MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #56
APRIL 30, 2003 AT 5PM PACIFIC/8PM EASTERN

 

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Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Gorgeous patriotic sulphide from Ray showing our Statue of Liberty in front of the American flag.  Wonderful marble for the times signed "Laubs 02"

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

Lot 2
Vitro Agate Company-Patch

Nice yellow patch outlined in brown on a transparent pale blue base that is loaded with wispy white filaments.  Marble shows one tiny tick.

Size 3/4" Nearmint +8.9
Value $5-10  Open at 2

Lot 3
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful red, white and blue corkscrew showing a very unusual deep red with cobalt blue.  Very nice pattern on a marble showing only a couple of small ticks.

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

Lot 4
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Gorgeous lobed flame in a monster size from Davis Glass.  marble shows a huge array of colors including green aventurine in this awesome pattern.  This huge marble is signed "Steve Davis 03"

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

Lot 5
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Gorgeous Peltier Zebra.  Wonderful pattern and very distinct ribbons.  Marble shows no aventurine and only a couple of light rub spots.

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

Lot 6
Christensen Agate Company-Opaque

Gorgeous Persian opaque from CAC.  Gorgeous swirling in the marble when you get to looking up close.  Marble shows a tiny flake.

Size 21/32" Nearmint +8.9
Value $10-20  Open at 5

Lot 7
Contemporary handmade-Irene Russman

Gorgeous pattern on this swirl from Irene.  Shows a great pattern with red, black and yellow.  Wonderful marble signed "IRussman02"

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

Lot 8
Champion Agate-Aventurine Swirl

Wonderful Champion swirl with plenty of fiery green aventurine.  Marble shows deeper sparkle than I have seen on these marbles in the past.  Shows a very small tick.

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

Lot 9
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous two color snake showing a wide yellow corkscrew with a thin blue line resting along the top.  One of the coolest things about this marble, besides the almost hidden blue, is the champagne colored, bubble filled base glass.  Wonderful marble showing one very tiny flake.

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

Lot 10
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Wonderful Spiderman from Peltier Glass showing red ribbons on a blue base and in a hard to find broken corkscrew pattern.  Marble shows one small blow out.

Size 11/16" Min t-9.0
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 11
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Gorgeous coloring on this two color swirl from CAC.  Marble shows an odd, ruddy red on lime green.  Marble shows only a few very small ticks, but I also found a fracture on it.  The fracture does not show any hit marks and is very hard to find, but I do not believe it to be as made.  Therefore the low grade.  Views much better than grade.

Size 5/8" Nearmint -8.1
Value $40-80  Open at 20

Lot 12
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Wonderful "Night Sky" from George depicting one of America's wonderful starry nights.  Wonderful marble signed "GMP2"

Size 7/8" Mint +9.9
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 13
MF Christensen-Slag

Great and classic pattern on this green slag from MFC.  Marble shows a huge swooping "9" with some nice swirling at the cut mark.  Marble shows some small ticks and flakes.

Size 27/32" Nearmint 8.5
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 14
Contemporary handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

This is a gorgeous swirl from Fritz with wonderful coloring showing alternating purple and yellow bands and in an awesome size.  Marble is signed "Fritz2002"

Size 2 1/16" Mint +9.9
Value $100-200 Open at 50

Lot 15
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous corkscrew that shows blue and yellow with what looks like a paper thin line of red in the yellow.  Wonderful marble that views much better than picture and shows one tiny rub spot.

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

Lot 16
German Handmade-Fancy Bennington

Monster size Fancy Bennington showing both blue and brown coloring.  Marble is just under 1.5" and shows overall small ticks and overall rubbing.

Size 1 7/16" Nearmint -8.1
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 17
Contemporary Handmade-Jason Howard

A wonderful Hollow Marble from Jason showing orange, yellow and blue on a hollow piece made from Borosilicate tubing.  Wonderful marbles that are much better in hand and singed "RJH03"

Size 1 7/16" Mint +9.9
Value $70-140  Open at 35

Lot 18
Vitro Agate Company-Patch

Gorgeous patch from Vitro showing blue and gray with a hint of red when viewed from the outside.  When turned and able to view the center, all you can see is the red.  Very nice marble that does show a few small chips.

