Steph

So do folks think this is in the Akro family? Bob, does the base glass have an orange glow when held to the light? The base looks sorta like some later Akros which didn't have the glow and did sometimes have oxblood.

That's an interesting post, Steve. I wouldn't have thought of Kokomo. Bob, it looks like you have a two-prong (at least) question there. A. Who made your marble. B. The history of the moonies. Part B gets confusing because I think what was called "moonie" has changed over the years, and different companies have made marbles which were made with similar glass. How deep do you want to go with this?

It's Bob! *flying tackle hug*

That one looks like fluffs of cotton candy.

Well, I'm still thinking that the switch from calling the game "Halma" to calling it "Chinese checkers" was after 1933. My working theory at the moment is that if anyone said "Chinese Checkers" in 1933 they would immediately think of Mah Jongg. Popular Science was still calling the star version "new" in 1938. Anyway, super duper set Don! Lovely piece of history. How much work do you think was predone in the kit? Did the student have to make the holes himself?

Very interesting. Why was Chinese Checkers being called a new game in the late 1930's? This is confusing.

Fond memories of that time period. Some of the first marbles I ever bought.

You're most welcome. And thank you, Paul. ( :

Cool beans, guys! (mmmm ... water hazard MM? hmmmmm ... no, I better not ask.)

lol -- just kidding around. Don't want to start a political fight. Just wondering if anyone has any good marble political stuff to share. Like Masters campaign giveaways or Hoover or Roosevelt comic marbles or ?????

I got the code right for that post, Andrea. I sent a PM to try to figure out what's up with the your preview option.

That line on p. 162 of AMMM does sound like the cage was introduced in 1954. Maybe that was a misunderstanding or editing error. I based my opinion mostly on the packaging the different kinds of cat's eyes are found in. And here's an ad from 1957 showing the chubbier vanes. ( :

As to the dates, my guess would be that most of the hybrids shown were made in the late 50's or maybe early 60's. I THINK they switched to cage style cats earlier than 1970.

I respectfully disagree, Rich. I think one of yours is foreign (you probably know which one I mean) and one of Edna's is. But we agree almost all are Vitro. That's the key info Ausman needs to know for his search. *big smile*

Most of them are Vitro.

Here are those eggs I posted awhile back which I thought were Vacors!

Cat's eyes are so easy to love. Think how intriguing they must have been in the 1950's after years and years of random swirls and simple patches.

Those are lovely. The cat's meow.

wow

I saw this image on Facebook and my first thought was "Julia Powell?" I had gotten so used to seeing Edna's marble photos that when I saw a round cat ... well, it was only natural to think marble. Do you do that too?

Here's photo Jeff Hale posted. Looks like a match in there. The label is wrong for the bag count but I think it was still presumed the contents were Champ.

There are two or three reasons that I still have reservations about the 1927 or 1928 date for the introduction of Chinese Checkers. First, I have a 1923 article about Mah Jongg which called the Mah Jongg pieces "chinese checkers". Mah Jongg was a popular game in the 1920's. Perhaps that is the game people were playing at the Chinese Checkers tournaments in 1927 into the early 1930's. Second, which game pieces would Pressman have used in a 1928 version? Would they have been clay marbles? Wooden balls? There would be a limited selection of glass marbles available in 1927 or 1928. Finally, the 1936 and later articles and advertisements call it a new game. The 1937 article with the picture considers it new enough that they need to explain the object of the game (and new enough to be worthy of a picture in the paper). And it's still being called new in 1938 in the Popular Science article how how to build your own gameboard. That is why I suspect the earlier Chinese Checkers references might be about a different game, probably Mah Jongg. Thank you for bumping this thread. It's a very interesting topic to me.

Hello Mr. Alley Agate. It's wonderful to see you.

Hey, no fair making me think!

Wowzer. Not what I expected with the Imperial title. Definitely wouldn't have been my first guess for the marble. But I don't have any other guess to offer. Just admiration.