MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #47
March 9, 2003 AT 5PM PACIFIC/8PM EASTERN

 

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Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Fun and unusual marble from Ray.  A tooth sulphide that has a history.  Mold for this sulphide figure was taken from an actual tooth.  Sold one to a dentist recently who loved it...LOL  Signed "Laubs02"

Size 1 3/4": Mint+ 9.8
Value $40-80 Open at 20NO SALE

Lot 2
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Stunning corkscrew showing at least 4 separate strand of black corking around a gorgeous orange base.  Wonderful marble showing only a couple of tiny ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $20-40 Open at 10  SOLD $34

Lot 3
Misc-Marbles and bag

Fun group of marbles with an Imperial canvas bag.  Marbles included are two Bennington's, One Jasper, one transitional and 8 machine ground agates.  Fun group.

Size 5/8" to 13/16" Nearmint- 8.0 to 9.7
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 4
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Gorgeous lobed Peppermint solid core with mica.  Wonderful marble showing red, white and blue in a great pattern.  Signed "Steve Davis 03"

Size 1 1/2" Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $25

Lot 5
Peltier Glass Company-Swirl

Awesome multi color swirl in an unheard of size.  Gorgeous pattern in this tiny marble that has a flat spot for the marble to rest on and two tiny pinpricks.

Size 1/2" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $15-30 Open at 7  SOLD $12

Lot 6
German Handmade-Onionskin

Gorgeous faceted pontil onionskin with pink and white.  Wonderful peewee size and great condition.

Size 7/16" Mint 9.4
Value $25-50 Open at 12  SOLD $46

Lot 7
Contemporary handmade-Ken Rosenfeld

Great swirl from ken with a wonderful outlined Lutz swirl and murrini caps on either end.  Marble shows a flat spot on each pole where the caps have been placed and is unsigned.

Size 1 3/16" Mint+ 9.8
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 8
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Gorgeous CAC Bloody with deep red swirls on a white base.  Great pattern on a marble showing only a few very small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $40-80 Open at 20  NO SALE

Lot 9
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous corkscrew shooter showing yellow and blue with bleeds in the blue.  Marble also shows a very thin line of clear.  Gorgeous contrast, great size and great condition with only one tiny tick.

Size 23/32" Nearmint- 8.9
Value $20-40 Open at 10  SOLD $22

Lot 10
Vitro Agate Company-Brushed Patch

Great Vitro shooter showing green, orange, yellow and white brushed onto a bubble filled clear base.  Wonderful window allowing you to look deep into the marble.

Size 15/16" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $10-20 Open at 5  SOLD $5

Lot 11
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Very pretty anemic Flaming Dragon with the typical red and yellow ribbons blending to orange on an anemic green base.  Marble shows some small ticks and rubbing

Size 19/32" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $25

Lot 12
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Wonderful enamel with onionskin type pattern with Lutz.  Shows a white marsh mallow type core with stretched Lutz spots and red and green transparent bands at the surface.  Wonderful marble signed "GMP2"

Size 1" Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $26

Lot 13
German Handmade-Fancy Bennington

Monster Fancy Bennington showing brown as well as blue on a white base.  Wonderful size on this marble. 

Size 1 3/8" Mint- 9.0
Value $50-100 Open at 25  SOLD $60

Lot 14
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Gorgeous tricolor swirl from Fritz showing acid yellow with yellow and cobalt blue.  Awesome pattern and great coloring in this marble signed "Fritz 2002"

Size 1 1/2" Mint+ 9.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25  SOLD $41

Lot 15
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Wonderful size on this very pretty three color swirl with turkey head from CAC.  Great coloring with the salmon and brown on the blue base.  Marble shows shallow overall wear.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 16
Akro Agate Company-Hybrid

Awesome eggyolk from Akro Agate.  Marble shows a gorgeous, almost corking pattern of eggyolk and royal blue in a translucent white base.  Great pattern and awesome coloring.  Marble shows one micro tick.

Size 5/8" Nearmint++++8.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $33

Lot 17
Contemporary Handmade-Robert Livezey

Wonderful auger style pattern with guinea design and Lutz mixed in.  Gorgeous marble singed with two stars.

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

Lot 18
Vitro Agate Company-Patch

One of the oddest Vitro I have seen.  No white showing on this very pretty but odd Sweet Pea.  Normally the red and yellow patches are much smaller.  This marble shows each color taking a third of the surface.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 19
Peltier Glass Company-Root Beer Float

Awesome size on this harder to find Peltier.  Classified a catseye, the Root Beer Float has become one of the most sought after catseyes there are.  Published to have not been made over 7/8" this marble is a must have for the Peltier collector.  Marble shows some tiny rub spots with one tiny tick.

