MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #52
MARCH 30, 2003 AT 5PM PACIFIC/8PM EASTERN

 

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Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Awesome new Patriotic Sulphide from Ray.  Along with his Eagle, Towers and Shuttle....here is the Statue of Liberty Sulphide.  And I think she came not a minute to soon.  Nice work Ray and signed with Ray's new signature cane.

Size 2" Mint+ 9.8
Value $100-200 Open at 50

Lot 2
MF Christensen-Slag

Great size on this amber slag with nice swirling patterns.  Shows a medium blue hole, some small chiggers and rubbing.

Size 1 3/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 3
Peltier Glass Company-Swirl

This is an awesome multi-color swirl from Peltier showing a wonderful set of ribbons in powder blue, yellow and white.  Base glass is a faint transparent green and pattern is very open.

Size 5/8" Mint 9.5
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Lot 4
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Gorgeous Lavender lobed balloon from Davis Glass.  Wonderful pattern with some awesome colors in this marble.  Signed "Steve Davis 03"

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

Lot 5
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Classic red and yellow Popeye loaded with wispy white and nice amount of clear.  Marble shows a couple of small ticks and some rubbing.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 6
Peltier Glass Company-Slag

Awesome pattern on this wonderful slag from Peltier Glass.  Signature feathering makes this one of the most sought after slags out there.  Marble shows a tiny tick with some as made dimples and small blow holes.

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

Lot 7
Contemporary Handmade-Irene Russman

Very nice transparent swirl from a new artist.  You may have seen her work before under the name of Irene Duffy.  She has recently married and her art is now signed under new pen.  Wonderful work and signed "Irene R 02"

Size 1 5/16" Mint+ 9.8
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 8
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous yellow snake corkscrew in bubble filled transparent orange glass.  Marble shows one small tick.  The rest of what you are seeing are the small bubbles.

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

Lot 9
German Handmade-Solid Core

Beautiful yellow solid core swirl with outer bands of blue with white and pink with white.  Marble has been polished.

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

Lot 10
Akro Agate Company-Ade

From the Akro "Ade" group is a Carnelian in a decent size.  Marble lights up nicely under black light and shows some small ticks and chiggers with overall rubbing and some scratching.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.4
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 11
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Simple but nice striped opaque from CAC  Marble shows red strands on a blue based with some white in the blue.  Marble shows some small ticks and a couple of small moons.

Size 19/32" Nearmint 8.4
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 12
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Wonderful enamel from George with a yellow core spotted with lutz as well as a transparent green and red surface band.  Signed "GMP2"

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

Lot 13
Champion Agate-Furnace

These are some gorgeous Furnace marbles showing a frosty appearance to them.  All four marbles have a great deal of pink showing and are some of the prettiest I have seen.  Not one fracture that I could find.  Four available.  You are bidding on one.

Size 9/16" to 19/32" Mint- 9.0 to 9.7
Value $25-50ea Open at 12 ea

Lot 14
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Gorgeous multi color and multi level ribbon swirl from Fritz.  Showing green, yellow and white in a crystal clear base.  Signed "Fritz 2002"

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

Lot 15
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

A wonderful Lemon Lime from Peltier Glass.  marble shows translucent green bands on an opaque yellow base.  Marble shows some light pinpricking and rubbing.

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

Lot 16
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Awesome blue and yellow Popeye in a nice size.  Shows classic pattern with nice amounts of wispy white and clear. 

Size 11/16" Mint 9.5
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 17
Contemporary Handmade-Jason Howard

Our first offering from this artist.....  New artist Jason Howard is making these incredible hollow marbles.  He is using heavy borosilicate tubing to create these amazing pieces.  They are light as a feather in hand and I must say that the light does awesome things to these marbles due to the hollow matrix.  Awesome piece is signed "RJH 03"

Size 1 3/8" Mint+ 9.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 18
German Handmade-Fancy Bennington

Monster sized fancy Bennington showing both brown and blue.  Marbles shows overall pinpricking and rubbing.  Awesome size.

Size 1 7/16" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 19
Peltier Glass Company-Rainbo

Not sure what anyone would want to call this.  I know one collector that calls the "Gut" marble.  Basically this is a Peltier Sunset type marble that looks to have thrown up (Sorry, but best way to describe it).  Awesome looking marble.

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

Lot 20
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Highly desired red, white and blue Popeye from AA.  This one is very unusual in that it has translucent red and blue both snaked on the surface of this marble.  Marble shows overall light pocket wear with small ticks and overall rubbing.  Displays much better than grade.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 21
Contemporary Handmade-Phil McGlothlin

Wonderful multi color swirl from Mac in a transparent amber matrix with small amounts of lutz in the transparent glass.  Awesome swirl signed "Mac"

Size 15/16" mint+ 9.9
Value $25-50 Open at 12

Lot 22
Marble King, Inc-Transparent Patch and Ribbon

At point the books stated these marbles did not exist.  That has changed.  This is a Marble King patch and ribbon that looks to be a Bumblebee.  in fact, once backlit, you will see this marble is a transparent version and is actually in transparent blue glass making it a Cub Scout.  Hard to find MK.

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

Lot 23
Christensen Agate Company-Slag

Gorgeous red slag from CAC showing that MFC is not the only company that made the sweet "9" and tail.

Size 21/32" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 24
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous orange and blue corkscrew with paper thin line of clear.  nice contrast and very sweet cork.

Size 5/8" Mint- 9.1
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 25
Contemporary Handmade-Jody Fine

Awesome three layer swirl from Jody with awesome colors and pattern as always with this artist.  This is one of his large swirls and you can see into the core nicely.  marble is unsigned.

