My wife and I collected slag glass for a while before we discovered the Hardyās book in an antique mall. Then we discovered that Akro Agate made what we were collecting. On top of thatāthey made marbles too.
The search was on from that point onward with limited success.
Then a friend of ours stopped over with a two pound coffee can full of marbles to ask my opinion. At the time the Pelts that she had in that can were called āMillersā. It was just a great once in a lifetime find. Friends are just that, I told her if she would trust me, I would get her some bucks
She was happy with the results( she may have peed her pants a bit), I sold five of them at a show for just under $5000ānothing beats a bidding war with a walk on rookie in the middle of it all (me, I kept my cool and walked around and around, table to tableānerves of steel).
The rest of her marbles were sold to a buyer that was more than happy to give a few thousand more.
I did keep a Sparkler and a few corkscrews for my efforts. She told us years later that she held some backāall claysācommon clays.
I did try to sell after thatātoo much hassle. Now I just keep them and enjoy them, I love to share them as well.
I sleep wellāthat is all that counts, it is a great memory.
MarbleāOn!!