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  2. Martin Frederick Christensen - Wikipedia

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    Heinzelman was paid 70 cents per 1000 marbles, which was 20 cents more than the average worker for similar performance at that time. By 1910, up to 10,000 marbles were being rolled per day by 33 employees. Each employee, working 10 hours per day, would make $5 for the day as a result. This was considered a good wage for the day.

  3. Lee's Legendary Marbles and Collectables - Wikipedia

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    Collecting marbles continued to rise in popularity throughout America after the turn of the 20th century. [9] An article written in 1936 about marbles in America mentions the popularity among children of collecting them, an early documentation of the practice. [10] Lee was born on April 18, 1933, and died on March 8, 2024, in York, Nebraska. [11]

  4. List of most expensive philatelic items - Wikipedia

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    The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [note 1] Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the item ...

  5. Elgin Marbles could ‘soon be returned to Greece’ as part of ...

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    The 2,500-year-old marbles were taken by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century when he was the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, and have been the subject of controversy over where they ...

  6. Charles Townley - Wikipedia

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    When Townley died in 1805 his family sold the collection of marbles, larger bronzes and terracottas to the British Museum for £20,000 – a sum probably a fraction of its original purchase price. The trustees of the museum obtained a parliamentary grant specifically for the purpose. [ 24 ]

  7. Webster Marble - Wikipedia

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    Webster L. Marble (1854–1930) was an inventor, early outdoorsman, and prolific patent-holder who spent the majority of his life in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.His manufacturing company, now known as simply as Marble Arms, has operated in the town of Gladstone, Michigan since 1898.

  8. See the 100-year-old artifacts unearthed from time capsule at ...

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    A bomb squad and beeswax were among the items that were used in the extraction of the historic time capsule, which included historical documents, film and a 1921 Kansas City Star article.

  9. Art marble - Wikipedia

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    First publication was by Marilyn Barrett in 1994, Dr. Morito 1996, Glass magazine in 2000, and in Marbles and Related Art Glass, by Mark P. Block also in 2000. Vortex marbles are a very popular style created by forming a cone at the end of a rod of clear glass, typically borosilicate or scientific glass.