In this video, we sit down with storied owner and C.E.O. of Marble King Industries Inc. “The Marble Queen” Beri Fox!
This interview was filmed at the 2023 National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood, NJ. This is the 100th year of the organized event for children from 7 to 14 years old.
Beri explains Marble King’s involvement as a prominent sponsor of the tournament, and shows us historical artifacts from the Wildwood National Marbles Tournament Museum.
We discuss some of Beri’s favorite modern marble models produced during her tenure as owner, continuing since 1983.
After racking up some marbles and shooting them down, we look at several vintage Marble King marbles from the Jason Greer and Stephen Bahr collections. Most of these were produced by Beri’s father Roger Howdyshell, who had overseen Marble King’s day to day operations starting in 1949, and later became full owner of the company.
Special thanks to the National Marbles Tournament! Which is a non-for-profit organization, and the oldest tournament for children in the United States .
Congratulations to this year’s Girl’s champion is Jessica Thompson from Middletown, Maryland.
Congratulations to this year’s boy’s champion Isiah Garcia from Philadelphia, PA.
Shout out to cameraman and marbles historian David Tamulevich, and collector Jason Greer for their involvement and support in this project.
Thank you Beri Fox ! 🔴👑