Steph Posted June 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 I'm totally going with Cloudy! Keeper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slagmarble Posted July 2, 2017 Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 John Jaques & son peewee handmade solitaire for $40, no complaints here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2017 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Nice find, I wonder why the tiny marbles on that board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slagmarble Posted July 3, 2017 Report Share Posted July 3, 2017 Not sure why they'd do a peewee one but on the other hand the board is small too. This also came with a handwritten letter to the telegraph giving instructions on how to beat the game with a step by step move list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budwas Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 This thing is huge! 2 7/8", double pontil. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budwas Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 This thing is huge! 2 7/8", double pontil. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budwas Posted July 9, 2017 Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2017 Neato. A crystal ball. Likely does technically have two pontils. Handmade. I presume contemporary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budwas Posted July 10, 2017 Report Share Posted July 10, 2017 A crystal ball, Steph you crack me up! I'm sure you're right about it being contemporary and it looks nice in the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 Don't think this one ever got any use. If you try to put the cue together it would be so tight there would be no way to get it apart again. I managed to get it half way before it was stuck. The tip of the cue has fallen off but is still there. The "spot" ball is I guess the little white agate. It is not round but I'll be damned if I can see any true facets. The is one area where a light reflection shifts a little, but no defined facets I can see. Marbles measure 1/2" or a tad under. The spot ball is 7/16". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 beautiful set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 Went to Shanty Days festivities in Algoma, Wisconsin, and here's some of my loot. In the parade in addition to the candy, they also tossed out string cheese and ice cream sundae cups. That's Wisconsin for ya! Got the bumblebees at an antique store. Was like a sip at an oasis in the middle of a desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budwas Posted August 13, 2017 Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 They look a bit green for bumblebees to me. Fill me in Steph! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 Maybe they look greener in the picture than in hand. The room was a little dark. Might have affected it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Hand painted Victorian cat toy. Made from a light weight wood and measures 1 1/4" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 That is very nice and the Skilly is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Cat toy? Spoiled little Victorian cat? I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 HOW THE VICTORIAN ERA CHANGED LIFE FOR CATS :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Lol. I did a search for them as well and didn't come up with too much. My I.D comes from the "Old Boys Club" as I have dubbed them. A group of old guys my dad plunks down with to have a coffee with after each pick. Instant and unanimous I.D on it. I was even corrected on the hand painted aspect since I thought it was a transfer. Who am I to argue with 150+ years of combined antique knowledge? These old dudes know their stuff. A few I salvaged out of a dirty old bag yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 28, 2017 Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 More good stuff . . . you seem to be on a bit of a run lately. But the coffee klatsch with your Dad's old friends seems like it might be the best part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 12 hours ago, orbboy said: A few I salvaged out of a dirty old bag yesterday. look at the size of the Mica in the green one. Interesting grab bag, 5 total? What'd the rest look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikie_T Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 MAN... that dirty old bag had some nice marbles on the inside! GREAT find! Yes, what did the rest look like? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 The best part of the old boys is that there are 4 to 5 sets of extra eyes on the field looking for marbles for me. I have taught them quite a bit so if they see a deal they will grab it up for me and charge me no more than £20 on top of what they paid. Even if they know they know they are worth much much more. Or if they see some that they do not know about they will point me in the direction of where they are so I can take a peek. Plus I get to see and learn about some pretty awesome historical antiquities sitting on a 4'x4' coffee stained plastic fold-up table beside a coffee truck. Antiques Roadshow can suck it! The rest of the bag was about 90 or so deteriorating clay marble. Hence the dirty part, and what is in the pic below. I might try and have the Onion saved since it is a nice one. Bummer about the 4 blue Single Pontils. Thankfully the Ox and purple one is not as rough. I do like the chunky Mica the best since I have never owned one with such a chunk in it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Dog Posted October 9, 2017 Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Found this big translucent Mellon Ball earlier this year for a dollar. Just shy of 1". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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