Size 21/32" Nearmint 8.4
Value $5-10 Open at 2

Lot 19
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous corkscrews showing yellow spirals in bubble filled orange glass.  Each marble shows one very small hit with glass missing.  There are three available.  You are bidding on one.

Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.8
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 20
Marble King, Inc.-Patch and Ribbon

Harder to find Girl Scout from MK showing aventurine in the green.  Marble shows alternating yellow and green bands and shows a few small ticks and flakes.

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

Lot 21
Contemporary handmade-Phil McGlothlin

Wonderful swirl from Mac showing purple, red, yellow, powder blue and white.  Marble is signed "Mac"

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

Lot 22
Peltier Glass Company-Submarine

Wonderful Submarine from Peltier Glass showing Flaming Dragon type bands on a transparent blue base with white filaments.  Blue base is pale, but obvious.  Marble is slightly out of round.

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

Lot 23
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Gorgeous Turkey swirl from CAC showing red swirls on a green base.  Red appears to be outlined in black.  Very pretty swirl on a very wet surface showing a couple of small rub spots.

Size 5/8" Mint-9.2
Value $70-140  Open at 35

Lot 24
Akro Agate Company-Hybrid Popeye

Gorgeous and very hard to find hybrid Popeye.  Colors were hard to picture.  Gorgeous Popeye shows red and yellow in wide bands with a very thin line of separate orange that is about as any orange can get.  Almost looks to be electric.  Marble shows a couple of small ticks.

Size 11/16" Nearmint +8.7
Value $150-300  Open at 75

Lot 25
Contemporary handmade-Jody Fine

Wonderful three layer swirl with great coloring from Jody.  Nice pattern as always from this artist on this unsigned marble.

Size 1 1/8" Mint +9.9
Value $30-60  Open at 15

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Lot 26
Marble King, Inc.-Double Ingot

Nice set of four double ingot marbles from MK.  All four show the heavy crease all the way around the marble that comes with this style.  One marble has nice amounts of green aventurine.  Bidding on the group.

Size 11/16"-3/4" Nearmint +8.7 to Mint -9.0
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 27
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Sweet lobed swirl showing alternating red and yellow bands outlined with aventurine bands.  Wonderful marble signed "Fritz2002"

Size 1 1/8" Mint +9.9
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 28
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful and huge corkscrew that the machine must have hiccupped a bit as the cork is broken in one area.  Monster size marble that shows a handful of tiny ticks.

Size 63/64" Nearmint 8.4
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 29
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Nice NLR with red bands that have some chocolaty brown blending on a white base.  Nice marble with some unusual coloring.  Marble shows several small ticks and a few small nicks.

Size 11/16" Nearmint -8.2
Value $10-20  Open at 5

Lot 30
Contemporary handmade-Bob Powers

One of the prettiest swirls I have seen from Doc.  Gorgeous coloring in this burgundy swirl with lutz.  Signed "BP99"

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

Lot 31
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Two matching swirls showing red on yellow.  Nice patterns on both marbles with one marble showing a couple of small ticks.  Bidding on the pair.

Size 19/32" Nearmint +8.8 to Mint -9.3
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 32
Champion Agate-Metallic

Wonderful metallic swirl from Champion showing a nice silver metallic swirl on a swirly blue base.  Marble shows a couple of rub spots.

Size 9/16" Mint -9.0
Value $15-30  Open at 7

Lot 33
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Sweet green and yellow Popeye showing nice amounts of clear and wispy white.  Marble shows some nice brown blending and a few small hits.  Nice size.

