Chad G.

It was yesterday, now nothing for me either but broken registry, there was a picture of a box of 2005- 2010 jabos ?? this has happened to me overnight also, I had to repost my pics Luigi you probably have to hit edit and repost the pic you had of the box of Jabo from yesterday, frustrating I know, a computer server glitch I believe, no ones fault

From what I see they're all Jabo !!

Well another year gone by so quickly 🏎️, I always say this, so I'll say it again" Hopefully this year is going to be better " Chad G.

x 2, all Jabo

Provenance will come, this did, and I am patient. I kind of enjoy being clueless about some things, it keeps me humble. I'll find some more, I have no doubt, the permission is the hard part, lots of stuff I'd like to share but can't both out of respect and because of the pat. laws.

Yes I know, a lot of digging I just wanted to get em posted Bruce, there here to stay now so have at er. Your very welcome, my great pleasure. Chad G.

Man all you other Pelt heads stole my mibs, I want my booty or else Ding a ling a "CLANG "....curtains. But seriously, stay safe friends, wear yer mask, like me 100% protection "bulletproof"

You're very, very welcome Bill !! Indeed my pleasure, I believe I've finally passed the popcorn test " maybe "

Yes I'm aware of what an onyx is, the original name for slags. The ad says "sparkling" colors and "duplication" of a genuine onyx. I have a few pelt lagoons and have seen many silver surfers, I believe this ad is speaking about these marbles. When where these produced ?? what packaging did they come in ?? Just a theory but I believe both questions are answered here in this ad. The spin theory is not mine but that of another, I was simply interjecting it to stimulate further conversation. Thank you for for your comments Hansel. I guess we'll all have to wait and see if any further provenance pops up on this matter. There will always be questions, to me that's part of what makes this hobby fun, the learning never stops, conversation and investigation until the marble community's effort exposes another link in the chain. Do you have any ideas on the 1931 Akro ad with the strange logos in the corners ?? I hadn't seen this ad until now?? as always any input is greatly appreciated, again "Thank you" Chad G.

I guess 100 or 90 yrs back is to far for most people to care, I realize alot of these are or have been posted before here and elsewhere. But not all at once in one place and there are still 2 unanswered ad questions that have been around for years. Maybe someone will do more than look and find out the long standing answers to these questions. I'm still looking, the basis of this forum is provenance, I guess if we already knew all the answers it wouldn't be much fun. Doing this has been it's own reward, maybe a few can draw something from it. Thank you all for your patience. I have tons in folders but can't share it because of copywrite infringement. Not everyone in this world likes to share, to bad we would all be so much better off. Sorry bout that "You're welcome Ron" Stop me when I get off on those 🐇 trails. I have seen 99% of it but for the benefit of anyone new it's here now. Chad G.

Nobody's mad Bruce !! I like his vids to, just not some of the stuff I know he's doing. All the property is private around the plant and I highly doubt he has permission unless he's related to the land owner. The people that live in the area are fed up with marble people trespassing. I live 1500 or more miles away and still hear about it here. I used to dig bottles with a friend that has passed, we used look at the old maps from city hall, located the outhouses' and school playgrounds and started the permission trip. Most of the dumps around here are a big no because a couple legal bottle diggers fell through because of the way the trash used to just be dumped leaves big cavities as it rots away. Anyway they fell through and got all cut up and broke a few bones and the city had to pay because it happened on their property unfortunately " The End ". Bill, my friend had an extensive marble and coin collection mostly from the old out houses, lets face it if your doing your business and your favorite mib or some change falls out of the pocket, your not going fishing, good for bottles because pops would hide from mom in the out house and throw the evidence in the hole. Hard work digging down to pay dirt, so anything we found was gold to us. I'm glad he'd been doing it for years and could tell 99% of the time what he was hitting on the other end of that steel rod. We still dug but most of the time we knew what for, marbles where just an added bonus we found on the way down, he didn't even collect them, unless you call throwing them in a jar when you get home collecting. Yes it is very addictive, like gold mining, now I know how they felt.

Thanks again for keeping me on the ball Hansel

last post for a while : 1931 catalog year with one unknown, another showing of the off the wall Akro logos, an explanation of those would be great also, I've tried but to no avail. I could make a good guess to the year but one unidentified isn't to bad. I hope you have as much fun researching this stuff as I did finding it. Now on record in the forum, we don't have to worry about deletion.

