MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #48
MARCH 12, 2003 AT 5PM PACIFIC/8PM EASTERN

 

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Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Very pretty and huge mib from Ray.  Nice pink base with powder blue and stretched glass swirls.  Very unusual Pink Marsh Mallow signed with Rays new signature cane.

Size 1 15/16"  Mint +9.8
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $20

Lot 2
Akro Agate Company-Patch

Great set of Akro Moss Agates with a pinkish translucent base and yellow patches.  Both marbles glow nicely under black light and came from the same group of marbles that were not from a collector.

Size 5/8"  Mint -9.3
Value $10-20  Open at 5  SOLD $17

Lot 3
Champion Agate Company-Furnace

Gorgeous flaming Furnace from Champion.  Shows a great pattern and great pattern and great coloring.  Marble shows one tiny fracture that is shallow and only about 1/16" long.

Size 5/8"  Mint -9.0
Value $20-40  Open at 10  NO SALE

Lot 4
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Gorgeous aventurine swirl from Steve Davis.  Loaded with aventurine  and some light lutz swirls added in.  Great marble signed "Steve Davis"

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

Lot 5
Peltier Glass Company-Rainbo

Gorgeous bright green, bubble filled rainbo shooter with a very light sprinkling of aventurine.  Marble shows a small tick.

Size 3/4"  Nearmint +8.9
Value $6-12  Open at 3  SOLD $3

Lot 6
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

Absolutely gorgeous oxblood swirl from AA.  Marble shows a great pattern of oxblood on a white opaque base.  The oxbloods seems to bleed out to a gorgeous purple on the surface.  One of the prettiest I have seen.

Size 11/16"  Mint -9.0
Value $15-30  Open at 7  SOLD $25

Lot 7
Contemporary handmade-Ken Rosenfeld

A wonderful marble from ken with a wonderful swirl pattern and a murrini cap on either pole.  Each pole has a slight flat spot due to the caps. and marble is unsigned.

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

Lot 8
Transitional-Navarre, Melted Pontil

Very nice looking Navarre, melted pontil transitional in purple and white.  Marble shows one small bruise and some rubbing.

Size 11/16"  Nearmint +8.7
Value $30-60  Open at15  SOLD $15

Lot 9
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Very sweet pattern including a turkey head swirl in browns and tans on a white base.

Size 5/8"  Min t9.5
Value $60-120  Open at 30  SOLD $42

Lot 10
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Gorgeous Popeye that actually shows two bands of red with yellow and wispy white in a clear base.  The thin layer of red over the white appears to be a completely separate band of color.

Size 5/8"  Mint -9.0
Value $30-60  Open at 15  SOLD $23

Lot 11
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Very nice Peltier Zebra with only light amounts of aventurine.  Nice pattern and shows one as made crease and some as made dimples.

Size 11/16"  Mint -9.0
Value $25-50  Open at 12  NO SALE

Lot 12
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Very nice Bi-Level from George with a multi layered green swirl core and a nice lutz subsurface band.  Signed "GMP2"

Size 3/4"  Mint +9.9
Value $20-40  Open at 10  NO SALE

Lot 13
German Handmade-Onionskin

Gorgeous and very bright onionskin with red, green, yellow and blue.  Lights damage that is completely hidden by the pattern.

Size 21/32"  Nearmint 8.6
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $36

Lot 14
Contemporary handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Stunning ribbon core swirl from Fritz.  Gorgeous coloring and pattern in this wonderful marbles signed "Fritz2002"

Size 1 1/2"  Mint +9.9
Value $50-100  Open at 25  NO SALE

Lot 15
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous powder blue spiral corkscrew in translucent orange glass.  Wonderful and hard to fine colors in a marble showing a few light ticks and pinpricks.

Size 11/16"  Nearmint 8.6
Value $30-60   Open at 15  SOLD $25

Lot 16
Christensen Agate Company-Slag

WOW!  Very bright electric red slag with a great seam line and wonderful pattern.  Very bright base with overall light damage.

Size 11/16"  Nearmint -8.1
Value $20-40  Open at 10  SOLD $10

Lot 17
Contemporary handmade-Jody Fine

Another stunning and harder to find marble from Jody.  Very seldom do you see aventurine in his work and we have been lucky enough to pick up two lately.  Gorgeous unsigned marble.

