atique ball-case question? what are the holes for???
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Johnnyt
sde said:How are you going to give those reps if YOU don't know the answer?
Steve
no idea
if really no one knows it, i guess ill have to give reps to everyone
johnnyT!! keep me updated!! im getting as nuts as you are..
ps the weight solution. how much would these 4 small holes weight. i dont think u would even notice the difference.
could it be used for token's?
Solartje said:Hi all,
i was wondering if someone could tell me what the 4 extra cilinder holes are in this box. i know some round chalks have been made, but dont think this is what they are for? do they have any function at all or are they purely decorative? the balls and case are around a 100y old, and the box is the original box off the elephant ivory balls.
ps isnt this the cooooolest ivory ball set uve ever seeni LOVE the solid wooden openings-carved case *drewl*.
reps for the first person knowing what it is for
I asked this on Yahhoo Answers. Maybe that will generate a response.
Steve
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There for LIPSTICK, THAT WAS EASY,
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I'm mostly leaning towards it being for cosmetic purposes. If I had to come up with an function, maybe they placed a scoreboard(s) in the holes, using the box as a footrest?
gr. Dave
gr. Dave
you put your weed in there...
Back in those days you could buy powdered coke at the corner drug store. Maybe the holes were for that.branpureza said:
I remember I was helping to wreck a Catolic church and three other stores on Long Island in the late 1950's. One of the stores was a an old drugstore. We found a big jar of coke on a shelf in the back room of the place. Johnnyt
thundercats HOOOOOOOO.joe666 said:
No answer yet? JohnnytSolartje said:pfff damn hard to find the answer.
all options could be correct, and they all might be wrong.
i dont think it has to be for chalks. even if i know there are round chalks, most of them where square with white chalk.
i dont think it was to hold the box when the balls where carved. if that was the case, u would see... ribbles? mm damn dont know how to explain it. it would be like the hole in a shaft. not a flat surface but with... ribbles
temperature. they holes dont goe true all the way. the stop at the bottom. when the box is closed i dont see what these holes could do to the balls.
till now, i think the option about screw-on-tips could be a good answer.
maybe it was used to put water in it? for the humidity level?
pfff keep it coming guys....
(ps any idea about value's of the set or the box alone?) i was thinking about something around 500-750$ for the set. maybe even more. 3balls = 3 x 150-200$ + box/set = 150-200$ , on the other hand, this is the first set like this ive ever seen, so the rarity might double the price. could use some help from the experts.
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MY dad lived 86 yrs Mom said the holes were for chalk--but they used allum[sp] or powdered chalk sometimes!! she is 82 now,this could be the ans. I think to hold the sticks for storage/display!!
MY dad lived 86 yrs Mom said the holes were for chalk--but they used allum[sp] or powdered chalk sometimes!! she is 82 now,this could be the ans.
I think to hold the sticks for storage/display!!
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