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Funny how the lower right corner of the boy scout box is worn through to the cardboard underneath, but it has a shine over the wear like decoupage or some kind of sealer was applied over it after the wear.

Thanks! Those have brownish hues, some black, and some purple here and there. They are cool. Notice the boxes say "prize names" but some are just one color corks? That makes me wonder about the company use of the name. Something else that these boxes prove is that they didn't count the blends as 3 color specials, or if they did, they wouldn't have put them here in the cheaper prize name boxes.

Alley shimmering spruce

Christmas tree (Peltier)

I think Pelt too.

Fire damaged game marble.

I have a fossilized one too, but not ground into a marble.

Some of the htf color combos of rainbos. Seems like the NLRs get all the limelight.

Those in the pic with circular marks with the nub in the middle... those aren't pontils, they are hit marks. (Damage) You do have some pontiled marbles that lstmrbls pointed out. Some nice swirls in the last pic too!

Blurry pic, but:

A better than average pile of old marbles! Nothing super crazy but nice overall!

Tan base, like a very light coffee. They can have a little white striated in the base too, but these don't.

They aren't in original packaging, but how often do you stumble across a nice group of red ravens?

Me too.

I'm down with vitro too.

Thanks! Here's a shot of the other pole

Here's one I just picked up that I'm in love with right now.

Sure looks like a CAC to me!

Thank you for the comments! I made it with selling it in mind, but I'm thinking hard about pulling the listing and keeping it. It doesn't fit 100% with my decor but it wouldn't be out of place either. Decisions, decisions !!!

Thanks! It's sitting on the old trunk in my living room for the setting. The center light is a turn signal from a 1965 buick riviera! It's upside down on the sculpture.

I am a bit of an artist and love to dabble with different media. I recently decided to give metalworking a try since I have all the equipment for work. Hopefully one day I can direct more time to it. I made this sculpture/lamp in "steampunk" style from scraps of metal from the junkyard. I love the weird mad scientist mechanical look of steampunk. Welding, cutting, bending, painting, wiring, etc... It was fun! I'm ready to make another. Got this one listed on the bay.

I know these sellers have been reported multiple times to ebay. I think we should all complain at one time to ebay... a coordinated effort with a statement endorsed by a lot of the collectors in the community. Then we can all add our signatures and copy/paste it to the "report this auction" link on ebay. It'd a shame this person is allowed to continue to rip people off this way and it's a shame that ebay continues to allow it even after hundreds or thousands of reports.

Looks right to me! Apparently the other site is just wrong! Thanks.

Here is something I just located about the weatherbird box and logo. Makes me wonder just how old those rainbos are. "The Peter’s Shoes Company, with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, used the Weather Bird logo from 1907 to 1932. The company issued a wide range of promotional items ranging from comic books to postcards to whistles. Researching this question brought back a flood of childhood memories. My mother favored Buster Brown shoes, manufactured by the Brown Shoe Company who licensed the use of Richard Outcault’s Buster Brown cartoon character in 1904. Before a sale was concluded, children were asked to step up to the shoe-fitting fluoroscope machine which produced an x-ray image of your feet showing how your feet fit within the shoes. The fluoroscope was a sales gimmick. The fit of a shoe depends on flesh size, something the machine could not measure nor demonstrate. Once a sale was concluded, it was premium time. Encountering a Buster Brown shoe premium in my travels always brings a smile to my face. According to one source, The Peltier Marble Company made the Weather Bird, rainbow marble premium. Another source indicated the boxes contained Akro corkscrew marbles. It is possible Weather Bird Shoes contracted with more than one company. Equally probable is that a dealer switched the marble type to create a rarity that never existed historically." Taken from this site: http://www.harryrinker.com/col-1359.html