My favorite part was finding a marble at, 2111 S. Eastgate Ave, Springfield MO 65809. Stan and Claire were a fixture for decades at various marble shows around the country. Ben fondly remembers a successful hunt. Fall Marble Show: Saturday, October 12, 2019 (Room trading Oct. 10th and 11th), contact: Lynn Johnson at: Lynnjohnson5058@gmail.com, Spring Show: Saturday, April 25, 2020 in Round Rock, Texas(room trading 23rd and 24th), TableReservations, contact Carroll Collier, April 26 in Round Rock, Tx Marble hunting pushes our boundaries in so many fun ways. Meeting information, Table Reservation; contact: Lynn Johnson at: Lynnjohnson5058@gmail.com Stanley was the founder and chairman of the Marble Collectors Society of America, from its inception in 1975 through 2015, an uninterrupted 40 years. This hobby is a way to keep the family connected. Take a trip inside the site of the world's largest marble collection by watching the video above. Stan and Claire spent decades collecting and attending antique shows, flea markets and tag sales throughout the Northeast, along with buying trips to England and Scotland in the early 1970s. GPS coordinates are sometimes provided in the hunt, but some require following good old-fashioned clues. as a service to the public. Living in Connecticut, he began by organizing and holding a show not far from his hometown. Search results are sorted by a combination of factors to give you a set of choices in response to your search criteria. Here's a link to the full show. Friendly and knowledgeable staff as well! Wingate by Wyndham When: Sept 27th Sept 29th, Location: Sistersville, WV, Contact: Jim King,304-652-4030 Stanley is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Claire Waldman Block; his devoted children, Robert and Sarah Block of Trumbull, Conn., Mark and Ann Sales Block of Trumbull, Conn., and Jonathan and Cynthia Block of Fairfield, Conn.; his adored grandchildren, Kali (Matt) Cordes, Emily, Kevin, Jessica, Benjamin and Nathaniel; great-granddaughter, Eliana Cordes; sister Cynthia Shapiro, and brother and sister-in-law, David and Barbara Waldman. He was a lifelong fisherman, enjoying weekends with his sons and friends aboard his boat on Long Island Sound or clam digging at Cockenoe Island off the coast of Norwalk, Conn. Stan became unhappy with commercially available consumer fishing rods and took the opportunity to learn to turn and finish his own custom rods. His dream of mining at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas after a marble show was quickly ended by Claire when he packed so many rock and mineral hunting tools into the car that there was no room for her suitcase. Please note that this video has been removed from "free" Youtube and "free" A&E. They traveled as far as Montana to buy marble collections, with no trip being taken where they would not return home raving about some restaurant they had found along the way. Stan also collected Perthshire Paperweights, traveling to Scotland to meet with Stuart Drysdale, owner of Perthshire and becoming a Perthshire dealer. Marbles: Identification and Price Guide Erratum. No one really thinks about all that goes into glassblowing and the technique and tricks behind creating marbles, Stuckenberg says. You love this place, we love Copyright 2022 417 Magazine. siteon Facebook using the link above. (Room trading October 25 and 26), Radisson HotelNorth at Fossil Creek Hwy 67S, Pocahontas, Arkansas Free Admission-9:00am until 3:00pm. TRUMBULL, CONN. Stanley A. He also produced the MCSAs quarterly newsletter, Marble-Mania, uninterrupted for 40 consecutive years. Under his aegis, the MCSA published several small booklets and numerous color plates identifying the different marble types and styles as they became better identified for collectors. Lee's Legendary Marbles and Collectibles features world's largest marble collection. Rock Town Center Fashion Mall & Flea Market, New Orleans Antiques & Jewelry Exchange Inc, Hendershott Historical Collect Hendershott Historical Collect. . They soon began dating. Stan was honored on behalf of the MCSA at a reception at the Smithsonian in 1984 for donating the collection, which is available for research and study. Contact:Gary Gregory, 870-647-1034 or 870-378-6304 Owned and Operated by the family of Lemuel Henson, From Business: *Direct Importer of Fine French Antiques, From Business: Original Granite and Marble is Family owned and operated. Reinvented. Do you want to see the treasure I found? six-year-old Ian Freeman asks passersby about a -mile up the Yellow Trail at Busiek State