MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #51
MARCH 26, 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

Great Graduation cap sulphide from Ray.  Perfect for the new graduate.  Large marble and is signed "Laubs 03"

Size 2" Mint+ 9.8
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 2
Master Made Marbles-Patch

Gorgeous little patch from Master.  Shows a wonderful yellow patch backed with wispy white.  Also shows some unmelted glass in the clear with transparent blue.  Very kool mib.

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

Lot 3
Transitional-Fold Pontil

Red and white transitional with a very busy pattern and a very small fold pontil.  Shows several small hits.

Size 19/32" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Lot 4
German Handmade-Banded Transparent

Awesome banded transparent with a wonderful blue bubble filled base and white surface bands.  Also shows a nice ghost core with some hints of black.

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

Lot 5
Akro Agate Company-Slag

Nice group of Akro Agate slags.  The Vaseline slag in the center lights up brightly, but shows the most damage with fractures.

Size 11/16" to 13/16" Good 7.6 (Vaseline) to 8.6
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 6
Contemporary handmade-Artist Unknown

Kool spotted swirl pattern with purple stretched spots on a half red and half white base.  Marble is signed "CK 02" but artist is unknown.

Size 1" Mint+ 9.8
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 7
Vitro Agate Company-Swirl

Kool Vitro with brushed on orange and white and is similar to a Peltier swirl with the colors on the surface.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $5-10 Open at 2

Lot 8
German Handmade-English Lattice Core

Gorgeous English Lattice core with a fat white core and alternating surface bands of green with yellow and orange with white.

Size 21/32" Mint- 9.0
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 9
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Monster corkscrew showing red and green.  Awesome size on a marble that has seen some play and shows some chips and dings.

Size 15/16" Good+ 7.9
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Lot 10
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Beautiful coloring on this lattice core with a nice tight core and surface bands of green yellow, blue and white.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 11
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful purple and orange corkscrew with a small amount of white showing and some extra bleeding.  Very nice looking cork.

Size 11/16" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 12
German Handmade-Divided Core

Gorgeous colors on this divided core that literally fills the center of this marble.  Very wide bands with awesome coloring showing green with white and pink with white bands.

Size 23/32" Mint- 9.0
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 13
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Transparent

This is a wonderful Marble with a very unusual pattern.  Marble shows a sea-shell style striped transparent pattern.  It also shows, just under this surface area of white, a cobra style swirl of white that is faint.  Wonderful marble in a great color.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 14
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful corkscrew showing a split yellow cork on a blue base.  Shows a few small dings, but displays nicely.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Lot 15
MF Christensen-Slag

Very rich coloring on this amber slag from MFC with a wonderful "9" and tail and great pattern.  Worst damage is pictured.  Still a great marble.

Size 7/8" Good+ 7.9
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 16
German Handmade-Lattice Core

This is a gorgeous lattice core that depending on how you view it will determine whether you see an alternating white and yellow core, or a core with orange in it as well.  Marble is actually a yellow core showing subsurface transparent red bands with white surface strands.

Size 11/16" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $25-50 Open at 12

Lot 17
Contemporary Handmade-Artist Unknown

Nice contemporary marble with stretched eyes of white and red on a light blue base.  Marble is singed "CM 02" but artist is unknown.

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

Lot 18
Peltier Glass Company-Swirl

Rich coloring and wonderful pattern on this multi color swirl from Peltier Glass.  Shows a red and yellow blending to orange with white in a transparent green base.

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

Lot 19
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Almost did not make it into this category.  Wonderful marble that shows only a few thin strands of the white lattice core in the center of the marble.  Wonderful condition and great coloring at the subsurface level.

Size 3/4" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $25-50 Open at 12

Lot 20
MF Christensen-Brick

How could someone do this to such a wonderful marble.  Gorgeous pattern with loads of white and black swirled into the oxblood matrix.  Marble has been beat to hell and has one blowhole on the bottom pole.

Size 5/8" Good 7.5
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 21
Contemporary Handmade-Cathy Richards

What a great piece from this artist.  One of her well known "Spotties" showing blue spots outlined in red on an orangish yellow base.  Marble is signed "CKR 2002"

Size 1 9/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 22
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful split corkscrew showing a wonderful corkscrew of blue, split right down the middle and resting on a grayish white base.  marble shows a few small ticks and some as made micro dimples.

Size 11/16" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 23
German Handmade-Onionskin

I swear I sold the end of this cane a couple of weeks ago.  Wonderful coloring in this pretty and very small onionskin.  Shows a very nice blending of yellow and orange.

Size 1/2" Mint- 9.0
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 24
Marble King, Inc.-Hybrid

Wonderful contrast in this hard to find MK Blended Dragonfly.  Wonderful amounts of blue and green blended together to make this great pattern.  Marbles shows some small hits as well as some small as made blowholes.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 25
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Another lattice core that almost did not make it into this category.  Marble shows wonderful colors at the subsurface level with only a few very, very bright strands of yellow in the core.

Size 9/16" Mint- 9.0
Value $20-40 Open at 10

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Lot 26
German Handmade-Lattice Core

This is an awesome little Lattice core swirl with a tight weaving core and great surface bands of color.  marble only shows a couple of small ticks.

