Sparkler ID

[chicagocyclist]

8 hours ago, wvrons said:

Like many marbles there are low, medium, and high end Akro Sparklers. They usually run from $50.00 to $150.00 each.  Bills example is one of the very best and he paid $500.00 for it. I passed on it and Bill bought it.  The box set that Bob Block pictured, I owned and Nola owns it's exact brother. Bob found five of these same Sparkler boxes in a jewelry store basement. They were still tied four ways with string just as they were shipped. With the bottom two boxes, the mice had ate holes or much of the boxes gone. Bob sold those marbles one at a time. The third box was emptied and the marbles sold single. The empty box was then sold and that collector was working on refilling it. I bought the fourth box. When Nola saw it she wanted the last one. I contacted Bob again and Nola bought the last box. Three of the boxes were dead mint and so were the marbles.  The original marble is a Akro Sparkler.  Very typical color combo for Akro Sparkler. I have a piece of Akro Sparkler cullet that matches the original marble posted above. 

What a fabulous story!!!  Thanks a ton, Ron!