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

Lot 18
Misc.-Catseye

A wonderful and very hard to find 9 vane, 3 color catseye showing red, white and green in a slightly tinted base glass.  Marble shows a couple as made dimples and one tiny micro tick.

Size 5/8"  Nearmint +8.9
Value $20-40  Open at 10  SOLD $14

Lot 19
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Another rare marble from Akro.  Wonderful Superman cork showing red, yellow and blue.  Rare thing about this marble is the size.  Normally a shooter this marble only measures in at 21/32".

Size 21/32"  Nearmint +8.9
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $26

Lot 20
Peltier Glass Company-Rainbo

A wonderful pair for Peltier Rainbo shooters.  On is green ribbons in clear glass and the other is blue ribbons in white glass with one ribbon of green on the top pole.

Size 15/16"  Nearmint -8.2 to Nearmint +8.9
Value $5-10  Open at 2  SOLD $10

Lot 21
Contemporary Handmade-Phil McGlothlin

A wonderful and unusual transparent swirl from Mac with twisted white swirls and lutz in a transparent blue base.  Marble is signed "MAC"

Size 15/16"  Mint +9.9
Value $20-40  Open at 10  SOLD $17

Lot 22
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

The light bled these out a bit as they are actually a pale yellow.  Wonderful yellow and black corks that came from the same group and all three of them glow orange under black light.

Size 5/8"  Mint 9.5
Value $25-50  Open at 12  SOLD $28

Lot 23
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Wonderful Ca swirl with yellow swirls on a blue base.  Marble shows a wonderful pattern that includes a turkey head swirl in the blue.

Size 5/8"  Mint -9.0
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $25

Lot 24
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Nice and large white lattice core.  Marble shows a nice white core with red outer bands that have white underneath the red.  marble shows one chip that is pictured in the thumbnail and that is the only significant damage, but does not detract from this large and very nice marble.

Size 1 17/32"  Nearmint -8.2
Value $50-100  Open at 25  SOLD $38

Lot 25
Contemporary Handmade-David Salazar

A wonderful and large swirl from David.  Awesome display of pastel colors in an awesome pattern and signed "DPSalazar02"

Size 1 11/16"  Mint +9.9
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $20

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Lot 26
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Very nice orange and blue corkscrew showing a very nice pattern and a split down the center of the blue.  Marble shows two small reflections.

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

Lot 27
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Gorgeous lobed swirl from Fritz.  Gorgeous coloring and awesome pattern as always with this seasoned artist.  Marble is signed "Fritz 2002"

Size 1 9/16"  Mint +9.9
Value $50-100  Open at 25  SOLD $30

Lot 28
Transitional-Pinch Pontil

Nice looking transitional showing a pinch pontil in transparent purple glass with white swirls.  marble looks to me to be MFC, but I can not be sure.

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

Lot 29
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Awesome striped opaque with electric red on a white opaque base.  Gorgeous pattern and very bright single color design.

Size 5/8"  Nearmint +8.9
Value $50-100  Open at 25  SOLD $25

Lot 30
Contemporary Handmade-Bob Powers

A wonderful vortex from Doc with dicroic glass and wonderful swirling vortex pattern.  Signed "BP02"

Size 1 1/8"  Mint +9.8
Value $40-80  Open at 20  NO SALE

Lot 31
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Simply a gorgeous corkscrew in a very hard to find color combo.  Marble shows a wonderful yellow spiral corkscrew in bubble filled translucent orange glass.  Wonderful contrast.

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

Lot 32
Peltier Glass company-NLR

Classic pattern on this NLR Liberty from Peltier Glass.  White base with 4 bands of red and two bands of bright transparent blue.  Marble shows some shallow and minor wear, but displays very nicely.

Size 9/16"  Nearmint 8.4
Value $50-100  Open at 25  NO SALE

Lot 33
Mf Christensen-Brick

Great pattern on this Brick that is loaded with black swirls mixed in.  Marble shows overall light damage.

Size 21/32"  Nearmint -8.0
Value $30-60  Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 34
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

AN unusual pattern from Steve.  Marble shows a non-lobed balloon in the core with dicroic pieces of glass places on the outside of the balloon.  Almost gives it the effect of flying through the clouds.  Nice marble signed "Steve Davis".

