“One man’s junk…..” had a Marbles pearl handled toenail in it.
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
When we mine for nuggests as we have here for going on 10 years now, we (as in ME/I) end up “collecting” other “stuff” (in proper terms it is called Ephemera, which is nothing more than a fancy word for stuff, junk, etc), well anyway, I was mining for nuggests and came across a pretty good one! Let me show you 
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I know it is hard to make out what this is, BUT it just so happens to be a page from a Marbles Safety Axe Company (MSA) catalog.
In case you don’t know, this knife was made for Marbles by Case Brothers. I’ll feature the toenail in the upcoming weeks, but suffice to say, that knife today in Excellent condition would be worth probably $8500 to $15,000. Yeah, let’s all catch our breath for a moment now.. I’ve heard rumors of one that couldn’t be bought for $10,000. Heck, my very closest friend in the world (read ME) paid $1500 for a Junk condition stag handled MSA. It is up in the list. It even has a nail holding in one of the blades.Anyway, the point of the post this morning was the finding nuggets, so let’s shake the sick feeling of the value of the pearl handled MSA in the picture for now…..
This is an actual page with a MSA pearl handled toenail. Marbles didn’t make the toenails. Case Brothers did. In a 1904 Marbles catalog there is a Case Brothers stamped pearl toenail pictured.
The page above is dated October 11, 1907. Keep your eyes peeled out there. It is “stuff” like this that can provide us invaluable nuggets.
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