Size 31/32" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $25-50 Open at 12  SOLD $42

Lot 20
German Handmade-Banded Lutz

Very hard to find banded lutz.  Marble shows two bands of lutz with two bands of white in between each in a gorgeous light blue transparent base glass.  Marble shows overall rubbing and some light ticks with one flat spot on the side.  Still displays better than grade.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $48

Lot 21
Contemporary Handmade-Phil McGlothlin

Wonderful little banded transparent from Phil.  Marble shows powder blue, cream and yellow bands on a dark blue transparent base glass and is signed "MAC"

Size 3/4" Mint+ 9.9
Value $15-30 Open at 7  SOLD $9

Lot 22
Christensen Agate Company-Slag

Gorgeous electric yellow slag from CAC.  Extremely bright base coloring with a wonderful pattern in a two seam design.  All damage is shallow and minor.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 23
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

One of the most unusual Popeyes I have ever seen.  And I have seen my share.  This wonderful marble shows an opaque yellow corkscrew with wispy white clinging to the back side.  Then there is a transparent purple cork that is covering a majority of the bubble filled clear base.  Simply on of the greatest purple Popeyes I have ever seen.

Size 5/8" Nearmint++ 8.9
Value $70-140 Open at 35  SOLD $65

Lot 24
Champion Agate Company-Furnace

Awesome and extremely hard to find Furnace marble from Champion.  Wonderful red base, which is very hard to find shows yellow and black swirls in a marble that is tiny compared to the standard for this style.  Wonderful marble in great condition.

Size 1/2" Mint- 9.0
Value $50-100 Open at 25  SOLD $27

Lot 25
Contemporary Handmade-Jody Fine

Very seldom do you see aventurine in any of Jody's work.  Here he has opted to place four nice wide bands of it on the surface of this gorgeous marble.  Out of the hundreds of this artist's marbles that I have handled, this is only the second I have ever seen with aventurine.  Gorgeous, unsigned marble.

Size 1 1/8" Mint+ 9.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25  SOLD $27

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Lot 26
Peltier Glass Company-Miller Swirl

Great pattern on this Miller swirl Tiger from Peltier Glass.  Marble shows an orange base with a busy pattern of black aventurine swirls.  Marble shows overall shallow wear and displays much better than grade.

Size 19/32" Good+ 7.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 27
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Gorgeous tri colored Ribbon swirl From Fritz.  Two tone blue and yellow make up this gorgeous swirl that is signed "Fritz 2002"

Size 1 1/2" Mint+ 9.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25  SOLD $25

Lot 28
German Handmade-Divided Core

Wonderful pattern on this divided core that is showing a great bubble ribbon swirl in the core.  Also shows two panels of orange, green and yellow with two more panels of red, white and blue.  Also shows 7 white bands on the surface.  Very nice size and overall light wear with a couple of small hits and overall rubbing and pricking.

Size 1 1/4" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $60-120 Open at 30  SOLD $30

Lot 29
Christensen Agate Company-Flame/Swirl

Awesome size on this gorgeous swirl/flame from CAC.  Very nice pattern of red swirls with flame tips on a gorgeous blue base.  Marble shows a couple of small ticks and sparkles.

Size 23/32" Nearmint 8.6
Value $80-160 Open at 40  NO SALE

Lot 30
Contemporary Handmade-Bob Powers

Great pattern on this darker than usual marble from Doc.  Shows a wonderful mix of greens, browns and yellows in a wild pattern on a black base.  Great marble signed "BP 02"

Size 31/32" Mint 9.6
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 31
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous corkscrew showing green and dark blue on a white base that actually appears to be all wispy white in clear. There are tiny windows of clear and the base has the appearance of being simply loaded with wispy white and does omit light.  Gorgeous blending of the green and blue.

Size 11/16" Nearmint+ 9.7
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $19

Lot 32
Marble King, Inc.-Hybrid

Awesome pattern on these gorgeous marbles from MK.  A set of three wonderful Blended Dragonfly Hybrids.  One of the most sought after color scheme in the MK group and as far as blends go, these are three of the prettiest I have ever seen.  There are three available.  You are bidding on one.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40 Open at 10ea  SOLD $64 GROUP

Lot 33
German Handmade-English Divided Core

Gorgeous and very bright colors in this wonderful three banded divided core.  Simply gorgeous coloring and this marble is so much better than grade.  Many would grade this mint+ as the only damage that can be found is one tiny, micro pinprick.  Stunning marble.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+++++++++++ 8.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 34
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Gorgeous marble from Davis Glass.  Wonderful 7-lobed balloon made up of solid aventurine on a white base.  Marble is simply stunning and one of the first we have had from Joe in some time now.  Signed "Joe Davis"

Size 1 7/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20  SOLD $22

Lot 35
Christensen Agate Company-Flame

Gorgeous orange on white flame from CAC.  Marble shows a wonderful and intricate pattern that reveals at least 8 flame tips as well as one turkey swirl.  Marble shows one tiny ticks with one very small bruise and views waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy better than grade.

