Steph

Here's another Galen classic: Christensen Turkey Head

I'm not sure how widely used the name "diaperfold" is these days, but basically it is a single seam marble. The most famous were made by Christensen Agate (as were the marbles which are typically called turkeys). Single seam marbles were occasionally made by other makers (I have a single-seam Akro and a somewhat misshapen single-seam Marble King). Here is a pair of slag photos which I thought did a good job illustrating the name. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . (I think the marble photos came from Manddrakes' auctions) Turkey-head-like patterns also appear on other marbles but calling something other than a Christensen a turkey will generally get a lesson in how it's not a Christensen. More pix will surely be forthcoming.

It's not so hard to believe!

Did you know he collected Akros?

There was at least one different swirl type from the digs. I'm remembering red, green and white ..... Edit: yup, I checked my dug Akro box and I have a couple of the red/white/green swirls (in really lousy shape )

I'm thinking maybe Alley .....?

Pretty

For the archives

Yes. Akro Tri-Color Agates were definitely around by January 1931. So were possibly already around in 1930. (How wild is that, considering corks were only introduced in 1929 or 1930?) Here's a Jan 1931 Boys' Life with them: http://books.google.com/books?id=OVtPo30Su2sC&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q&f=false And that color catalog ad calls the Tri-Colors new, backing up the 1931-ish idea. We can maybe talk about what Akro meant by "Specials" later. *hehe*

Is this a liberty cork in this ad? I think this was 1931. It's one I spent some time trying to pin down and I may be confused about what I ultimately found, but 1931 is the date coming to mind right now.

I made these! Ummm ... well, actually, the guilty party should be by shortly. Click the pic for a larger copy. If I need to post even larger versions of the pix, let me know. I'll figure out a way.

When that buyer finds out enough about marbles to know they spent $100 on a common ..... Sad, expensive lesson.

Someone else might be able to find a better match by looking at their personal collection of euroswirls. I got this comparison from a quick forum search. (link)

Thank you for sharing the news. It's important that the pioneers be remembered.

awwwww ....... That's you? (nice fashion example )

O M G

Not in person but ...

(yes, Craig, MFC's ..... the seeming reference to red onyx surely means American Cornelian)

I should have posted this last week. The new National Marble Champions are 12-year old Cooper Fisher of Middletown Valley, MD and 11-year-old Emily Cavacini of Allegheny County, PA. Congratulations! Glad kids are still playing. News from Wildwood (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Dale Gerhard)

ORLY! lol

Well that big clay doesn't seem very pretty to me. It's an overgrown commie. Somewhere I have/had an article from early in the 1900's which said that all the kids had a giant marble for some sort of game. At least that's what I remember -- I hope I didn't just make it up. But I have no idea where I stored it. It's possible I filed it in a "Shooter" folder which was in a folder called "S". I accidentally destroyed my "S" disk, so I may have lost that article. ... or maybe it's in an unsorted folder and I could find it again if I would just look. I'd have fun looking through those old files, finding things I'd forgotten about. Why don't I do it? lol