MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #53
APRIL 2, 2003 AT 5PM PACIFIC/8PM EASTERN

 

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Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Great American eagle Sulphide with eagle perched on a blue patch.  Great marble signed "Laubs02"

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

Lot 2
Transitional-Crease pontil

Wonderful set of three transitional marbles.  All show crease pontils with red and white coloring.  Nice "9" and tails.  Bidding on the group.

Size 19/32" Nearmint 8.6 to Mint 9.4
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 3
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous Indian Blanket cork in a rare size and showing an awesome double split pattern with the red and the yellow both being split on a black base.  Marble is slightly out of round.

Size 21/32" Nearmint +8.8
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 4
Contemporary handmade-Davis Glass

Gorgeous lobed flame from Steve with wonderful purple and white coloring in an awesome pattern.  Marble is signed "Steve Davis 03"

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

Lot 5
Peltier Glass Company-Rainbo

Gorgeous Yellow Sunset style rainbo with very pretty yellow ribbons on a clear bubble filled base with some bleeding into the core by the yellow.

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

Lot 6
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Classic Popeye with bright coloring in both the yellow and the red corks.  Plenty of clear and nice wispy white.

Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.7
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 7
Contemporary Handmade-Irene Russman

Very pretty blue matrix swirl from Irene with nice coloring and a fun pattern.  Marble is signed "Irene R 02"

Size 1 7/16" Mint +9.8
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 8
German handmade-Onionskin

A light buff would take some of the haziness out of this gorgeous little Joseph's Swirl.  Nice coloring on this paneled marble that shows one lonely band of green.

Size 19/32" Nearmint -8.3
Value $15-30  Open at 7 

Lot 9
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Pictures do not even come close to paying this marble justice.  Gorgeous coloring with the yellow and brown bleeds on a very unusual blue base.  Stunning marble.

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

Lot 10
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Nice striped opaque showing electric orange on a gorgeous blue base.  Small ticks seen.

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

Lot 11
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful true orange onyx with two twist white corkscrew.  marble also shows a paper thin line of black trailing the cork.

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

Lot 12
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Wonderful corkscrew from George showing lavender and yellow corkscrews with lutz in between.  Very nice marble signed "GMP2"

Size 13/16" Mint +9.9
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 13
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Gorgeous broken corkscrew Spiderman in an awesome size.  Wonderful coloring and hard to find pattern.  marble shows a couple of small ticks and a few small as made blow holes.

Size 11/16" Nearmint +8.8
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 14
Contemporary handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Wonderful ribbon core swirl from Fritz with opaque white and yellow as well as transparent lavender.  Marble is signed "Fritz2002"

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

Lot 15
Champion Agate-Furnace

Marble is much better in hand.  Shows a wonderful flaming pattern with hints of blue.  Marble shows one tiny as made fracture under the surface and one small blow hole.

Size 5/8" Mint -9.0
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 16
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous corkscrew showing blue and almost black with red.  Great pattern and awesome contrast.

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

Lot 17
Contemporary Handmade-Jason Howard

One of Jason's soon to be famous Hollow marbles.  Wonderful pattern and great coloring in this unusual hollow piece made from borosilicate tubing.  Great marble is signed "RJH03"

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

Lot 18
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Auction is for a pair of lattice cores.  The shooter shows green and blue subsurface bands.  The smaller shows orange and blue subsurface bands.  Both show damage but nothing huge.

Size 11/16" -7/8"  Good +7.9 to Nearmint -8.0
Value $20-40  Open at 10

Lot 19
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

No turkeys here.  The hawks hawk and Eagle have scared all the turkeys away.  Please check thumbnail for better views of this marble showing a Hawk in the lower left pic as well as another bird looking swirl  in the right pic.  Wonderful swirl.

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

Lot 20
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Wonderful blue and yellow Popeye with great  pattern including nice amounts of clear and wispy white both.

Size 21/32" Nearmint +8.9
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 21
Contemporary Handmade-Phil McGlothlin

Gorgeous submarine style swirl with lutz from Mac.  Marble shows wonderful patterns of thin strands of various colors with lutz in a transparent blue base.  Signed "Mac"

Size 1"  Mint +9.9
Value $20-40  Open at 10

Lot 22
Peltier Glass Company-Rainbo

Great and large Rainbo with tons of yellow and a small amount of orange on a white base.  Great size.

Size 15/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $5-10  Open at 2

Lot 23
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous corkscrew showing a wonderful opaque blue spiral with a translucent red spiral.  Wonderful marble that shows very bright and wet.

Size 23/32" Nearmint 8.6
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 24
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Gorgeous flaming swirl in an awesome size.  Wonderful red and blue swirl with a few flame tips and in a wonderful size for any CA marble.  Great pattern.

Size 3/4" Nearmint +8.7
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 25
Contemporary Handmade-Jody Fine

Gorgeous three layer swirl from Jody with colors that seem much brighter than usual for him.  Gorgeous piece is unsigned.

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

BREAK TIME= FIVE MINUTE BREAK 

Lot 26
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew/Patch

Very sweet and harder to find Akro.  Marble shows an almost eggyolk yellow snake that starts to cork and then stops dead and stays straight in a gorgeous translucent blue base.  Wonderful marble.

