Steph Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Moss Agates from Akro boxes on eBay: There are some unusual ones in there. One on the bottom row looks opalescent. Are they all Akro? Here's a pic Galen posted. He said it was from Mike's Salesman Sample case. Note 1: More than one marble guide has described Akro Moss Agates as having translucent colored patches. This is sometimes the case but it seems evident that the patches could also be transparent or opaque. Some of the bases will fluoresce. Some will not. Note 2: It has been reported that Akro sold their ade marbles under the name Moss Agate. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Some Moss-Agate-like Masters from ebay auctions: EDIT: I think the marbles on the left in this first box are actually what Master called Cloudys. And the marbles on the right are what they called Meteors. (See ads here.) These were sold separately but I am under the impression that they came from the same box: To show another color, here is a box Al posted which belonged to Les Jones. Opaque orange also appears to be an option. For an example, see p. 122 of American Machine-Made Marbles. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Peltier Acme Realers: Famous box, posted at many sites A Realer close-up: Source: ebay auction, Redcougar725 More Realer pix Plus, some of Pelt's other patches look sort of mossy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Moss Agates found at the Alley site in Sistersville: (scanned from p. 42 of American Machine-Made Marbles) Alley marbles and cullet dug from the site by Sandy: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Did anyone else do mossy type marbles? From time to time I hear someone say Vitro made them but I don't remember seeing any examples. There are some modern, foreign ones with translucent bases. [space reserved for example] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn691500 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 MF Christensen, compliments of a marbleAlan auction,,bj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaboo Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 hey steph, nice pics and thread! but one thing I would add... the early Akro mosses were moss swirls. not patches. the same patterning you might see in lemonade oxbloods etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Thanks Dani. And John. Yes, I was trying to sort out the patches - or at least see if there was any chance for me to do it! - so I sidestepped the swirly or corky moss agates. p.s., did you know that to Master their Meteors were translucent? Some mibs I've been calling Cloudies I shouldn't have. I made an edit about that above. Master included "Moss Agate" style mibs under both names in their ads. Also, the ads have at least one pic of what I thought were Cloudies but they called 'em Meteors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Okay, if anyone would like to add examples of the swirly/corky Moss Agates, they're welcome here now. As noted, I had intended to keep this thread about patches, but I need a thread to link to for the swirly/corky Moss Agate discussions. I'd have to put a little bit of effort into gathering the advertising evidence for the existence of swirly Moss Agates. It's out there though. For example in one ad, Moss Agates are described as having "exquisite patterns". Patches wouldn't be described as having "exquisite patterns". It's a little confusing since the description is next to a photo of a patch. But Akro ads did a lot of cutting and pasting. Old descriptions with new pics. Old pics with new descriptions. I've gathered a lot of it together before, but I can't remember where I put it. When I find it, I'll add it to this thread. In the meantime, here is a sample box of Moss Agates with salesman's price label affixed: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I remember seeing that ad with the "exquisite patterns" for Moss Agates Feel free to remove these if I am incorrect in placing these here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco005 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 These were the first type of Akro I collected, I've only found the one 5/8" in this color combo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steph Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Some nice moss agates there! The blue and white might not get the appreciation which blue and eggyolk gets. I sure do like it though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Oooof. I think I'm going to regret this. But it's become clear that this photo that Steph posted that Galen posted has been eating away at my subconscious for a while. I personally have one (count 'em!) Moss Agate. It's the cherry and lemon-limey variation you see in row two of the salesman box. It's beautiful, and one of my favorites. I can't read the 'No. 0' etc. headings in the last two larger-size columns in the photo. Would someone please remind me what the actual maximum sizes are for these traditional 'number' classifications? I'd like to know where my 15/16 marble fits into the overall line-up. The potential 'regret' that I mentioned is because I've managed to overcome my 'collector' addiction instinct for many years now. But if you answer my question, I'm probably going to fall 'off the wagon' and decide that I absolutely have to have an example of every size available. So let it be on your head if you do! Of course, as we all know, I'm a little bit nuts. I'm sure no one else here has this sort of obsessive tendency. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Yours is a No. 6. No. 0 is 5/8". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 No Moss Agate peewees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 They had 9/16". Size No. 00 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Neat! Even though you've now 'enabled' me to need an additional marble. ( : As always, the prices are somehow entertaining and painful at the same time. Holy cow and omg. The prices for those gift boxes and mesh bags are per gross? A 'square' dozen? One hundred forty-four? So the #300 gift box of 96 various sized Moss Agates with buckskin bag will net you almost 14,000 marbles and 144 pouches for the exorbitant price of $70? I don't know whether to laugh or cry over this obvious highway robbery! And I'm probably having some sort of mental lapse about something obvious, but what does "Price per M. marbles" mean? Oh no, wait a second. No. No no no no no no no. Never mind. I don't want to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 $70 in 1933 equals $1285 today. I would certainly buy 14000 akro agate marbles for that price :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 "Price per M. marbles" = Price per thousand, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 (response to sclsu) Hee-hee! Wouldn't it be great? You could just keep them all and feel pretty good about it. Or you could sell them for a buck each and get a ten-fold return on investment. The best approach to doing this would of course be the 'lunatic' advertising technique from a few decades ago. ♪How do I do it.... How do I do it.... Volume, volume.... TURN UP THE VOLUME! ♪ And as you can see, I'm COMPLETELY INSANE!!!!! (I'm a little embarrassed here. Hope it's not obvious that I'm more than halfway through the bottle of beer I allow myself on Saturday night.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Here is a moss agate that corkscrews, 7/8" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Nice example. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 I like these and felt like sharing.........Thank you in advance, Steph..lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Thanks, Mon. Lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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