Steph

Oh yeah!

A guinea box! Thanks for the link!

OMG!

Let's start with the 2 parrots!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually we might end with the 2 parrots. No wait, is that other shooter a Tiger Eye?!

The smaller marbles might need more looks. Most look Jabo to me, but one looks like it could be one of them there Alleys. And if they're all Jabo, there's nothing wrong with that!

Anyway, back to

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s., moving this to the main forum because we deserve to see some marbles, and boy are those some marbles!

Fresh!

I'm not sure which marble Patry bought. Do yours and hers look more like that citrus group Galen showed, or more like the one Sandy posted?

Or more like something else?

Basically, I am unfamiliar with name. I hadn't seen Pink Grapefruit used in connection with the Citrus group, only with that one rainbo. So I am VERY curious myself. Hoping to learn something new here. :-)

Here's the link at Poor Richard's Almanac. There's a place at the bottom for leaving comments on the piece.

http://ourfriendben.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/breaking-news-for-jabo-lovers/

I love the sparklies. I have some from an earlier, pre-pastel, run.

They are fun!

I remember a marble dubbed Pink Grapefruit. Also called a Pink Lemonade and a Pink Grapefruit Spritzer. Folks were having a fun name game with it. "Citrus" was brought up, but it was as a joke.

It was this one. Sandy posted it.

The Grey Coat appears to be a white based marble.

With gray ribbons, not green. So looks like a pretty clear no on it being a Grey Coat.

Yours sure looks interesting. I don't have any idea what its name might be though, other than what you described it as already.

hehe. It sure was a good one. (as were Lloyd's and Derrick's)

http://instantrimshot.com/

oh no bj, did the dog die?

From this one view, it almost looks like a brushed pincher-sorta-thing.

Love that ad!

And thanks for showing the top line! That was enough for me to figure out which company the ad was from. Been wondering about that for a long time.

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that's rather exciting.

LOL. That would be funny - the only known packaging with an Alley brand? lol

This guy's transgressions are so numerous that they've almost become boring. Talking about spelling is more interesting . . . and more likely to have some good come from it.

This guy's excuse when caught lying was that "of course he would lie - he could get more money for something if he lied about it, so DUH". I'm only paraphrasing a little there.

He's bad news.

I'll take a lutz cat's eye!

Steve mentioned MK lutz mibs in one of the Beri Fox / Texas marble show threads.

Sorry to hear of your loss, Chuck. Your dad left a mighty fine legacy in you.

I was trying to figure out if any of them were Marble King.

According to AMMM, Bogard bought cats from MK to package as Bogard, and MK bought industrials from Bogard to fill their industrial orders.

eep! Not sure how much I can help, but have sent a PM to ask about details.

One of the companies making glass gear shift knobs in 1929 (at least) was the L. J. Houze Convex Glass Co. . . .

I'm pretty sure I have at least one other company name somewhere. I'll try to find that. . . . [edit: It was the Globe Specialty Co. Doesn't necessarily look as if they made them though. They were charged with unfair practices in "sale and distribution". So it's not clear who their supplier was.]

I found that other company's name when reading about the California Agate Co. aka the California Onyx Co., who made onyx gear shift knobs.

Onyx knobs were popular in the 1920's and 1930's, and glass companies jumped on that, making them a lot cheaper than the onyx companies could. The Federal Trade Commission stepped in to try to stop misleading advertising.

To my untrained eye, those jackets sure look close Sue.

Belle Boyd, a famous confederate spy, was photographed by Morris in the late 1800's.

The mustache and slicked down hair might also help date the pic, if the right someone was looking at it.

Reading around more, 1870's to 1880 is looking good for it. For the mustache, for the hair, for that cut of the "sack suit". So, with my skills based on 1 whole hour of google (lol) that's my guess.

Oh sheesh I just now noticed the subtitle of the thread.

*belated laff at collect $200* lolol

Hope you make it Pen!