sclsu Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Meeting with someone later today that could be a huge marble score. I will add details later but I am just so excited if this turns out to be what I was told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Good luck! *fingers crossed* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Can't wait to see ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 So while I'm getting the pics ready, here is the story. I met someone today at an estate sale when I was asking a worker if they had any marbles. The person I met said that they had a bunch of old marbles because they used to work for someone who at one time owned part of the peltier glass company. Needless to say, I was blown away by what i saw when I got there. There was a mix of old, new, samples, boxes, etc. Lucky for me they were attached to the new stuff, which was awesome by the way - Betty boxes, second run boxes, etc. I now have the coolest peltier collection in socal.....stay tuned for pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I'm gonna put up some more picks tomorrow (and a few sales :-)) but I have to say, I have never seen or heard about a black pearlized peerless patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Great finds, you must have good karma! Can't wait to see more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 neato neato neato neato neato neato neato neato neato If there's one thing I like more than vintage marble boxes, it's vintage marble boxes with dates! Niiiice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Wow!! This is killing me, I only have my tiny phone screen to look at here at work a black pearlized patch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 These were in a bag labeled pearlized peerless patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Here is a letter in one of the sample boxes. The samples mentioned in the letter are there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) I guess if I didn't have anyone around to help me with a name, I'd call the black aventurine. Does the "pearlized" label seem old? As if it were an original description of the marble? Love your letter. Take care of that paper. Do you have a plastic cover you can store it in flat? Better not to fold and refold. So the government needed dark red marbles and the public needed lighter ones ..... for ..... something ..... Or was the marble just to be a color sample for some other glassware, such as the reflector which Peltier molded? Edited July 17, 2015 by Steph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 They were in a plastic bag, hand written, but it didn't seem old. Maybe these were an attempt to recreate pearlized patches more recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Gotta say the marbles are old. Peerless Patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 There were 2 clear red marbles in the box, one light and one dark. These were probably used for industrial purposes of some kind. There is another box that is just color samples, and these are more oddball shapes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Gotta say the marbles are old. Peerless Patches.so could the metal looking stuff on the patches could be adventurine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) There were 2 clear red marbles in the box, one light and one dark. These were probably used for industrial purposes of some kind. There is another box that is just color samples, and these are more oddball shapes very cool so could the metal looking stuff on the patches could be adventurine? that's what I'd say, or with the dirt on them part of the sheen could be from what happens to marbles underground but now I better step back and let someone else weigh in P.s., now I see/re-see the box lid which says "reflector marbles". I know that some marbles were used for reflectors. But I also see the molded reflector, so that's why I was spending all that time wondering about whether the Automatic Devices Co. was receiving marbles or molded version. Why not both ... Edited July 17, 2015 by Steph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 They had samples for both. There was also a box of glass bottle caps, but I didn't get that box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I think this box says "Samples experiments moonstone in color" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 I think this box says "Samples experiments moonstone in color"2015-07-17 07.14.21.jpg2015-07-17 07.14.44.jpg You're slaying me! *ooops, I was gonna be quiet* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 1" Rootbeer float? Looks a little light to me and looks to have some cracking inside. Maybe a reject? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 1" Ketchup and mustard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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