Park. Location: Radisson Fort Worth South100 E Altamesa BlvdFort Worth, TX 76134, When: Saturday August 3, 2013 9:00-3:00 In-Room Trading August 1-2 Her oldest son, Ben, has autism and has had a longstanding fascination with marbles. Blocks Box also held several mail catalog paperweight auctions in the early 1990s. He was also a noted woodworker, crafting furniture for his family, turning bowls and other functional and decorative pieces with a lifetime friend under the moniker GST (Glue, Screw and Turn). The intricate and delicate work is finding new appreciation with a marble show taking place every year in Kansas City. Stretching our coping skills, solving problems and unraveling clues are just a handful of the ways hunting can push the envelope in the family dynamic and strengthen our bonds.. The MCSA has not vetted or tested the knowledge of these members, so it would be Fort Worth, Texas 76106 Reinvented Vintage operates a working. Lee's Legendary Marbles and Collectibles, owned and operated by Lee Batterton, is the result of many years of marble collecting, starting when he was just a kid. Hotel Reservation at 817.625.9911 Phone: 870-892-9500 To this day, Blocks Marble Auctions continues to offer periodic cataloged sales (having held 1,120 auctions), as well as a wide variety of marbles on eBay. Stan was also a gem and mineral enthusiast, mining for Herkimer Diamonds in Fonda, N.Y., amethyst in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and Petosky stones along the coast of Michigan. Our Spring show is organized by Carroll Collier Throughout his life, he had a special affinity for antique marbles, paperweights and philately. Having a child with autism has caused my family to naturally be very routine, Freeman says. Block, age 87, of Trumbull, Conn., passed away at home surrounded by his loved ones on July 17. Our Team has been providing custom counter top installations throughout Central Arkansas for two, From Business: Repurposed. 1209 N IH 35Round Rock, Texas Recycled. Block also produced and directed the first marble-making video, showing early American contemporary craftsman, Bob Dane, creating a marble. Reloved. Some marbles are even lost in the water or on islands in Table Rock Lake. They attended and set up at the Amana (IA) Marble Meet for 30 years, creating lifelong friendships with marble collectors and dealers from around the nation. Not only is the hobby connecting families and individuals to their communities, but its causing a renewed interested in what is often an overlooked art form. With 10 to 15 new members daily of nearly every age and from every walk of life, it is beginning to become a favorite pastime for many families in the Ozarks. As good quality paperweights became more difficult to find at antique shows and flea markets, he added antique marbles. So glad I found this business. It can still be viewed if you have an A&E subscription. He sold mostly through a mail listing. As a result, the group Ozark Marble Hunters was created about two years ago. His wife, Claire, likes to tell people that she met her future husband when he crashed her Sweet Sixteen party. You never know what the marble will look like, Ally says. Administrators are always available for questions. We are attempting to acquire rights to include the I would HIGHLY recommend Casa Blanca for all of your countertop needs. In more recent years, Stan continued to collect paperweights and returned to his first collecting hobby, postage stamps, amassing an extensive worldwide collection while focusing on continuing to build his personal US collection. Eventually, his collection got so big that it took over his basement. Admission: Free 9:00am to 3:00pm Stuckenberg, an entrepreneur, artist, art dealer and glass blower, is a kind of Robin Hood of marbles: he gives away 90 percent of the marbles he creates by hiding them in the woods for others to find. He became fascinated with these because antique handmade marbles were nothing like the machine-made marbles he had played with as a youth in the late 1930s-40s. On the advice of a fellow marble collector, he decided to turn his collection into a museum. Admisssion: Free from 9:00am to 3:00pm Glass blowing is the ultimate artistic endeavor for the patient perfectionist. Members are always paying it forward by re-hiding treasures they have found or by supporting the many great glass artists by buying new marbles and pendants to hide for the group, he says. This one wont work. So, he goes through and patiently selects the perfect rods to begin the painstaking process of melting and molding for