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

Lot 27
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

A wonderful Flaming Dragon from Peltier Glass.  Marble shows a wonderful green base with red ribbons and very little yellow that blends to make orange in the red.  Marble shows a few small hits and ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 28
German Handmade-Divided Core

Wonderful coloring in this three banded divided core.  Marble shows three bands of red, green, white and blue with outer strands of yellow.  Marble shows a cold roll and a few small hits.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $25-50 Open at 12

Lot 29
Peltier Glass Company-Peerless patch

A full bakers dozen of Peerless patches from Peltier Glass.  Some great colors here with green/yellow, blue/yellow, red/blue, black/white and red/yellow.  All 13 are in the Nearmint range.

Size 9/16" to 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0 to 8.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 30
Natural Stone-Hand Faceted Agate

This is a wonderful marble that I believe to be actually better than I have graded it.  I believe the marks I am taking off on this marble are more than likely due to the had done work that was done on it.  This is a wonderful old hand faceted agate with well defined facets.

Size 13/16" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 31
Contemporary handmade-Unknown Artist

Wonderful contemporary version of the Peltier Glass Golden Rebel.  Wonderful pattern with red and black on a yellow base.  Very nice marble is signed "GC02" But I am not sure who the artist is.

Size 1 1/8" Mint+ 9.8
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 32
German Handmade-Lined China

Wonderful glazed China marble with intersecting lines of both green and red.

Size 9/16" Mint 9.4
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 33
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

Gorgeous oxblood with a very busy pattern of very thin oxblood strands.  Can see the oxblood going under the surface in some areas.

Size 19/32" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 34
German Handmade-Joseph's Swirl

Simply gorgeous Joseph's Coat swirl with opaque white and transparent green to give this wonderful marble the look and appeal of a very nice mist.  Almost feels like soft glass, similar to that of a Clambroth.  Shows a few small hits.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 35
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Very nice corkscrew showing red and purple with a small amount of white.  Red is transparent and shows a nice contrast.  Marble shows a handful of pinpricks and some small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Lot 36
German Handmade-Divided Core

Wonderful and unusual divided core swirl that is so thin it could almost be a rainbo lattice core.  Wonderful coloring and pattern.

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

Lot 37
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Unusual Zebra from Peltier with a great and odd pattern of black ribbons on a white base.  There is some aventurine in the black and the marble shows only a few dings, but overall scratching.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 38
German Handmade-Lattice Core

This is a gorgeous and hard to find lattice core showing a wonderful orange lattice core with alternating white and blue subsurface bands.  Very hard to come by marble and shows some light rubbing as well as a few small hits.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 39
Marble King, Inc. Patch and Ribbon

This is an awesome find.  A wonderful Girl  Scout from MK with alternating green and yellow patch and ribbons.  Wonderful thing about this marble is that the green shows light aventurine.  Very hard to find these marbles with aventurine.  Shows a few small ticks as well as two fractures in the green.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 40
German Handmade-Swirl

Very weird swirl that looks new to me.  It is polished for sure, so could be old.  None of the colors not the pattern look right to me.  Consignor bought it as a mint antique marble from another auction.  Either way, is polished.  Beautiful marble though.

Size 9/16" Polished
Value $????  Open at 1

Lot 41
Akro Agate Company-Carnelian

A gorgeous Carnelian from AA that shows a rich reddish brown swirl with white in a translucent base that lights up nicely under blacklight.

Size 5/8" Mint- 9.0
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 42
German Handmade-Divided Core

Great divided core showing three bands of pink, blue and white with surface strands of white.  Marbles shows a handful of hits and ticks.

Size 19/32" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 43
Contemporary handmade-Artist Unknown

Gorgeous paneled onionskin with two panels of blue and white and two panels of pink and white.  Also shows a thin coating of lutz of the entirety of the marble.  Marble is signed, but is unreadable and artist is unknown.

Size 1" Mint+ 9.8
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 44
German Handmade-Divided Core

Very nice and classic divided core style with three bands showing pink, white and blue with three outer groups of yellow strands.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $25-50 Open at 12

Lot 45
Vitro Agate Company-Patch

A nice little patch from Vitro that is similar in make up to the Akro Moss Agate.  Shows a yellow patch on a translucent white base.  marble does not fluoresce.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $4-8 Open at 2

Lot 46
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

Gorgeous oxblood patch that does not look like it was suppose to be a patch.  Oxblood shows the Akro hook at the top and streams in such a way as to look as if it was suppose to be a corkscrew.  Shows a wonderful blue patch as well.

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

Lot 47
Contemporary Handmade-Artist Unknown

Wonderful green base marble with hints of white and a thin blue corkscrew pattern.  Marble is signed "FS 02" but artist is unknown.

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

Lot 48
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Gorgeous and rare marble.  A wonderful white and yellow alternating lattice core with great coloring and a wonderful tight lattice core.  Very, very hard to find marble and shows one tiny tick with some light rub spots.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+++ 8.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 49
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

A very radioactive auger corkscrew from AA.  Marble shows a nice double twist auger style spiral in a very bright Vaseline glass base.  Marble has a few small hits and overall haze.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Lot 50
German Handmade-Joseph's Swirl

This is a very pretty and large Joseph's coat swirl.  Beautiful coloring in this wonderful sized swirl.  Most of the damage that is effecting the grade comes in the form of a shallow, but large flake on the back of this marble.  Displays very nicely and what a beautiful size.

Size 1" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $100-200 Open at 50

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