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

Lot 35
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Very pretty blue and yellow Popeye with the signature clear and wispy white.  Marble shows a couple of small ticks.

Size 5/8"  Nearmint +8.8
Value $25-50  Open at 12  SOLD $23

Lot 36
German Handmade-Indian

Very pretty Indian swirl showing two panels.  First panel shows red, yellow, green and white while the second panel shows red and white.  Shows a couple of small flakes and some small ticks.

Size 11/16"  Nearmint 8.5
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $28

Lot 37
Contemporary Handmade-George O'Grady

Stunning  Sea Floral air entrapment from George.  Gorgeous detail and coloring, not to mention marble is in a great size.  Signed "G Grady 02"

Size 1 5/8"  Mint +9.9
Value $150-300  Open at 75  SOLD $75

Lot 38
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Great Spiderman from Peltier.  Shows deep red bands on a gorgeous blue base.  Marble shows overall light wear.

Size 11/16"  Nearmint -8.2
Value $15-30  Open at 7  SOLD $8

Lot 39
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Huge marsh mallow swirl from Ray that is loaded with aventurine.  Marble shows a similar patter as lot 1 only this is the white base and simply tons of aventurine that really jump out at you.  Signed with Ray's new signature cane.

Size 2 1/16"  Mint +9.8
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $33

Lot 40
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Very nice striped opaque showing red and loads of electric yellow on a black opaque base.  Gorgeous marble despite the light overall wear.  Marble views much better than grade.

Size 5/8"  Nearmint -8.0
Value $40-80  Open at 20  SOLD $49

Lot 41
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful corkscrew showing a deep green cork with a thinly layered blue cork on a white base.  Harder to find combo and in awesome condition.

Size 11/16"  Mint -9.3
Value $30-60  Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 42
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

peewee Guinea from George.  Shows small dots of color with small amounts of lutz in a crystal clear peewee base.  Signed "GP"

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

Lot 43
Peltier Glass Company-Rainbo

Gorgeous clear rainbo from Peltier.  This very hard to find marble shows gorgeous red, white and blue ribbons in a crystal clear base.  Marble shows some resting spots on the surface and one tiny tick.

Size 21/32"  Nearmint +8.9
Value $20-40  Open at 10  SOLD $20

Lot 44
Contemporary Handmade-Steve Maslach

Gorgeous ribbon swirl from Steve.  Have to love the Cuneo Furnace marbles.  Shows wonderful coloring and great pattern in this unsigned marble.

Size 1 1/8"  Mint +9.9
Value $30-60  Open at 15  NO SALE

Lot 45
German handmade-Bennington

Very, very hard to find black Bennington.  Nice finish and great condition, the black Bennie is extremely hard to find.

Size 5/8"  Mint -9.0
Value $30-60  Open at 15  SOLD $15

Lot 46
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Gorgeous striped opaque with orange and gray on a gorgeous lime green base.  Marble shows a couple of tiny blowouts and one micro tick.

Size 5/8"  Nearmint +8.9
Value $60-120  Open at 30  SOLD $60

Lot 47
Contemporary Handmade-Jody Fine

Very nice three layer swirl from Jody with awesome colors and great pattern.  Unsigned.

Size 1 1/8"  Mint +9.9
Value $25-50  Open at 12  NO SALE

Lot 48
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Very nice red, white and black corkscrew with nice pattern.  Seems to be a thin line of the black going through the center of the red as well.

Size 11/16"  Nearmint +8.9
Value $25-50  Open at 12  SOLD $12

Lot 49
Contemporary handmade-David Salazar

Gorgeous multi level swirl from David.  Gorgeous marble in a great size with wonderful pastel colors and signed "DPSalazar02"

Size 1 11/16"  Mint +9.9
Value $40-80  Open at 20  NO SALE

Lot 50
German Handmade-Banded Lutz

Nice looking banded lutz in  amber base glass.  Of course these marbles are very rare in colored bases.  This one shows both pontils in great order, but has been hand polished by someone.  You can see the hand facets on the surface of the marble.  An awesome looking marble that stills shows a scratch.

Size 11/16"  Polished
Value $60-120  Open at 30  SOLD $56

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