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

Lot 27
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Sweet multi color swirl from Fritz showing a gorgeous pattern and great coloring.  This artist always puts out gorgeous work.  Marble is signed "Fritz2002"

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

Lot 28
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Nice NLR with red bands on a white base.  Shows several blends in the red.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $10-20  Open at 5

Lot 29
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

I love these.  Gorgeous....did I say this was gorgeous?  Wonderful green and yellow Popeye in Vaseline glass.  This gorgeous marble lights up like the 4th of July.

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

Lot 30
Contemporary Handmade-Bob Powers

Wonderful Patriotic ribbon core swirl from Doc.  Small amount of dichroic glass.  Wonderful marble from his old stock.  Signed "BP98"

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

Lot 31
German Handmade-Single Pontil Clearie

Nice single pontil Clearie in blue glass.  These marbles are hard enough to find on their own.  But to find one single pontil is a rarity for sure.

Size 11/16" Nearmint +8.9
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 32
Christensen Agate Company-Slag

Gorgeous and unusually tiny Ca slag in electric red glass.  Marble barely breaks the peewee line and shows an awesome pattern.

Size 17/32" Nearmint +8.8
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 33
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Beautiful and rare corkscrew.  Marble shows a blue snake on a gorgeous bubble filled orange base.  Wonderful marble that is very hard to find.

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

Lot 34
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Great marble showing 1/2 the Tropical Swirl pattern and 1/2 the Blizzard pattern.  So we will call the Tropical Storm.  Wonderful swirl with tons of mice is signed "Steve Davis"

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

Lot 35
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Wonderful NLR Liberty showing four ribbons of red and two ribbons of blue on a partially clear base.  Marble shows some transparent and some translucent white in the base.

Size9/16" Nearmint 8.4
Value $40-80  Open at 20

Lot 36
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

Great pattern and good coverage on this milky oxblood swirl with very busy oxblood.

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

Lot 37
Contemporary Handmade-Jason Howard

Wonderful hollow orb from Jason Howard.  Great coloring and very fun pattern in this marble signed "RJH03"

Size 1 3/16" Mint +9.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 38
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Bright colors in this CA swirl showing bright red swirls on a gorgeous green base.  Wonderful pattern and coloring.

Size 5/8" Mint 9.4
Value $40-80  Open at 20

Lot 39
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

This is a monster swirl from Ray.  Absolutely huge orb with great coloring in a very tight corkscrew type swirl that surrounds the marble more times than I care to count in many, many colors.  Signed "Laubs02"

Size 2 3/8" Mint +9.8
Value $40-80  Open at 20

Lot 40
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful two and half twist corkscrew showing white cork in red transparent glass.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4
Value $15-30  Open at 7

Lot 41
German Handmade-Divided Core

Great divided core that must have been close to the end of cane.  There are only two bands in the pattern.  Marble also shows some outer strands of yellow.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6
Value $15-30  Open at 7

Lot 42
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Gorgeous "Dichro Peewee" from George.  Wonderful pattern in a marble that actually shows to be just over 1/2" and signed "GP2"

Size 17/32" Mint +9.9
Value $15-30  Open at 7

Lot 43
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Gorgeous Popeye shooter showing very bright red and yellow corkscrews in a classic clear matrix base with nice amounts of wispy white.

Size 3/4" Nearmint +8.8
Value $40-80  Open at 20

Lot 44
Contemporary Handmade-Gerry Colman

Superb coloring in this wonderful marble by Gerry.  Hi signature "Eye Candy" design millifiori marble showing purple white and teal coloring.  great, great marble signed "C2"

Size 7/8" Mint +9.9
Value $60-120  Open at 30

Lot 45
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Wonderful CA swirl showing three tones of red on a nice green base.  Goes from a standard red to a blood red with a busy pattern.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 46
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Sweet corkscrew showing orange, red, brown and green that actually looks to be wispy white in a transparent green base.

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

Lot 47
German Contemporary-Vintage (Really)

A very unusual marble with great history.  Identification was made with the help of both Brian Estepp as well as Mark Capel.  This marble is considered a contemporary, but is between 40 and 50 years old and was made in Germany.  This is determined by the glass used as well as method.  Marble shows a wonderful pattern in a great size.  Also shows lutz that is not normal.  Do not remember what Brain said it was.  Marble is flawless with the exception of being slightly out of round.  An incredible find.  Please check thumbnail for more great pics.

Size 1 29/32 Mint +9.7
Value $250-500  Open at 125

Lot 48
Peltier Glass Company-Slag

Wonderful feathering pattern on this Peltier slag in transparent amber glass.  Marble shows on blow hole.

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

Lot 49
Contemporary Handmade-James Alloway

WOW!!!!  Foreplay at its finest.  No really.  James calls this marble the "Foreplay" and it is an absolutely incredible marble showing four separate but nearly identical canes worked into this wonderful pattern that is in an awesome size.  Simply an amazing piece of art.  Signed "Alloway 2003"

Size 1 1316"  Mint 10 +++
Value $200-400 Open at 100

Lot 50
German Handmade-Sulphide

A rare sulphide in a rare size.  The "Ape-man" is not one of the common figured found in a sulphide and the great thing about this piece is that the size is also harder to find.  Not hard to find a sulphide this small, but is hard to find one this small with a person or standing figure.  Damage is small with majority being overall rubbing.

Size 1 3/16" Nearmint 8.4
Value $300-600 Open at 150

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