MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #50
MARCH 19, 2003 AT 5PM PACIFIC/8PM EASTERN

Private auction to raise funds for a collector who is selling off their collection to finish paying for their last year of college.  He has to sell them to finish his degree!!  Let's see what we can't do to help him out!

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Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

One of Ray's fun sulphides.  This is his Mr. Peanut sulphide.  Great marble showing a bubble at his chest and Signed "Laubs02"

Size 2" Mint+ 9.8
Value $40-80

Lot 2
Marble King, Inc.-Patch and Ribbon

Wonderful pattern on this Bumblebee from Marble King.  Shows splits in the top patch forming two extra ribbons.

Size 5/8" Nearmint + 8.9
Value $10-20

Lot 3
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Fat Lattice core with outer bands of alternating red and blue.  Marble shows an overall light haze and some smaller chips.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $10-20

Lot 4
MF Christensen-Slag

Gorgeous pattern in this large amber slag.  Rich coloring.  marble shows a fracture and a few hits.

Size 1" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $20-40

Lot 5
German Handmade-English Solid Core

Gorgeous English solid core swirl with a white core and yellow, blue and red surface bands. Marble shows a couple of small bruises and ticks.

Size 23/32" Nearmint 8.4
Value $30-60

Lot 6
Contemporary Handmade-Artist unknown

Great Patriotic swirl from an unknown artist.  Showing red, white and blue with a small touch of yellow on a white base.  Marble is signed but can not be read.

Size 1" Mint+ 9.7
Value $30-60

Lot 7
Misc-Swirl

Awesome three color swirl that looks like a CA pattern, but does not look to be CA colors.  Unsure of maker.  Shows orange and yellow in a great pattern on a white base.

Size 11/16" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $15-30

Lot 8
German Handmade-Divided Core

Wonderful divided core with very wide bands.  Nice bright colors of pink, green and blue with white.  White surface strands.  Marbles shows a few small hits.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $20-40

Lot 9
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Odd coloring in this corkscrew.  Shows orange and yellow corks on a white base.  Nice pattern.  marble was very well played with and shows overall hits and ticks.

Size 21/32" Good+ 7.9
Value $10-20

Lot 10
German Handmade-Solid Opaque

A wonderful solid opaque handmade in white glass.  Two pontil design and does show some dirt or debris in some as made air holes at the surface.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40

Lot 11
Master Made Marbles-Patch

Wonderful two color patch from Master.  Almost a Comet in style.  Shows a wonderful blue/green combination.  Marble shows a couple of small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $12-20

Lot 12
German Handmade-Onionskin

Nice coloring in this onionskin.  Showing red, white and blue.  Marble has an overall light haze with a handful of small dings.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $20-40

Lot 13
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Here is a wonderful dragonfly sulphide from George.  Marble shows a brass inclusion in a dragonfly design.  Set in green glass and signed "gp"

Size 17/32" Mint+ 9.9
Value $20-40

Lot 14
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

A wonderful milky oxblood in a semi opaque base.  Nice pattern and rich in oxblood.  Marble shows a small tick.

Size 21/32" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $10-20

Lot 15
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Nice looking lattice with white core and outer bands of green and yellow as well as pink and white.  marble shows a couple of small ticks.

Size 11/16" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $25-50

Lot 16
Christensen Agate Company-Slag

Nice size on this red slag with an awesome pattern.  The cut line tells me CA but the pattern is unusual for them.  So the cut line is shown, you be the judge.  Very pretty marble in a great size.

Size 13/16" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $15-30

Lot 17
German Handmade-Divided Core

unusual little divided core showing three bands with red, lime green and white and white surface strands.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40

Lot 18
Akro Agate Company-Ade

Wonderful Carnelian from Akro Agate.  Marble fluoresces under black light and shows the rich reddish brown on translucent white.  Marble shows some small ticks.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $20-40

Lot 19
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Wild white lattice core pattern showing a tornado type core with alternating surface bands of blue and white.

Size 19/32" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40

Lot 20
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Gorgeous solid purple base marble from Davis Glass.  marble shows a gorgeous purple base with stretched and spotted lutz over the entire surface.  Gorgeous marble is signed "Steve Davis"

Size 1 1/2" Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80

Lot 21
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Wonderful pattern on this Zebra with aventurine.  Marble has seen significant usage.

Size 11/16" Good+ 7.9
Value $10-20

Lot 22
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Wonderful coloring in this lattice showing a bright yellow core as well as red, white and blue surface bands.  Marble shows a shallow but larger than normal flake on the back side.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $20-40

Lot 23
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous orange and black corkscrew with a small amount of clear.  Nice orange coloring in the marble that seems to fade in and out offering several shades.

Size 9/16" Nearmint_ 8.7
Value $12-25

Lot 24
German Handmade-Coreless Swirl

Gorgeous banded transparent in clear glass with red, green, white and blue surface colors.  Marble shows some small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $25-50

Lot 25
MF Christensen-Brick

Great pattern on a brick that has the same texture as a real brick.  Marble has been well used, but promises to be anew with a little polish job.  All damage is pretty shallow.

Size 13/16" Good 7.5
Value $20-40

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Lot 26
Contemporary handmade-Ray Laubs

This is a gorgeous air entrapment from Ray with a wonderful pattern and clearer than usual glass.  Wonderful marble is unsigned.

