MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #38
January 15, 2003 AT 5PM PACIFIC/8PM EASTERN

 

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Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

This is a gorgeous and monstrous piece from Ray.  A huge swirl with a large marsh mallow core and wild patterns just under the surface that include Lutz and aventurine.  What a fun marble signed "Laubs02"

Size 2 7/16"   Mint+ 9.8
Value $60-120 Open at 30  SOLD $30

Lot 2
MF Christensen-Slag

A gorgeous green slag with a perfect "9" and great tail.  One of my favorite colors from this company and a great looking marble.

Size  1/16" Mint- 9.0
Value $10-20 Open at 3  SOLD $10

Lot 3
Vitro Agate Company-Elite

A set of four Vitro Elite marbles with great coloring and pattern.  Bright colors as always on these styles and you have to love the purple.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.0 to 8.7
Value $10-20 Open at 3  SOLD $10

Lot 4
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

A gorgeous onionskin for Steve with a wide array of colors and a great pattern.  Marble is singed "Steve Davis"

Size 1 7/16"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $25

Lot 5
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

A gorgeous Patriot corkscrew that shows a very nice orange bleed into the white, giving this the look of a four color.  Not only a great pattern and color scheme, but a rare size for these marbles.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40  Open at 10  SOLD $15

Lot 6
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

A great looking Spiderman from Peltier.  Wonderful pattern on this marble that shows two seams and a great design.  Marble has small pitting overall, but shows great.

Size 1/16" Good+ 7.9
Value $15-30  Open at 7  SOLD$13

Lot 7
Contemporary Handmade-Phil McGlothlin

A wonderful dicroic chain style swirl from Mac.  Marble shows a great pattern with inter linking strands of color.  Wonderful mib singed "Mac"

Size 1" Mint+ 9.9
Value $20-40   Open at 10  NO SALE

Lot 8
Misc.-Catseye

A wonderful 9 vane, three color cage style catseye in red, white and blue.  A very hard to find marble and highly sought after in the catseye arena. 

Size 5/8"  Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $25-50 Open at 12  SOLD$14

Lot 9
Handmade-Non Glass

A set of three non-glass handmades from Germany.  One Bennington, one intersecting lined China and one Blue and green Jasper (Lined crock).

Size 1/2" to 5/8"   Mint- 9.0 to 9.9
Value $25-50  Open at 12  SOLD $12

Lot 10
Champion Agate Company-Furnace

A gorgeous furnace scraping marble with tons of pink in an awesome, awesome pattern.  Not even a tiny fracture in this beauty.

Size for 5/8" Mint 9.5
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $21

Lot 11
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

A great set of three corkscrews all in the old colors.  You can plainly see the pre-Freeze marks on the blue and pale yellow marble in the front.  Wonderful set of old color corks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.2 to 8.9
Value $25-50   Open at 8  SOLD $12

Lot 12
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

A stunning onionskin from George.  Wonderful coloring and design on this gorgeous piece with small amounts of Lutz.  Signed "Gmp2"

Size 31-32"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $25-50  Open at 12  SOLD $25

Lot 13
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

A great looking NLR with white ribbons on a white base.  Nice looking marble.

Size 11/16"  Mint- 9.0
Value $10-20  Open at 5  SOLD $7

Lot 14
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

A gorgeous ribbon swirl with orange, yellow and deep blue.  Amazing pattern and signed "Fritz02"

Size 1 1/16"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60  Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 15
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

A gorgeous corkscrew....This wonderful marble shows red and white with cobalt blue and pre-freeze feathering.  A stunning marble that really stands out.

Size 23/32"  Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $25-50  Open at 12  SOLD $40

Lot 16
Handmade-German Swirl

A very pretty little Carmel swirl.  Nice pattern in a butterscotch colored glass.  Shows some overall minor wear, but displays nicely.

Size 9/16"  Nearmint- 8.3
Value $20-40  Open at 10  SOLD $25

Lot 17
Contemporary Handmade-Eddie Seese

A stunning ribbon swirl with Lutz.  marble shows a very fat ribbon core with many colors and a wonderful Lutz band down either side.  Signed "FES02"

Size 1 1/2"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 18
Peltier Glass Company-Swirl

A gorgeous multi-color swirl with red, white, blue and yellow in a transparent green base.  A gorgeous marble.