a marble he will, ultimately, give away. Sistersville Marble Festival Marble aficionados generally become collectors and sometimes purchase certain marbles as investments. Stan and Claire would use the excuse of going to a marble show to travel around the country, visiting historical sites as well as marble collectors. Its too far up. Lodging: Contact Jim King for more Details. Its really good to get children off the tablets and video games and go out and explore, Metcalfe says. He was also a collector, antique dealer, auctioneer and author. He later became very friendly with Charles Kaziun Jr and added many of his pioneering American contemporary paperweights to his personal collection. Having participated in mail catalog paperweight auctions through the 1970s and 1980s, in 1989 Stan began holding mail catalog marble auctions under the business name Blocks Box, which had become a partnership with his son Robert. If you are happy with this service, consider donating to the MCSA using the button below. Over the years, Batterton has collected some very rare marbles, including one made from uranium. He had discovered a spherical object that he could not identify in his mothers jewelry box following her death in 1963. The Northeast Marble Meet continues to be held in New England every Columbus Day weekend. Hunters stay in the loop on whats found and not found using social media. Now, about a dozen area glass blowers and more than two thousand current members participate in losing marbles. He handcrafted solitaire marble gameboards, and in his later years began hand turning custom pens and pencils in both exotic woods and acrylics. Gradually, he recognized them at flea markets and began building and adding to his personal collection. He went on to graduate from the University of Bridgeport with a degree in Business Administration. Some get as big as half dollars and larger. Its better than geocaching because youre finding items of actual value, Stuckenberg says. For many years Stan also set up at the Buckeye Marble Meet in Columbus, Ohio, and the Northeast Marble Meet. Hey, you girls! This list is presented A fun place to take your family on the weekend. My favorite part was finding a marble at Jordan Valley Park three days before Christmas, he says. Once approved, you will receive a message from an administrator asking that you read the rules. Saturday, October 27, 2018 in Fort Worth Ben fondly remembers a successful hunt. Stuckenberg is pleased at how participants have pulled together to keep the group going. and on Twitter using #MarbleCollecting and #MarbleoftheDay. Stuckenberg says that for marble hunters, the hobby is a thrill because marbles are valued anywhere from $20 to hundreds of dollars and can take an artist a full day to create. In addition to his professional career, Stan collected and dealt antiques, running an antiques business and mail auction company, Blocks Box, for many years. If you've ever wondered where your lost marbles went, they probably rolled all the way to York, Nebraska, or more specifically, to the site of the world's largest marble collection. The first Northeast Marble Meet (then called The North East Marbles Fair) was held on October 26, 1980 in Fairfield, Conn. Stan went on to hold the annual Northeast Marble Meet for five more years before handing management of the show over to other collectors. He and his son became hooked nearly a year ago when they went on their first hunt at the suggestion of a friend. They married in 1957 and soon settled in Trumbull where they raised their three sons and resided the past 60 years. Glassblown marbles are often slightly larger in size than the machine-made ones many folks remember from childhood. 512.751.2945 or cdc2@flash.net Through that decade, Blocks Box added videotape marble catalogs to its offerings, and in the mid-1990s moved to internet-based marble catalogs and auctions. Stan spent countless hours researching material for these books and crisscrossing the country to gather pictures of the various examples illustrated in these volumes. At the time he could find little information about them and knew of no other collectors to share his hobby. They asked me to identify and appraise them. All I ask in return is that you friendthis He sought a way to combine his hobby of finding things with his artwork. Over time the MCSA has had more than 12,000 members worldwide. With around three to five hunts a day during weekdays and about seven to 12 hunts a day on weekends, hunts are taking place in Arkansas, Branson, Springfield, Joplin and even in Kansas City.