Size 1 7/8" Mint+ 9.8
Value $40-80

Lot 27
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

Unusual silver oxblood from AA with two patches of oxblood on either pole.  Both poles show nice patterns in the wonderful translucent white base.  Marble shows a micro tick.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+++ 8.9
Value $20-40

Lot 28
German Handmade-Divided Core

Gorgeous faceted pontil divided core with wonderful coloring and four bands.  This is a gorgeous marble.  Faceted pontil marbles are hard to come by and very nice.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $40-80

Lot 29
Misc-Assortment

Great group of 21 assorted marbles including Champion, Akro oxblood and corks, Peltier, MK and so on.  Nice group of marbles all in the Nearmint range.

Size 5/8" to 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0 to 8.9
Value $20-40

Lot 30
Transitional-Fold Pontil

Great red and white transitional with tiny fold pontil.  Nice pattern and rich coloring.  Marbles shows some small hits.

Size 9/16" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $10-20

Lot 31
Contemporary Handmade-Artist Unknown

Gorgeous lutz swirl showing white and lutz on a clear base.  Very pretty pattern from this unknown artist.  marble is signed, but can not be read.

Size 15/16" Mint+ 9.8
Value $30-60

Lot 32
Misc-Swirl

Very unusual marble.  Has a pattern that I would swear is Alley, but the coloring throws me way off.  Gorgeous little flaming type swirl from an unknown maker.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $10-20

Lot 33
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Very, very pretty little lattice core showing a white, well formed lattice core with red, yellow and blue surface bands.  Wonderful marble.

Size 17/32" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $25-50

Lot 34
Peltier Glass Company-Swirl

Wonderful coloring and pattern on this multi color swirl from Peltier Glass that shows red, white and powder blue on a transparent green base.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $10-20

Lot 35
German Handmade-Mica

Nice little amber mica with nice chunks of mica in a transparent amber base.  When lit up it has the appearance of a mist with mica.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4
Value $20-40

Lot 36
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous Indian Blanket corkscrew showing nice fat spirals of red, black and yellow.  Marble only shows a couple small ticks with some light rubbing.

Size 3/4" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $20-40

Lot 37
German Handmade-Divided Core

Another very pretty divided core with a fat core pattern and wonderful coloring of teal blue, dark blue, pink and white.

Size 3/4" Nearmint 8.5
Value $30-60

Lot 38
Contemporary handmade-Artist Unknown

Great little multi color swirl from another unknown artist.  Marble shows orange and blue spirals on a white base with stretched brownish red in the white.  Marble is signed "CM02" but we are not sure who it is.

Size 1" Mint+ 9.9
Value $25-50

Lot 39
Vitro Agate Company-Victory

Awesome color on this Vitro Victory.  Marble shows this wonderful blue Victory patch on a crystal clear base.  Marble shows one small tick and a fracture in the blue patch.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $2-4

Lot 40
German Handmade-Onionskin

Very pretty onionskin with a wonderful blue and white swirl pattern and one small area of pink.  Marble shows one little tick.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $20-40

Lot 41
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Wonderful marble from Peltier Glass in the NLR pattern but with an unusual makeup.  Marble shows a wonderful banding of yellow with what appears to be a green transparent base loaded with creamy white.  Light does show through this marble.  I have a few of these in my Pelt collection and love them.  Marble shows a few hits.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4
Value $20-40

Lot 42
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Very pretty yellow lattice core swirl.  Shows a wonderful yellow core with pink and green surface bands.

Size 9/16" Mint- 9.0
Value $20-40

Lot 43
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful corkscrew showing blue and yellow with some brown bleeds.  Very nice pattern and coloring.

Size 21/32" Nearmint 8.5
Value $15-30

Lot 44
German Handmade-Divided Core

Gorgeous four banded divided core with awesome coloring and a wonderful open core.  Marble shows red, white and blue with powder blue and white and yellow surface strands.

Size 3/4" Lightly buffed, still showing some minor hits
Value $15-30

Lot 45
Contemporary Handmade-Artist Unknown

Kool layered auger style pattern with gray and white in a tight pattern that augers all the way out to the surface of this marble.  Marble is signed "CR2" but again, we have no idea who the artist might be.

Size 1" Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60

Lot 46
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

A gorgeous AA corkscrew with almost Peltier type feathering.  Wonderful pattern is unlike any I have seen before on an Akro marble.  Gorgeous cork with feathering along the top of the pattern in a stunning blue onyx base.  Marble shows a handful of significant hits.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $5-10

Lot 47
Champion Agate Company-Coral

A wonderful Champion Coral with bright coloring and wonderful coverage.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $7-15

Lot 48
German Handmade-Joseph's Swirl

Gorgeous Joseph's swirl with beautiful coloring and is so open that it almost appears to be in a mist pattern.  Wonderful appeal showing red, white, green and powder blue with white in a clear base.  Shows some cold rolls and one tiny tick.

Size 19/32" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $30-60

Lot 49
MF Christensen-Slag

Gorgeous pattern in this MFC slag with loads of white swirls in a rich amber base.  Marble shows many hits.

Size 3/4" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $10-20

Lot 50
German Handmade-Lattice Core

One of the most unusual lattice cores I have ever seen.  This core is not yellow and is not green.  Some have called it a lime green, some call it electric yellow.  Either way, it is a gorgeous color.  Marble shows a handful of hits and a couple of bruises.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $20-40

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