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

Lot 34
Contemporary Handmade-Davis Glass

Gorgeous onionskin pattern with light amount of lutz from Davis Glass.  Gorgeous pattern signed "Steve Davis"

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

Lot 35
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Flaming Dragon from Peltier Glass in a nice size.  Shows a wonderful pattern of red and yellow blending to orange on a green base.  Marble shows a few small ticks and small blow hole.

Size 11/16" Nearmint +8.7
Value $40-80  Open at 20

Lot 36
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Kool two color swirl from CAC with orange over yellow.  The yellow bleeds through in many places of the orange giving an awesome effect.  Marble shows only a couple of small ticks.

Size 9/16" Nearmint +8.8
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 37
Contemporary Handmade-Jason Howard

Another gorgeous hollow marble from Jason Howard.  Marble is from his Latticinio Unlimited Series and shows awesome craftsmanship and detail in this hollow boro marble.  Signed "RJH03"

Size 1 7/16" Mint +9.9
Value $70-140  Open at 35

Lot 38
Vitro Agate Company-Patch

Kool Vitro patch showing a transparent red window looking down into a yellow base with wispy white.  Marble shows one small tick.

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

Lot 39
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

"Mellow Yellow" from Ray showing a wonderful pastel yellow base with onionskin style panel that is outlined in thick blue aventurine.  Signed with signature cane.

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

Lot 40
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful corkscrew with two separate colors of blue that also shows some thin lines of black.  Wonderful coloring and a great size.  Marble shows several small ticks.

Size 3/4" Nearmint -8.3
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 41
Master Made Marbles-Sunburst

Wonderful Sunburst showing brown, blue and white in a great pattern.  All colors show well in this clear base.

Size 11/16" Mint 9.5
Value $10-20  Open at 5

Lot 42
Contemporary Handmade-George Pavliscak

Wonderful corkscrew pattern from George showing yellow, orange and a thick cork of lutz.  Nice piece signed "GMP2"

Size 13/16" Mint +9.9
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 43
German Handmade-Bullseye China

Wonderful Bullseye China showing three separate bulls eyes.  They appear in red, blue and green.  Awesome and harder to find China.

Size 3/4" Mint 9.5
Value $30-60  Open at 15

Lot 44
Contemporary Handmade-Gerry Colman

Gorgeous piece of "eye Candy" from Gerry.  Wonderful millifiori marble shows dark blue, powder blue, white and burgundy.  Gorgeous marble signed "C2"

Size 7/8" Mint +9.9
Value $70-140  Open at 35

Lot 45
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Classic Popeye showing red and yellow spirals on a clear base that is loaded with wispy white.  Nice pattern showing a couple of small ticks as well as a fracture that is very hard to find, but not as made.  Grade is low due to fracture only.

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

Lot 46
Peltier Glass Company-Swirl

Unusual red, white and blue swirl in pale green glass.  Pattern is what is unusual about this one.  Nice marble showing a tiny tick.

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

Lot 47
Contemporary handmade-Steve Maslach

Gorgeous Cuneo Furnace piece from Steve.  Awesome coloring and pattern.  Marble is unsigned.

Size 1 1/8" Mint +9.9
Value $25-50  Open at 12

Lot 48
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Wonderful two color swirl from CAC showing yellow swirls with some brown blending on a black base.

Size 19/32" Mint 9.5
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 49
Contemporary Handmade-James Alloway

Amazing marble from James.  This is from his "Filigrana Spiral" series and shows beautiful coloring in this awesome pattern.  Wonderful dicroic glass pieces to light this marble up.  An amazing piece from this extremely talented artist.  Signed "Alloway2003"

Size 1 11/16" Mint +10.0
Value $150-300 Open at 75

Lot 50
Transitional-Ground Pontil

Stunning and extremely hard to find Leighton transitional showing white, oxblood and yellow swirling in a transparent green base on a ground pontil.  The yellow is thin, but obvious and the oxblood is thick and goes down through the marble in some places so deep that it gives it the appearance of having an oxblood core.  This rare and wonderful marble shows some small ticks and hits, but not one that takes away from its beauty.  This one is simply an awesome find.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $250-500 Open at 125

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