Steph Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 (click pix to enlarge) . . . They were offered as a prize to the 4th place scorer in Madison, WI's marble tournament. The first place winner was to receive a new suit of clothes, dress shoes, and the trip to Chicago for the regional competition. But in the end, the hardware store gave both boys a box of marbles and a Cornelian shooter. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moremarbles4me Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 I recently got this box at the KC marble show. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiemarble Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 If you were to buy this set when they first came out, what would you have paid for them in the store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moremarbles4me Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Alot less then I got it for. LOL.......no clue to original price Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 I'm calling this a clue. :-) The peerless were from about the same time. You think they'd be less expensive than the NLR's? ... er .... NMS's? If so, I don't imagine by much. I might have another clue somewhere, about relative cost of Peerless in comparison to NLR's. Nice box, Charles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiemarble Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 I thought that is what it said, but I couldn't quite see it in the picture above. Thanks for showing it clearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Did you click on the pic? The whole ad is pretty cool, that's why I didn't just stick with the snippet, but the other should enlarge to the same scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Hmmm ... looked at some other ads and they're all over the place in prices. I can't tell whether this one was a bargain or par for the course. One said the Peerless box was 50 cents wholesale in 1931. But that seems very high for wholesale. It didn't give me rainbos to compare the peerlesses to. I'll just call 50 cents a "clue" and leave it at that for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okiemarble Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 With prices the way they were in the '30's I wonder how many sets were actually baught. There can't be very many complete sets out there. I would imagine that the sets that were baught went to kids, and we know how kids are with toys. It would be neat to know how many are left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Now that I think of it, it's sort of surprising to see a whole box for sale. The biggest gift box in the Akro catalog I posted in that other thread today, that biggest box had 96 marbles. We're talking special occasion there. 100 beautiful glass marbles for a boy in 1931, or any earlier year, is really a wild thought. Clay marbles were still pretty standard in this time, I think. To have 100 brightly colored new pelts all at one time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moremarbles4me Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 "To have 100 brightly colored new pelts all at one time?" I don't know how you folks react to getting a new hundred count box for your collection but I get a little weak in the knees and tend to giggle to myself for awhile. Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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