Steph Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I'm still a little confused about the story on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Punter Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I dunno I know I found a peacock on the bay listed as a Akro experimental and snagged it for 26.00 I always wondered about the correlation between those and pinks since they look the same except for the base color or lack thereof. Will be interesting to see if anyone knows the story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I dug em in paden city....I never dug one in st marys....I don't think anybody I was digging with found any there....but I couldn't say for sure if they wasn't made there..i just haint seen one from there....other diggers might have different results....they coulda been expermitin there...who knows??...I don't know for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydetul62 Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 It is speculation that Berry Pink gave these personaly to kids. If you can narrow the time line he was doing this then you would have your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 he was always givin away marbles from when he started...that's not to say that just the berry pinks were made at paden city....or maybe it was a tribute design for him...or maybe he wanted a special marble made ...if the marbles he gave away in the 30s were what we call berry pinks then that's an answer...if not then when did he start givin the berry pinks away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Thanks for the Paden City info. That's what I sorta remembered but it's so hard to mesh the marble structure with other Paden City marbles, isn't it. In the 30's he was trying to find ways to sell more Pelts, so I figured he gave away Rainbos. He told a story of holding out handfuls of marbles to see what the kids chose, and red was by far the most popular. That could explain why Pelt had assorted boxes and boxes just of bloodies. But someone once -- was it Lloyd -- showed a picture of a Berry Pink agate. If I'm remembering right. And I've wondered if he was giving those away to kids before his Marble King days. Or if those were souvenirs for adults. Has anyone ever seen more than one of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poplarhead Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 My personal opinion - the store about Berry Pinks being given away by Berry Pink was made up to help sell these marbles as they were probably made after Berry's days ... maybe Gerald Witcher has a view point on that? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I think so ,too...I could believe the tribute side of it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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