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7 hours ago, akroorka said:

This is a great example of what a fake black will look like. 
Blue over yellow makes what?---Well Green.
Nice marble Tommy and great images as always!!
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Thanks Art,  would you consider this a 2 color cork. ? or an Indian  ?

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12 hours ago, Tommy said:

Thanks Art,  would you consider this a 2 color cork. ? or an Indian  ?

An "Indian Blanket" for sure. Three colors.

Google Akro Indian and hit images. There are a lot of them that show up differently.

A lot of these were dug--yours looks circulated---very cool!

Nice marble Tommy.

Marble--On!!

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When Akro went out of business, Master bought left over Akro marbles and Akro packages.  Some of those Akro packages were also stamped with the Master name. But most were not.  Some had the Akro name on the package and Akro marbles, but sold by Master.  Master also packaged bulk Akro marbles in their own Master packages. You can find this in Master box sets and bags. So do not be shocked if a Master box or bag contains marbles that look like Akro marbles.  Original packaging boxes or bags may not always contain marbles made by the company name on the label. But the package may have been sold by the company on the label.  Just not that companies marbles inside. Like Ravenswood Paul Bunyan packages. Bag headers say Ravenswood Novelty but the Paul Bunyan marbles were not made by Ravenswood Novelty.  

So the Chinese Checker box set above can be dated to the time just before Akro went out of business, and sold by Master shortly afterwards. 

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On 11/12/2022 at 7:40 PM, wvrons said:

When Akro went out of business, Master bought left over Akro marbles and Akro packages.  Some of those Akro packages were also stamped with the Master name. But most were not.  Some had the Akro name on the package and Akro marbles, but sold by Master.  Master also packaged bulk Akro marbles in their own Master packages. You can find this in Master box sets and bags. So do not be shocked if a Master box or bag contains marbles that look like Akro marbles.  Original packaging boxes or bags may not always contain marbles made by the company name on the label. But the package may have been sold by the company on the label.  Just not that companies marbles inside. Like Ravenswood Paul Bunyan packages. Bag headers say Ravenswood Novelty but the Paul Bunyan marbles were not made by Ravenswood Novelty.  

So the Chinese Checker box set above can be dated to the time just before Akro went out of business, and sold by Master shortly afterwards. 

Thanks for the education!

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