Size 11/16"  Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $10-20  Open at 5  SOLD $5

Lot 19
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Very, very hard to find auger corkscrew in true yellow base glass.  A gorgeous auger up through the center of this transparent based marble with stunning yellow base.

Size 5/8"  Mint 9.4
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $42

Lot 20
Christensen  Agate Company-Swirl

A great looking 2 color swirl with a wild red pattern on a green.  Shows two semi-turkeys and displays very nicely.

Size 5/8"  Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $20-40 Open at 10  SOLD $12

Lot 21
Contemporary Handmade-Jody Fine

A wonderful three layer swirl from Jody with a patriotic lattice core center.  Wonderful marble in his "Large" size and unsigned.

Size 1 3/8"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60  Open at 15  SOLD $18

Lot 22
Akro Agate Company-Ade

A wonderful set of five Akro Limeade marbles.  All show great patterns and light up nicely under black light.  All are in mint condition.  There are five available and you are bidding on one.

Size 5/8"  Mint- 9.0 to 9.6
Value $20-40ea  Open at 10ea  SOLD $59 ALL

Lot 23
Christensen Agate Company-Cullet

A great group of Christensen Agate Cullet.  Many awesome color combos represented here as well as a guinea piece and a purple and yellow cobra piece.  What a great group.

Size N/A"  N/A
Value $??? Open at 1  SOLD $32

Lot 24
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

I could not get the orange to show as brightly as it does on the marble, but this is a gorgeous and extremely rare "Orange" oxblood.  Marble shows tons of orange as well as a nice thick band of oxblood that does corkscrew around the marble.  Extremely rare find and a must have even in this condition.

Size 3/4"  Good+ 7.8
Value $50-100  Open at 25  SOLD $45

Lot 25
Contemporary Handmade-David Salazar

A gorgeous large swirl from David with a very nice ghost core loaded with aventurine.  I love these marbles and have many in our collection.  Great pattern and signed "DPSalazar02"

Size 1 11/16"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $60-120  Open at 30  NO SALE

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Lot 26
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

A wonderful milky oxblood with plenty of swirl and oxblood.  Sweet looking marble that shows some minute clear in the white.

Size 9/16"  Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $10-20  Open at 5  SOLD $7

Lot 27
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

A gorgeous multi-color swirl from Fritz.  This artist always shows the greatest patterns and colors.  Marble is signed "Fritz02"

Size 1 9/16"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $50-100  Open at 25  SOLD $39

Lot 28
Master Made Marbles-Sunburst

This is a gorgeous Sunburst with nice bright red and powder blue with brown and white in a clear base.  Shows some minor wear and ticks.

Size 19/32"  Nearmint 8.6
Value $10-20 Open at 3  SOLD $8

Lot 29
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

A wonderful group of 4 silver oxbloods.  Great patterns and great appeal.  The one with the thin lines of oxblood also shows thin lines in the white that fluoresce under black light.  Four available, you are bidding on one.

Size 9/16"  Nearmint+ 8.9 to 9.4
Value $30-60ea  Open at 15ea  SOLD $47 ALL

Lot 30
Contemporary Handmade-Bob Powers

A gorgeous and fun swirl from Doc.  Marble shows some very fun colors in a great pattern with Lutz and is signed "BP02"

Size 1"  Mint+ 9.8
Value $40-80  Open at 20  NO SALE

Lot 31
Marble King, Inc-Hybrid

A great looking hybrid/blended Spiderman from MK.  Deep red on a royal blue base.

Size 19/32"  Mint- 9.0
Value $20-40  Open at 10  SOLD $23

Lot 32
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

A gorgeous and large Ringer showing bright red on a whispy white translucent base.

Size 15/16"  Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $15-30  Open at 5  SOLD $17

Lot 33
Peltier Glass Company-Slag

The Peltier Slag starter kit...A great set of five slags all with awesome patterns.  You will get one aqua, one amber, one green, one blue and one purple slag in this grouping.  Bidding on the group.

