pie-and-jam Judy losing her marbles

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1026966

Oh my.

grasswire (39,874 posts)    Wed Apr 9, 2014, 08:14 PM

best site online to learn about vintage marbles?

I was at the little thrift shop nearby when they were sorting some fresh stuff. Bought an old big bag of marbles. Now I need to educate myself.
 
Also bought a 1950s train set for a buck. Pieces of track, six cars with a windup engine. O gauge. I ought to make a little money on it, but probably not a lot.
 
The best buy was two cool vintage tablecloths that ought to bring me twenty times my investment in them.* If I don't decide to keep them for my stash. Heh. That's what usually happens.

*<<<hopes the grasswire primitive doesn't forget to report the windfall profit on her income taxes.

safeinOhio (7,833 posts)    Fri Apr 11, 2014, 02:05 AM

1. One handy item for marbles is a plastic template that I found that measures the diameter of small spheres. Can't remember where I found it, most likely a stationary store. Very important to know the size to find the price. Next thing is to understand and identify the color "ox blood". That took me a while. They best place to quickly learn is looking at items for sale on Ebay.

grasswire (39,874 posts)    Fri Apr 11, 2014, 02:29 AM

2. yeah, I looked at thousands of marbles on ebay til my head was swimming.

Good advice about the size template. Thanks.

Vinca (22,081 posts)    Fri Apr 11, 2014, 05:32 PM

3. I know the hand blown marbles go for a good price, but for the most part I'm clueless.

I buy marbles when I see them, but like the baseball cards (and coins and stamps), I don't have enough interest in them to properly educate myself. I have some marble books by Everett Grist, but I swear they still all look the same to me.

[GOBUCKS]

It must have been trash pickup day in Oak Grove.

Poor addled grasswipe Judy came back to the bodega with her little red wagon stacked high with new treasures for the "stash".

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It must have been trash pickup day in Oak Grove.

Poor addled grasswipe Judy came back to the bodega with her little red wagon stacked high with new treasures for the "stash".

You know, Judy's being really selfish, really inconsiderate, towards her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren, who'll all have a big big mess to clear out when the pie-and-jam primitive's moved to a nursing home, which could be any day now.

She apparently rents a storage unit somewhere, and one suspects her apartment is packed to the gills, the rafters, with her "treasures."

These descendants probably don't look at the packrattery the same way she does; once she's safely esconsced in an old folks' home,  they'll either have to rent a couple of construction-sized dumpters in which to throw all this junk out, or have a megamassive garage sale to get rid of it at five cents on the dollar for what she paid for it.

Judy's being very inconsiderate here.

[Cats]

Good marbles are a little htf at a good flea market, much less a thrift store. My guess is she bought new... but if she wants to post a pic or 2 I might be able to help her out.