Rupert the Chick Marble Puzzles and more

[shiroaiko]

I've got a marble mail from a local collector here in Japan and it included some interesting photos. According to chigasaki_seaglass (on Instagram), the screenshots were originally taken in 2019. They show listings from an auction site and he recalls the seller was an American collector. I wonder if anyone here might recognize who that was?

The first box features Rupert the Chick and the Stripey Tiger, a UK comic series for young readers which ran from 1920 to 1957.

All of them show the color combinations that I associate with Seike, so they are most likely crease pontils.

The second box is of Reg'lar Feller's with the same kind of transitionals. 

 

 

[Al Oregon]

Cool boxes. I have not seen the Rupert one before. Here is a picture that I have of the Reg'lar box. It was from a  2006 Morphy's Auction but I have no other information on which auction or price or...

 

 

[Al Oregon]

And, here were some pictures that I saved from 2008 time frame but I did not note the source or any other information, except for a note on the picture title about maybe Mushroom marbles?

 

 

[Ric]

@shiroaiko I had never seen the "Rupert" box before - it's very interesting. I imagine a child would be happy to get that as a gift. Thank you very much for posting it! The marbles in both boxes are very nice. The blue marble up front in the group shot of the "Rupert" marbles looks unlike the others to me but it may just be the angle. I really like the paper applied to the cardboard marble slide boxes in all of these sets!

@Al Oregon Great additions, as usual. What do you think of the marbles showing in the second set you posted? They are obviously very different than those Aiko posted - they appear to be wholly machine-made.

[shiroaiko]

Many thanks for the pictures! I just learned from a 2023 post by @cheese on All About Marbles that this picture group originally came from a post by Steph years ago. The thread by @cheese is titled "Mushroom Type Info and Pics Thread," posted on March 11, 2023.

[The Nickel Guy]

I've seen antique blocks that were puzzles in a box with that period cartoons in antique shops rather inexpensive years ago. Never saw them with hollow boxes that held marbles. Very cool.

One could make up similar toys with a printer I bet but that original age look would be hard to replicate. I'll have to keep an eye out for these. I bet they are quite scarce.

I did a wow like for this one. Right down my alley. NICE!

[shiroaiko]

@The Nickel Guy The boxes you saw in antique shops might have held different toys...marbles or Frozen Charlottes.

The circus-themed puzzle boxes originally belonged to @Joe2, who kindly gave me the opportunity to purchase them about a year ago. Later a friend from my neighborhood searched Google Images and found the boxes shown below. 

The puzzle boxes with bisque dolls came from the UK. The seller's mother, who collects child-related items and toys pointed out the graphic style used on kimono. It is called shibori, and the patterns are actually created by a fine tie-dye technique traditionally used on silk. 

[The Nickel Guy]

I give you a tropy like. Thank you for that interesting write up. So neat!