Steph

ROFL. That's hilarious, Sue. Is the date April 1? There was another Country Gentleman cover with marble players. March 1923, Grandpa Goes Knuckles Down.

Definitely something special going on with that glass. Is there any hint at all of bleeding/blending?

Check this out: the cover of Country Gentleman, March 1937. At Curtis Publishing, CG 1930's. If I understand correctly, Curtis Publishing was also responsible for the Saturday Evening Post. They show a small pic of the Sept. 2, 1939 Norman Rockwell Marbles Champion cover. You can get to that from this page, SEP 1930's.

Sounds like a delicious drink. It looks like the camera picked up the fluorescence of whatever was behind the marble.

Thank you Lou.

That's the other box I've seen. The one which, together with statements I've heard from at least four sources about realers being rainbos, makes me wonder if realer was a cross-over name, introduced for certain cloudy-based patches during the time of the NLR and then used for other marbles during the rainbo era. At least until they ran out of pre-printed Acme Realer boxes.

Thank you Brian. Rick I don't mind a good lightbulb joke. or a bad one. Is torchwork the same thing as lampwork?

I begin to think lampwork is not the same thing as "making lamps".

Found the realers box with the rainbos in it. It's a partial box. I don't know who first posted it, or where, or what was said about it. Like whether it was an original stock remnant or was more likely to be backfilled or what.

Haven't yet found the realers box with the rainbos in it. Did remember this one tho'. The "Specials" box with what looks like mostly rainbos, and some peerless patches. Interesting in more ways than one. For some reason I thought of peerless patches as coming from a different time period than rainbos. This says there was at least some overlap, unless old stock found its way into the box. Also, I wasn't sure I'd find rainbos in these flat old-looking stock boxes, but here they are.

Yes, Dave, LOL. This go round I'm asking about marketing names. :-) Carole, funny you should mention Acme Realers. I've been wondering if that might be one of the tweener marble names. And if maybe the packaging was used for two different kinds of marbles. First patches and then rainbos like you say. In this 1933 ad, I think the Acme "Real" marbles were patches. Yet Block called Realers rainbos, and so does the info and history page at Peltiermarbles.com: Edit: Marble Alan also said Realers were rainbos, but a different type: "Rainbos with a translucent colored base are called Acme Realers." I know I've seen a pic of a Realers box with patches. But I'm pretty sure I've also seen one with Rainbos. Maybe later in the 1930's or in the 1940's Peltier said something like, "We have the boxes and we like the name so why should we mark it out? Just decide which of our new style Rainbos matches the old name best and they'll be our new Realers." I'll see if I can find that Realers box with the Rainbos in it.

Are there any Pelt Rainbo names, official ones, other than the Rainbos and the Bloodies?

So, may I conclude that everyone is saying yes on those being marbles!

There are oh so many ways to go with that. And none I'm brave enough to say

What she said. Totally! Ingenious.

Neat!

Alan, I was hoping someone else would say something about this one. How's it done? I don't even know what to ask. I only know it is fascinating.

um ... just in case you didn't guess/know ... canicas is Spanish for marbles.

Links to marble categories on non-U.S. eBay sites: tba

What are some keywords which might be used to google for marbles from out of the U.S.? I have next to no idea what words to use. What I'm including so far are words which have given me some results, but I haven't found any motherlodes of marbles using these searches, so I am sure there are superior terms. Any help would be appreciated. Dutch Knikker Knikkers with glas or glazen for extra keywords French Billes German Murmeln Glaskugeln Spanish Canicas Thinkin' there may be a lot of keywords here: Murmel und Murmeln. Einfarbig oder bunt, groß und klein. Das wohl älteste Spiel der Welt - nicht nur für Kinder! Murmel, Schusser, Bucker, Klicker, Knicker, Marbel, Marmel usw. Viele Namen für eine meist runde Kugel. Schillernd, bunt, verzaubernd. Nicht nur für Kinder. Auch für Erwachsene immer noch ein Kinderspiel. Und natürlich auch ein Glasobjekt zum Ansehen und zum Dekorieren. Murmeln und Kugeln aus Glas. Mit Murmeln lässt es sich nicht nur trefflich spielen, sondern auch wundervoll dekorieren. Dekorationen im Wohnbereich oder bei Präsentationen wirken stärker, wenn Glas (Glasnuggets, Glasherzen, Glassterne, Glasbonbons und Murmeln) eingesetzt wird. Die runde Form der Murmel ist wohl das Geheimnis andauernder Beliebtheit. Glas hat was! Lassen Sie sich entführen in die Welt der bunten Murmeln und Glaskugeln. Murmeln aus Glas, das war und ist immer noch etwas ganz Besonderes. (source) Altavista translation: Marble and marbles. A-colored or multicolored, largely and small. The probably oldest play of the world - not only for children! Marble, Schusser, Bucker, Klicker, Knicker, Marbel, Marmel etc. many names for a usually round ball. Schillernd, multicolored, bewitching. Not only for children. Also for adults still a children's game. And naturally also a glass object to the reputation and to decorating. Marbles and balls from glass. With marbles it can be played not only to splendid, but also decorated wonderfully. Decorations within the apartment range or with presentations work more strongly, if glass (Glasnuggets, glass heart, glass stars, glass drop and marbles) is used. The round form of the marble is probably the secret of continuous popularity. Glass has which! Let kidnap itself into the world of the multicolored marbles and glass balls. Marbles from glass, that was and is still somewhat completely special.

what an imagination! set of imaginations? The combined dream of three people? Yeah, that's trippy. (and outrageously awesome)

I was looking for information about Canicas tequila when I ran across a mention of a film which appears to be about a marble champion. I would still like to know if those are actually marbles in the bottom of the Canicas bottle, but I thought the movie looked interesting too. A couple of reviews: Sources: movie photo album Amazon.com But ARE those marbles down there at the bottom of the bottle?

Good article. That sets me straight on the date of the Ninja Turtle too. :-)

You are welcome! (And thanks for pointing me toward the examples ... they were great ones for making the point!)

Below is a comparison of two Marble King marbles. One is a vintage Watermelon which Bob Block recently sold at auction, perhaps made in the 1950's or 1960's. It would have been sold as a Rainbow, and is what is called a Patch & Ribbon style. The second is a modern version of the Rainbow, I think from the 1990's or later. Note: Some people call the modern marbles with this particular color combination Ninja Turtles. Some say they "have Watermelon colors". Some people outright call them Watermelons, which I believe to be a mistake. Note #2: This is a simple enough subject, so I hope I have it right. If I don't, please let me know so that I don't perpetuate any misconceptions! Thanks!