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french fries, huh? :rofl: :rol:

Anyone know about those? Have any?

Bump. Gettin' close to time for the countdown.

wow. <-- understatement. wow wow wow

After 2002 Business continued after marble production stopped. Examples of post-marble products include:

"First Run" and "Second Run" Pelts - 2002 Related threads: First Run Pelts Pelts, 1st & 2nd runs Update: the newest thread to date. Super interesting company history. Peltier First And Second Runs? This is new to me Answers the question of when marble production stopped. 2002 seems to be it.

1988 - The Nova Family Here's a pretty powerful thread summarizing info about Rootbeer Floats, Novas, and other members of the extended Nova family: So Whats The Scoop On Peltier Rootbeer Floats, were they only made in a limited size? Worth separate mention: Rootbeer float experimental lot Galen posted at LOM

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It seems to be so ... that Albright distributed CAC's. I'm still not clear on how, when and why. and, yeah, no 'w' on Rainbos. Those would be the Pelts in the next item down. Galen said the ad was from 1933. Someone else pegged it as Butler Bros. if I remember correctly. guess I should dbl check. [Edit: I think it was from G. Sommers & Co, of St. Paul] Every time I look at this ad freshly I find something new to me. Check out the reference to '"professional" glass onyx marbles' at the top. With 'snappy colors' in the 'fancy resale' Favorites box. The way "Professional" is used supports Charles' explanation in the Albright / Cac's @ Morphy's thread, i.e., that "Professional" was part of the sales pitch ultimately to impress the kids. 74 cents per dozen boxes, 16 marbles per pox = 192 mibs for 74 cents = about 2.6 mibs per penny wholesale. And in big bulk bag, as opposed to the fancy Favorites box, the 2-color mibs were 5 per penny wholesale. Those could easily be the same mibs I think. That difference in prices could be accounted for by bulk and lack of special packaging. Brian said those were not hand gathered prices, but this is 1933. Christensen was out of business yet Butler Bros. [edit: Sommers & Co.] is still offering Christensen boxes, and saying the contents have 'snappy colors'. So is it possible that was Depression era clearance sale prices for Christensens? Seems like it could go either way, gob fed mibs from the new swirl makers Ravenswood or Alley, yet with the 'Favorites' connection still a possibility of fire sale CAC's. final reflection (for now ;-) ... Onyx doesn't seem to equate to slags here. The ad writer used 'onyx' freely, even "multicolored" onyx over in the Berry Pink / Rosenthal double compartment bag. (click to enlarge)

cool! Dustin is #116 right now. So if the contest ended today, Dustin would have a 1 in 150 chance of winning the $1000 scholarship. So all we gotta do is keep him in the top 150 for his chance. The odds could be worse! And if he ended up in the top 150 of the "most viral" category, he would have a 1 in 150 chance at a $500 scholarship. go Dustin!

A lot of interesting ones. That unknown foreigner is a standout, Paula. Here a shot I took once of some commons with different colors included especially in the hope that the mixture would help me capture the pretty blues. I wanted to trick my camera into not "balancing" the blue right out of it. Asia has done turquoise nicely.

LOL! I'm dying to see one of the big ones ! !!! I hope it does work! Glad Zigafoose seems willing! (but his Dad's story IS STILL awesome even without pix! !!) That group photo in post #11 has been a source of confusion in the past. I'm with David in his concern about bibliographic echo. The photo needs to be addressed clearly, without hedging, or the confusion will be perpetuated. What I think I am hearing is that the only two marbles there which have a chance of being Vitro confettis are the two smaller ones on the right. But a chance doesn't mean a guarantee. The moonie-based one does appear to be a confetti. The clear-based one is in question. What was the range of variation of these? I hope no one takes offense at this being questioned. The known mistakes in the labeling make it clear there have been some assumptions made without provenance. Is there provenance on the small turquoise one? That is my personal question. known Vitros vs. ? (click to enlarge)

That's pretty cool. awesome actually that you make it to all those sites. I was kinda hopin' it was the other way around tho' -- wanted to see the brushed patches coming from akro. :-)

Quick cross reference ... about both Albright and a clay company other than Albright. " Boys' Marbles Made By Girls "

Oh that was me. I made it. Forgot to sign it. If you send it here, I'll fix that and get it back to you sometime in the next 90 yrs. no problem. of course I'll cover the shipping too since it was my bad. :-)

awesome pic! LOL I set it as my homepage to remind me to vote. My old homepage was a news site. This will be much more fun.

whether vacor or chinese or vitro, I'd want to know size. Also I'd definitely want to see them on a white background so that I could have a handle on what the base glass looks like. I also imagine people would like to know how you came by them before they'd want to declare Vitro, since confettis were never released for sale and there are so very few. I suggest this as a matter of straight marble ID protocol, not because I feel I am qualified to decide whether you are holding an ultra rare vitro confetti. Having said that, I'll leave further comments to others.

Were the 6 found at a Master site?

Thanks David. Andrea, I'm sure Patry wants you to smile when you think of her. :-) Zigafoose, any chance we could see that marble of your Dad's? Well, anyway, that's awesome !

Another gem. Knikkerbakker is such a cool word. Kinderknikkeren means kids who play marbles, or at least I think so. And don't forget Cees' site: Knikkerwereld Now I wonder if Knicks fans know their team is named after marble makers.

One logo mib, two clearies, two brushed patcches, one game marble and one oxblood? um, I'm afraid I'm gonna have trubble picking one as not belonging, and one as there to throw us off.

No way .... I was in heaven just reading that glossary, and now this. wowwwwww

Hot dang! Oh that's fabulous!

quick note on more stuff to work in: Vitro confetti (about 1984, and then around 1990?) Cosmic Rainbow (mid-to-late 1980's?) quick cross reference to old list of links for Vitro: Links: Vitro Agate