Marble collectors are straight shooters

Antiques & Collecting Magazine | July 1, 2002| | Copyright

EVERY AMERICAN WITH a well-- rounded childhood knows about marbles; about getting down and dirty at the playing circle; about serious competition; about winning and losing prized possessions.

Everyday across this country, those with the sharpest eyes and the steadiest fingers win the precious orbs. Although competition may be fierce, it draws no tears, just raw determination to out-shoot everyone else next time around.

Long faces on those who suffer losses are soon replaced with beaming pride in newly acquired spheres. Each day brings bright, glistening orbs to the circle, better than the ...

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