Steph
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The colors and glass make me think Akro. The pattern has me holding back a little. But that's gonna be my guess.
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In this mail this morning. With an unsigned postcard of a skeleton in a Carmen Miranda outfit. And a return address whose name I don't recognize -- well, I do recognize it -- it's the name of a female mathematician born in the 1800's. The postcard said "Happy marbles!" on the back, and I'm very very very happy marbles right now. But ?????????????? More:
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ROFL
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Thanks Ron. Amazing box. Thanks Hayden. So nice to warm up with after shoveling the walk.
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Wiki says circa 1870's.
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Hate It! Auction Changed To Buy It Now....
Steph replied to William Marbles's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
A Sparkler box no less! Ah, someone got into the seller's ear. Sorry you didn't get it. How much do you think it might have gone for. -
Yes, there does. I spent a lot of time trying to find game descriptions which matched the layouts I saw in photos. I finally gave up, guessing that different localities may have come up with quite different looking games which never made it into the literature.
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Interesting questions! Just how rare are these? Here's that pic:
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It makes sense for it to be Koko. Pretty much all the other reasonable suspects have been ruled out, right? What would be the next most reasonable suspect? Akro??? It just doesn't seem to fit anywhere ... and Kokos can be weird.
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How wonderful. All that sheet music. I was just thinking about how the musical "hits" got circulated before the days of radio Top 40. Got me thinking about sheet music.
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Hoth!
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Strength in numbers? Spreading the pressures around between more area or volume of tape ... sorta makes sense.
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Hi Cees. (No I don't know. Just saying hi.)
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But I love your Pepsis! A classic. .... not that I object to Akro.
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Hi James. Thanks for adding! Cool mib.
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The Reason That There Are No 10.0 Grade Marbles...
Steph replied to rockgardenplants's topic in General Marble & Glass Chat
So that sphere is the only perfect 10? Or there is no perfect 10? .... very interesting video. So do you think we'll get big news from the CGPM in a few days? -
Thanks! I forgot I had started a Jackson thread in here. Here are my Jacksons.
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Thanks, Darla.
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Hi eggie. No comment on value from me. Just dropping in to give you a wave.