Here's the surprise pelt heads catalog year 1928 I know it gives a description but of what marbles ?? you tell me what was in this box, or even better try and research it ?? The best in the bus are trying to figure this one out. I have a good guess, in fact the only pelts that match the description but I'll leave this quandary to you !! AS said it is still unknown what marbles were in this box, some think it was an advertisement ploy to boost sales because of the coming economic situation, how about you ?? any feedback would be great.

Here's the other half 1927 catalog year

Almost there a big surprise coming up for my pelt head friends 1927 catalog year

I have them in year by year order now to make it easier for individual research on a certain item, thanks again Hansel it wasn't to bad going through the fingernails I kind of enjoyed looking at all the old toys along the way. 1924 catalog

I will go back and track down and post the years and months of each ad if available, thank you Hansel for keeping me on the ball, I believe 99% of them are there but definitely a misstep on my behalf, apologies. Thanks for catching it early, I'd hate to have had to go back and search them all, I have to scroll through a myriad of tiny thumbnails until I find the pages with the marble ads, you just saved me a lot of work, much appreciated. Provenance after all is the reason were all here. I will get every drop of preciouse information available before it's gone forever. i HAVE GONE BACK AND THERE ARE NO MONTHS BUT i AM GOING TO ADD THE YEAR, FROM YEAR TO YEAR YOU MAY SEE THE SAME MARBLE BUT THE PRICE WILL HAVE CHANGED A COUPLE PENNYS, REMEMBER THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS WELL UNDERWAY BY 1931. Chad G.

Nice Job Brother, looks like the real thing !!

All he's gonna do is get every yah who known to man out there where he is and the police patrolling it all the time and watchin it so close nobody will be there, which there isn't supposed to be in the first place. I live in Washington state, about as far away from the any marble factory as you can get ( except Anacortes ) as a matter of fact 55 more miles and I'd be swimming in the Pacific. Lets see, drive over , google earth, look for creek or creek beds leading through in or around the old property, bingo I'm digging right beside him with the cops in the background. I have no idea what he's trying to promote or prove except glorify himself and the lawbreaking he's doing, he's ruining it for us folks and making us look bad to boot "he will get caught" and better hope those marbles he has are worth what he says they are ( not ) so he can post bail and pay the criminal trespass fine. And since he likes being outside so much he ought to enjoy the "community service" he'll be doing (probably ditch digging since he's had so much practice) Doing it is one thing, putting it out on YouTube, twitter or wherever. Like I said if given the legal opportunity to dig, I'm all over it, I want to do it so bad, but until then I'll sit here and clean some or Heaton or make another flat, build some boxes etc.... Chad G.

I remember when I was 42, still had my Superman cape 😤 💪. About 10 years later or so, someone put a Brick wall in front of me and no matter what I did to elude🏋️‍♂️ 🚴‍♂️ 🤸‍♂️ 🤼‍♂️ 🏊‍♂️ 🧗‍♂️ 🏃‍♂️ 🚵‍♂️ it still caught up to me. Logging, steel mills, lumber mills, shipyards, all about as physically intense as you can get, I worked my body into a frazzle. It felt like someone was 🤡 me . The dreaded "early demise 💀 syndrome" I better post a couple oxblood before I get on another 🐇 trail. A couple of reprints from my Akro Friday posts, one inside and one out, yes I prefer the sun for mib pics, also my favorite Jabo oxbloods & I threw in another piece of akro ware. All eye candy !! Sorry no pics of stringy horsehair. Chad G.

Both "great oxes Bill" outstanding mibs, nothin negative to say here 🤐 Nice coverage on the blue and yes the clear is great also. But I can do this ................. Hah !!take that

We had a big black Tom like that when I was a kid. The only cat I knew that would fetch a stick. A humongous muscular cat that had tangled with more than one racoon 🦝 . We lived 10 miles out of town, I think "Sam" short for Samson, showed at the house about 2 or 3 times a week just to say hi, the rest of the time he was out hunting. Our nearest neighbor was almost 3/4 of a mile away so yes we lived in the country. I believe he lived to be about 16 and was hit by a truck while crossing the road returning from being out carousing for chipmunks 🐿️, 🐁, or whatever. We found him in the garage in his favorite spot under the chest freezer by the heating vent the next morning, I thought he had lived through the ordeal but unfortunately he never woke up. He would follow me all over the woods just like a dog, as a matter of fact he was more dog 🐕 like than cat, fetching and all. I will never forget my trusted companion with the heart of a lion 🦁 , never a complaint one.

A couple more then some more research 1918 catalog

A few more ads 1912 catalog