m!b$ Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Nice-Collection-of-Vintage-Glass-Nails-/251241114044?pt=Marbles&hash=item3a7f2329bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Very interesting. And pretty. Wonder if the seller is more disappointed at having no buyers than they would have been at the nails going for $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Still trying to figure out what the heck the "beach game" could have been. Anybody have a clue? I agree, they're pretty. If I'd seen them I might have taken a flyer, even at $24 postage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 I think there's more than one version. A couple of the text translations I am seeing make me think it was a nail tossing game. Possibly where you tried to stick the nail in the sand using different styles of throw. http://jogostradicionais.net/jogo-do-prego/ Translation, maybe: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjogostradicionais.net%2Fjogo-do-prego%2F&act=url The videos I'm seeing so far show people hammering large metal nails into wooden stumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 side note for future reference: apparently a Portuguese word for marbles is "berlindes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 I actually thought those were fun and unique, but the shipping scared me, particularly imagining the nightmare if they got busted during transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 You'd think a regular metal nail would be just as effective for whatever game this is, and less chance of breaking. Sure, not as pretty looking but still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 when I saw these on Ebay I at first thought they were for holding olives in a martini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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