Size 9/16" to 5/8"  Nearmint- 8.2 to 9.4
Value $100-200  Open at 50  NO SALE

Lot 34
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

WOW!  A huge and gorgeous spotted onionskin from Davis Glass.  This marble is awesome in hand and very seldom do we get marbles from these artists over 2".  Wonderful piece signed "Steve Davis"

Size 2 1/4"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $70-140  Open at 35  SOLD $75

Lot 35
Handmade-German Swirl

A great looking three layered solid core with a white core.  Shows pink, green and blue center bands and yellow outer strands.

Size 3/4"  Nearmint- 8.3
Value $20-40 Open at 10  SOLD $12

Lot 36
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

A stunning blue auger corkscrew in red transparent glass.  We have been lucky enough to get a handful of these lately and love it as these are a very hard to find marble.

Size 1/16"  Nearmint 8.4
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $27

Lot 37
Contemporary Handmade-Phil McGlothlin

A wonderful dicroic corkscrew from Mac.  Shows yellow, black and dicroic corkscrew in amber transparent glass and is signed "Mac"

Size 13/16"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $15-30  Open at 7  SOLD $9

Lot 38
Marble King, Inc-Double Ingot

This one had me stumped for awhile.  I could not even begin to grade it either.  It is actually an MK lavender catseye double ingot.  Took me a bit to figure it out as it has many creases and is out of round.  What a fun piece once I figured it out..LOL

Size 3/4"  No damn clue +++
Value $10-20  Open at 5  SOLD $8

Lot 39
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

A gorgeous mica swirl from Ray with red, black and powder blue outer strands and mica floating within.  Kool and large marble is signed "Laubs02"

Size 1 7/8"  Mint+ 9.8
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 40
Vitro Agate Company-Patch

A wonderful Moss Agate patch loaded with aventurine.  A great looking patch.

Size 21/32"  Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40  Open at 10  SOLD $10

Lot 41
Peltier Glass Company-Slag

A very hard to find marble.  This is a stunning Peltier slag in Vaseline glass.  Marble lights up like the Fourth of July and shows an awesome pattern.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $30-60  Open at 15  SOLD $33

Lot 42
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

A very nice looking bumblebee flame from George with black flames on a yellow base.  Gorgeous marble is signed "GMP2"

Size 13/16"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $20-40  Open at 10  SOLD $18

Lot 43
Transitional-Crease Pontil

A great little transitional with white swirls in transparent blue glass.  Julie tried to steal this one, as she loves the peewee's, but noooooooo.....Kool little marble in a hard to find size.

Size 1/2"  Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $15-30  Open at 7  sOLD $23

Lot 44
Contemporary Handmade-Eddie Seese

A wonderful three layered solid core from Eddie with a wonderful dicroic solid core and nice pastel outer bands of color.  Great piece signed "FES02"

Size 1 3/8"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $30

Lot 45
Handmade-German Swirl

A great looking solid core swirl with a white core surrounded in blue strands and cased in 15 white outer strands.  A great looking marble with lots of creasing and a couple of small hits.

Size 7/8"  Nearmint- 8.2
Value $25-50 Open at 12  SOLD $30

Lot 46
Christensen Agate company-Striped Opaque

WOW!!!  A gorgeous striped opaque with a crazy pattern of electric yellow on a black base.  Very busy pattern and nice, bright electric yellow really set this marble off.

Size 19/32"  Mint- 9.0
Value $60-120 Open at 30  SOLD $71

Lot 47
Contemporary Handmade-Jody Fine

Another great three layer swirl from Jody in the "medium" size.  Great coloring and pattern as always with this artist.  marble is unsigned.

Size 1 1/8"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $25-50 Open at 12  SOLD $12

Lot 48
Peltier Glass Company-Catseye

A humungous Peltier Rootbeer float.  I have sold them up to 31/32" before...but never before have we had one a full 1" to offer, before this one came along.  A gorgeous marble in an impossible to find size.

Size 1" Mint- 9.0
Value $100-200    Open at 50  SOLD $110

Lot 49
Contemporary Handmade-David Salazar

A gorgeous swirl from David with a wonderful dicroic ghost swirl trying to hide behind the other colors.  Wonderful work and a great piece signed "DPS02"

Size 1 1/8"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60  Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 50
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

This is a stunning Lemonade oxblood with great pattern as well as coverage.  Marble shows one tiny, tiny tick and displays perfectly.

Size 19/32"  Nearmint+++ 8.9
Value $80-160  Open at 40  SOLD $60

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