Size 21/32" Nearmint 8.4
Value $90-180 Open at 45  SOLD $61

Lot 36
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Gorgeous blue and yellow Popeye with tons of wispy white and clear.  Nice shade of blue with the signature pattern.  Marble shows one tiny tick with some light rubbing.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+++9.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $38

Lot 37
Contemporary Handmade-Teign Valley Glass (England)

Gorgeous marble from Teign Valley Glass in Devon England.  A wonderful snakeskin pattern in green and white.  This marble is one of their Limited Edition Series and is numbered 328 out of 1000.  Marble is signed "TVG" and comes in the original box with certificate.

Size 1 1/2" Mint+ 9.9
Value $60-120 Open at 30  SOLD $30

Lot 38
Misc-Hybrid Catseye

Great group of 5 hybrid catseyes.  Marble in the right front of the picture shows aventurine in the green.  Fun group of marbles with some awesome color combos.

Size 5/8: Nearmint 8.4 to 9.5
Value $5-10 Open at 2  SOLD $14

Lot 39
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Gorgeous and huge swirl from Ray with a huge marsh mallow core and some awesome swirls at the surface.  Huge marble with a great pattern and signed "Laubs 02"

Size 2 1/8" Mint+ 9.8
Value $50-100 Open at 25  SOLD $36

Lot 40
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Gorgeous Ruby Bee with red aventurine from Peltier Glass.  Wonderful red ribbons on a bright yellow base.  Aventurine only shows in the red.  Marble shows some overall minor wear with one hit.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.2
Value $20-40 Open at 10  SOLD $26

Lot 41
German Handmade-Onionskin Lutz

Stunning marble.  This onionskin lutz shows incredibly bright colors and lutz that literally jumps out of the marble.  Gorgeous coloring and pattern with very bright luts and plenty of it.  Marble shows a few hits one of which has created a shallow fracture.  Views incredibly despite the grade.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $80-160 Open at 40  SOLD $61

Lot 42
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Awesome little Dragonfly peewee sulphide from George.  marble shows a brass inclusion used for the figure in a slightly pinkish glass.  Great little marble.

Size 1/2" Mint+ 9.9
Value $15-30 Open at 7  SOLD $14

Lot 43
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Wonderful striped opaque from CAC showing many wonderful traits.  Another great find showing a perfect "9" and tail with electric orange and muddled red swirls on a single seam pattern.  Very nice marble.

Size 9/16" Mint- 9.0
Value $60-120 Open at 30  SOLD $30

Lot 44
Contemporary Handmade-Robert Livezey

Gorgeous pattern in this marble showing an onionskin type pattern in between orange bands.  Marble also shows lutz in the onion pattern and cased in clear glass.  Wonderful marble signed with two stars.

Size 1 3/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $36

Lot 45
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous corkscrew in a hard to find pattern.  Marble shows a gorgeous green snake in transparent red glass.  Blends to orange in places and has awesome appeal.  Marble shows some minor ticks.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $20-40 Open at 10  SOLD $17

Lot 46
Peltier Glass Company-Comic

Wonderful Peltier comic of Bimbo.  Shows a medium strike with fine detail on a mustard and red peerless patch.  Marble shows a micro blow out and pinprick.

Size 11/16" Nearmint++ 8.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25  SOLD $46

Lot 47
Contemporary Handmade-Geoffrey Beetem

Stunning marble from Geoffrey.  Marble is a very nice sized Green V-Lobe with lutz.  Gorgeous marble with great coloring and appeal.  Signed "Beetem 2002"

Size 1 11/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $150-300 Open at 75  SOLD $75

Lot 48
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Stunning corkscrew showing black corkscrew on a white base.  The greatest thing about this marble is that it also has yellow that is buried in the white.  Can not tell if it is eggyolk or not as it is too buried.  Stunning pattern though and striking colors.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 49
Contemporary Handmade-David Salazar

Very nice swirl from David showing a very nice green swirl with a dusting of lutz as well as aventurine.  Very pretty marble.  Signed "DPS 02"

Size 1 1/4" Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 50
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Stunning striped opaque showing orange, yellow and electric orange on a blue base.  Very nice pattern with great coloring and in great condition with only one tiny micro prick.

Size 19/32" Nearmint++++ 8.9
Value $120-240 Open at 60  SOLD $85

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