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Black Widow as pictured by Jill Spencer, circa 1964 Should have another red stripe on the other side. (Pretty sure about that. The marble I have which I was told was "Black Widow" does.)

Black Widow as pictured by Jill Spencer, circa 1964 Should have another red stripe on the other side. (Pretty sure about that. The marble I have which I was told was "Black Widow" does. Need to confirm.)

Not the Black Widow I learned about which the Marble Queen Jill Spencer found in the 1964-era Paden City dumpsite she owned. Not sure what this one would be called. Is it a Transparent Wasp? That seller was mentioned recently as possibly being someone who problems under different ID's.

hmmmmmm .....

Another way to look at it though is that the design existed for 25 or 30 years before guineas were made. So it's theoretically possible that it might have inspired their production.

Boiled peanuts are at least from Alabama. That's where I got my first taste of them. (Had a canned version in Oklahoma I think which wouldn't not be a good way to learn about them. I think I mentioned that also.)

No beer. I didn't think of that. A friend who works at Johnsonville gave us an assortment of different styles. I tried about three kinds and gave up. But maybe we just didn't fix them correctly.

Wisconsin is famous for brats .... which I recently learned I dislike. I wouldn't care if I never ate another brat for the rest of my life. (as opposed to, say, corn dogs, which I need to eat at least once every two years ) I miss southern food. Like fried okra. mmmmmmm

Here's where I first saw the ad. Some Onyx Marbles For Sale Galen gave the date as 1933. The post originally had a bigger copy of the ad but it was reduced when we were trying to save storage space. Galen, do you still have the large version?

IIRC Galen once posted a catalog page from 1930 or maybe a little later which had handmades in it. I'm trying to remember which search terms to use to find it.

Going to try to upload them here. German Marble Industry - 1907.pdf German Marble Industry - 1927.pdf

That's some shooter!

I've seen people claim their eyelashed corks were pre-freeze and came from the 1920's. And I think I've seen someone claim they came from 1910. But Akro didn't even exist in 1908.

Welcome Eddie!

I'm thinking yes to "unusual" but I'll move this to the other forum to get more opinions ....

My guess for the marble would be that it could be from the era which produced the marbles in these boxes:

Very interesting. I don't recognize that as a popeye. I'm guessing the modern collector's name for that might be "special". (I use that word hesitantly for reasons of my own. )

Here's a paragraph from one of Alan's archived pages: Recently, I spoke with a friend who told me his uncle was in the screenprinting business in the mid-to-late 1930s. One of the items he screenprinted for companies (filling stations, Cracker Jack, and small local businesses in the area of western Pennsylvania) and individuals (i.e. political campaigners) included marbles. This elderly gentleman, Howard E. Koehler, was born in 1910, and obtained his marbles from Akro Agate. Over the years he has given these marbles to his relatives, including his nephew, my friend, who showed me a jar full. Among the marbles were Popeyes, Corkscrews, and Opaques. Many were printed with the names of individuals, while others had the names of petroleum companies (Esso, Mobilgas, and Sunoco) and such words as "freedom" and "1937." Mr. Koehler himself kept around 100 of these marbles, and allowed me to go through them. Perhaps some of the more interesting examples contained "Landon" or "Landon/Knox"; Alfred Landon and Frank Knox were the repulican candidates for president and vice president, respectively, during the 1936 election, and lost against Franklin D. Roosevelt. Another link, with more detail from Alan: http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/dixiemarblecollectorsclub/message/981 Guess I should save that page in case it disappears or is hard to find for some reason.

The name sounded familiar so I did a quick search. A note on these marbles said that they were from the estate of Howard E. Koehler, describing him as the man who printed them for Akro in the 30's. That might be how Alan's auction for the marbles read. That would be all I know at the moment.

Has anyone ever figured out what porcelfrit was? (I think it was a product from these guys: Ing-Rich)

Hello. The two smaller ones look like clay or perhaps limestone if they're heavier than clay. Little monetary value for those two. But pretty cool to find them in an old house. If clay, could have been made in Europe or in America. If stone, I think more likely Germany. The larger marble was made in Germany, possibly in the 1800's. (To the best of my understanding the style was introduced in the mid-to-late 1800's and production may have continued into the 1900's.) Someone else will probably be along soon to tell you the specific collector's name for it.

Lovely. Rainbo feel to me. Not based on ribbon count. Or mostly not on ribbon count. There are 4-ribbon NLR's. In the pix the ribbons just sorta seem like they would fit more with rainbos - in the texture and in how they meet. Agree with Dave that the base also seems more rainbo-y. Have you ever run across that color combo before?! What does BT have to say about it?

What Ric said.

The "stuks agate" part but most especially the "knikkers" part makes me think they were made for sale in some other country, like maybe the Netherlands.

sheep? oops. forgot about the tail .... but I don't know what sheeps tails look like anyway ....