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

BREAK TIME= FIVE MINUTE BREAK 

Lot 26
Peltier Glass Company-Swirl

A Multi color swirl showing powder blue, yellow and white in transparent green glass.  Marble is actually in a NLR pattern.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $8-16 Open at 4

Lot 27
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Stunning ribbon core swirl from Fritz.  Gorgeous combination of blue and lavender in this awesome pattern and signed "Fritz 2002"

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

Lot 28
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Amazing corkscrew.  This marble shows an orange spiral corkscrew that is so close to being an auger.  The base glass is also tinted orange.  incredible cork.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 29
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Wonderful CA swirl showing yellow swirls in a powder blue base that is outlined in brown.  marble also shows unmelted sand in the brown.  Marble also shows some very small as made dimples.  Just a cool mib.

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

Lot 30
Contemporary Handmade-Bob Powers

Wonderful dichroic swirl from Doc in transparent amber glass.  Wonderful marble with an unfinished signature.

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

Lot 31
Misc.-Metallic

An awesome group of metallics with amazing coverage of silver metallic on a base that is unusual.  The base on each of these looks black.  It is in fact a very deep transparent blue.  Five available.  you are bidding on one.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.9 to 9.2
Value $10-20 ea Open at 5 ea

Lot 32
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Wonderful black and blue Peltier Zebra that is loaded with fiery aventurine.  Marble shows both black and blue in the bands.  Wonderful example.  Marble shows a few tiny ticks.

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

Lot 33
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Another stunning corkscrew.  This marble shows a wonderful translucent red corkscrew that turns pink on either side of the cork.  The base glass is a gorgeous translucent green base.  Light shows through the entire marble.  Never seen one in this gorgeous combo before.

Size 9/16" Mint 9.4
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 34
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

WOW!!!!!  A monster lobed flame from Davis Glass with every color you can imagine and very nice amounts of aventurine.  The size on this beauty makes it just amazing to view.  Signed "Steve Davis 03"

Size 2 3/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $80-160 Open at 40

Lot 35
Champion Agate Company-Furnace

Awesome flaming Furnace from Champion.  Marble shows the typical coloring with an awesome pattern.  Marble shows one tiny, tiny fracture that is maybe 1/16".

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

Lot 36
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

A wonderful Ruby Bee from Peltier Glass showing red ribbons on a bright yellow base.  Marble shows faint aventurine in the red and a few minor ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 37
Contemporary Handmade-Jason Howard

Another amazing hollow marble from Jason Howard.  Shows incredible pattern and detail.  Not much can be said about these marbles until you hold one in hand.  Absolutely gorgeous and signed "RJH 03"

Size 1 7/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 38
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Wonderful Hybrid Popeye showing green, yellow and red.  Gorgeous combination and great size on this wonderful marble.  Marble has been polished.

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

Lot 39
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

A monster marshmallow swirl from Ray with spots of color and mica covering the white matrix.  Signed with Ray's new signature cane.

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

Lot 40
German Handmade-Lobed Onionskin

Gorgeous paneled and lobed onionskin showing red, yellow and blue and loaded with tiny air bubbles.  Marble also shows a faceted pontil.

Size 13/16" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 41
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

A simple little CA swirl showing yellow swirls, outlined in white and on a black base.  Very nice little swirl.

Size 19/32" Mint- 9.2
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 42
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Gorgeous Peewee guinea with lutz from George.  Awesome coloring and a fun size.  Signed "GP"

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

Lot 43
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

A wonderful Tiger with plenty of aventurine.  Shows nice bands of black aventurine on an orange base.  Marble shows a couple of very small blow holes and a few small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 44
Contemporary Handmade-Gerry Colman

WOW!!!  We have tried long and hard to get this artist on board and we are so pleased to be able to offer his work now.  This is from his "eye Candy" line and is stunning with its patriotic red, white and blue make up.  Stunning marble is signed "C"

Size 29/32" Mint+ 9.9
Value $60-120 Open at 30

Lot 45
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

Wonderful Carnelian Oxblood from AA.  Nice pattern showing thin lines of oxblood over the translucent white base glass.  Marble shows minor overall wear.

Size 23/32" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $60-120 Open at 30

Lot 46
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Gorgeous two color swirl from CAC again showing their ability to create awesome marbles with the "9" and tail.  Almost becomes a corkscrew in overall pattern.  Awesome coloring and harder to find pattern.

Size 5/8" Mint- 9.0
Value $70-140 Open at 35

Lot 47
Contemporary Handmade-Robert Livezey

A gorgeous onionskin lutz type swirl from Robert.  This marble was previously sold, but returned due to a typo in the size.  Stunning marble signed with two stars.

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

Lot 48
German Handmade-Maglite Indian

I could not get a decent picture of this marble backlit.  This is a rare red based Maglite Indian swirl showing white bands on a very deep red transparent base.  Marble shows one chip as well as overall light wear in the way of small chiggers and overall rubbing.  Great example of a rare Base Indian.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 49
Contemporary handmade-James Alloway

OH MY!!!!  We are so honored to be able to offer this artist's work to you.  This is a piece from James' "Filigrana Spiral" Series.  Words can not describe this mans work.  Until you see one in hand...you simply will not understand.  Incredible marble is signed "Alloway 2003"

Size 1 11/16" Mint++++ 10.00
Value $150-300 Open at 75

Lot 50
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

This is an awesome, awesome swirl from CAC.  Marble shows electric red, with orange and gray on a gorgeous yellow base.  Amazing coloring and pattern on this marble that shows much better than the grade.  I deducted points for the orange peel texture, even though it is as made.  Gorgeous and very bright marble.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.4
Value $60-120 Open at 30

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