Gladys Posted January 26, 2023 Report Share Posted January 26, 2023 I am very excited about this one! Auction, close to home ! I won a little over 100 dollars and picked it up Yesterday!! I can't wait to dig in and take pictures!!! box is missing inside top cover and of course the bag! I hope the sun stays out for me!!! missed you all!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 Nice find Gladys! Great price as well! What do you mean by top inside cover? Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 Just now, akroorka said: Nice find Gladys! Great price as well! What do you mean by top inside cover? Marble--On!! Hi Art ! I think there should have been a yellow insert cover with Akro trade mark on it? but inside over top cover is plane cardboard! I will take a picture nice to here from you hope everything is going good, I am getting over covid for the second time ugh!!! feeling much better though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, akroorka said: Nice find Gladys! Great price as well! What do you mean by top inside cover? Marble--On!! Looks like old glue ! Back then they made things right ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 7 minutes ago, Gladys said: I think there should have been a yellow insert cover with Akro trade mark on it? but inside over top cover is plane cardboard! You may be thinking of any earlier version of these boxes. I have one of these in each size. #300, #250, and #230. There are no inserts in any of them under the cover on the inside. Just plain cardboard. I may have seen one or two like this with a stamp inside but no insert. Hope this helps--I think yours is complete except for the pouch. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 44 minutes ago, akroorka said: You may be thinking of any earlier version of these boxes. I have one of these in each size. #300, #250, and #230. There are no inserts in any of them under the cover on the inside. Just plain cardboard. I may have seen one or two like this with a stamp inside but no insert. Hope this helps--I think yours is complete except for the pouch. Marble--On!! Thank you Art! this is box # 300 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 1 minute ago, Gladys said: Thank you Art! this is box # 300 These boxes came with a variety of pouches, some were "Leatherized Plastic". Some were just older plastic and some were a larger weaved fabric that came in a varity of solid colors. You will see them in images with a bunch of different pouches. Stick to the older books to get a better idea of what is right. Very nice buy for sure! Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 A box w/~1,100 mibs for $25, couldn’t pass it up. first we have a matching pair of rare purple sulphides, with what appears to be string imbeds??🤣🤣🤣 (looks like some parent reached their clacking limit.) boatload of Vitro and cats eyes (3 purple) no tricolor superiors. a good amount of MK not a single AKRO couple Pelt Rainbos 2 monster steelies. money well spent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 13 Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 23 hours ago, Gladys said: I am very excited about this one! Auction, close to home ! I won a little over 100 dollars and picked it up Yesterday!! I can't wait to dig in and take pictures!!! box is missing inside top cover and of course the bag! I hope the sun stays out for me!!! missed you all!! Nice score Gladys👍 good to see you posting again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 13 Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, schmoozer said: A box w/~1,100 mibs for $25, couldn’t pass it up. first we have a matching pair of rare purple sulphides, with what appears to be string imbeds??🤣🤣🤣 (looks like some parent reached their clacking limit.) boatload of Vitro and cats eyes (3 purple) no tricolor superiors. a good amount of MK not a single AKRO couple Pelt Rainbos 2 monster steelies. money well spent. Hi money well spent is right . Nice score 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 26 minutes ago, Dave 13 said: Nice score Gladys👍 good to see you posting again Thank you Dave! good to here from you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 27, 2023 Report Share Posted January 27, 2023 2 hours ago, schmoozer said: first we have a matching pair of rare purple sulphides, with what appears to be string imbeds??🤣🤣🤣 (looks like some parent reached their clacking limit.) Nice find and but regardless--check your ID on these "sulpides" 2 hours ago, schmoozer said: not a single AKRO The last image may have an Akro at the very top. The two yellows next to the big firkin “steelies”--check them for opalescence—they may be Akro “Flinties”. Nice buy—nice find!!! Marble—On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 6 hours ago, akroorka said: Nice find and but regardless--check your ID on these "sulpides" The last image may have an Akro at the very top. The two yellows next to the big firkin “steelies”--check them for opalescence—they may be Akro “Flinties”. Nice buy—nice find!!! Marble—On!! The 2 yellow I posted on the vitro thread…👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittsburghMarbles Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 This isn’t a recent score, but I got these marbles in Jan 2020 (before I joined this forum and had at that point only been collecting marbles for a little over year). I was visiting my grandma who was 92 at the time, now she’s 94 and still kicking. I happened to bring up to her that I collect marbles and she was like oh, well I have some of your grandpas marbles in the basement. He grew up in the 30s and 40s and died in the 60s, way well before I was born. I obviously never knew him. But it was super awesome that I could now have his marbles from when he was a kid and nearly all in the fishbowl were in mint condition. These in the photos are the mint ones. Pretty sure the moonie in the second photo is a CAC moonie but I’ve never been able to confirm it. But it could be an Akro too. Not sure. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 I’m not going to call this a score. These are marbles that were gifted to me today. I think scores come from the wild. Wait ! This Friend lives in the wild. So these actually do come the wild🔥 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Cool Akro I found in the wild today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Melissa said: Cool Akro I found in the wild today. Nice find Melissa--not an Akro but a hand-gathered "Japanese" transitional. I have read some postings just lately about some Canadian marbles—I wonder if? Nice find— Marble—On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, akroorka said: Nice find Melissa--not an Akro but a hand-gathered "Japanese" transitional. I have read some postings just lately about some Canadian marbles—I wonder if? Nice find— Marble—On!! Oh really?!? Maybe I need to put in the ID section. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Melissa said: Oh really?!? Maybe I need to put in the ID section. Hmmm. Yes, do it and get as many opinions as possible. Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittsburghMarbles Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 The red marble above has a pinch point pontil, some website say they are Canadian, but who knows. It doesn’t look like a Japanese transitional to me, they had messier pontils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/28/2023 at 12:46 AM, Fire1981 said: I’m not going to call this a score. These are marbles that were gifted to me today . . . That's a very nice gift. The hand on this header cracks me up every time I see it. 😄 I wonder what @Al Oregon knows about this bag. I have definitely seen this Keasbey and Mattison Co. bag before but I've forgotten what I knew about it. lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 11 hours ago, Melissa said: Cool Akro I found in the wild today . . . That's a cool pinch pontil transitional, Melissa. I agree it looks a bit different than most of the creased pontil Japanese types I am familiar with . . . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 29, 2023 Report Share Posted January 29, 2023 On 1/27/2023 at 10:18 PM, PittsburghMarbles said: . . . it was super awesome that I could now have his marbles from when he was a kid and nearly all in the fishbowl were in mint condition . . . Pretty sure the moonie in the second photo is a CAC moonie but I’ve never been able to confirm it . . . That is a very nice keepsake collection! And CAC Moonies are dense and granular-looking with a distinct bluish tint so I am thinking Akro for yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNG Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I got these jabo peewees the other day, signed by jim king; 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 A couple of new favorites. Jabo with lutz and I believe another jabo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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