I LOVE MARBLES Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Here is a dead ringer for an Akro Agate Ringer. These are quite uncommon, only seen a couple in 11 years on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...DME:B:TB18:US:7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 So a Ringer is like a 2 color popeye as opposed to a real popeye with 3 colors? I've had (and still might have) a couple of those but was calling them an Imperial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marblemover Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 hey scott, where ya been? um, yeah, can you give us the description of a Ringer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moremarbles4me Posted March 2, 2009 Report Share Posted March 2, 2009 Hey Scott nice to see you post. A ringer has a clear base with wispy white, one color and it corks. Kind of like a popeye with only one color instead of two. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 What's an Imperial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moremarbles4me Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 I've always thought of imperials as having the milky semi translucent base with red/orange ribbons. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelnmarbleous Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Interesting i have 3 Ringers, two are almost Peewees....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2marbles Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Is this a ringer. After taking the pic I think I see a hint of yellow beside the purple?. What do you guys think?. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moremarbles4me Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Thats a nice looking popeye, weak but nice. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn691500 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 imperial?,,, bj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 IMHO (and in the more educated opinion of some others): the original imperials were silver oxbloods. After that many different, premium types of Akros were distributed in the Imperial boxes. Perhaps the originals didn't go over as well as had been hoped and there were surplus boxes. I posted a number of examples recently, and the letter introducing them. I think I have at least one more example. My plan was to gather everything together and post them all at once somewhere, sometime, when I could approach it systematically. Here's a draft of the post. (click to enlarge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The 2nd to last box was Craig's but this is the marble Craig calls an Imperial. He had it for sale in December: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 That red/white one of Craig's is what I had been thinking is a ringer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelnmarbleous Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I though these where Ringers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeisgood81 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Oh no!! I gotta start digging through my marble drawers again. Hasn't everyone said this, "I got one of those......just don't know where it is"? Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJnew2marbles Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 I thought "ringer" was discussed before and it was brought up that ringer is a game not a marbles name. Am I remembering wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 What's an Imperial? These are some nice Imperials I purchased from Roger Hardy last month. He found them (and some other very nice marbles) in a private stash at a former Akro employee's home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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