Lucky-Boy marble vender" is 15.00 in September 1929. But the February 1930 ad says 17.50. Wonder what "sample" meant there.

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Well, to me they look like of like patches and marbles with equatorial ribbons, maybe even an outright patch and ribbon pattern, and maybe bananas or other cat's eyes. Bumblebee had thought that some of them could be clearies doing special effects with the things behind them. That could be but it wouldn't explain all the seemingly anachronistic patterns. Edit: at least some seem anachronistic if they're American. Maybe they're insight into what was available from other countries in 1929.

(In 1930, the same brand machine, but crude swirls which look like they could possibly be Japanese.) (https://aa.arcade-museum.com/Automatic-Age-1930-02/Automatic-Age-1930-02-119.pdf)

Any new thoughts on which marbles might have been for sale here in 1929? They freak me out. They look like 1950's or later marbles. September 29, Automatic Age You could go to this page and try to zoom in even more: https://aa.arcade-museum.com/Automatic-Age-1929-09/Automatic-Age-1929-09-051.pdf

That top view looks like a machine-made seam. But I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be non-American. If American, I can only guess Master but the seams look a little long and flat for that.

Agree modern. But whether it's an Asian handmade or a more local contemporary, I do not know.

Someone reminded me it is also the "Bridge on the River Kwai" song.

I have an 18-year-old cat and a 19-year-old cat. Love 'em to pieces, and they still have their entertaining moments, but usually they're asleep.

Just watched an old Doctor Who episode with the captions turned on. And the captions said the Doctor was whistling the Colonel Bogey March. I never knew what that was called. In grade school we had our own words to it which involved the Comet cleanser making your teeth turn green.

I could do that!

I could do this.

When I'm bored I do google searches for marbles. I used to search in the newspaper archive for marbles but I no longer have free access. Today I did a google search for bored marbles! https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/f/fishbowl_games.asp

mad skillz

Hi. Welcome. That's one of those where it's hard to tell if it's a slag or a swirl. If slag, I'd guess Akro. If swirl, then no guess.

My thought is it's gorgeous. Just saying.

Not grease from the rollers. Something about the chemicals or minerals in the glass formula.

And Pre-1936 is right. Say 1930 give or take.

Ooooooh. Peltier Christmas Trees. With the brown, I guess that might make them "Burnt Christmas Trees". And 7/8"? That's cool. I don't know about aventurine. I'm not seeing sparkle. Are you? I wouldn't be surprised.

coool! I'm just not familiar enough with the frits to be able to say Mexican or Asian. The one which looks like paint splattered around the marble is the only one I think of as for sure Vacor. I guess I'll have to try harder to remember the characteristics the next time I run across an identified Vacor frit.