Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

This is a great air entrapment marble from Ray paying tribute to the USA.  Great marble in a great size.  Signed "Laubs 03"

Size 2 1/8" Mint+ 9.8
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Great set of three Ravenswood swirls.  Two show red and tan on white with the other showing brown and tan with hints of yellow.  Great patterns.  All marbles show some minor wear.  Bidding on the group.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4-8.9
Value $15-30 Open at 7

This is a gorgeous Peltier Rainbo shooter in bubble filled transparent teal base glass.  Awesome and harder to find color.  Great marble.

Size 13/16" Mint- 9.2
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Gorgeous midnight Blizzard with a wonderful rainbow swirl that is divided by alternating bands of aventurine.  Great marble in a great size.  Signed "Steve Davis 03"

Size 2 1/8" Mint+ 9.9
Value $80-160 Open at 40

Awesome and very hard to find oxblood from Akro.  Easy to find an oxblood patch with green, but this marble is a translucent based marble loaded with white and covered with green and showing a nice swirl of oxblood.  Shows a tiny tick and some rubbing.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Gorgeous Sunburst with wonderful coloring and awesome pattern.  Great appeal showing two small pinpricks.

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

Wonderful cane cut swirl from John showing a rainbow lattice type core with a faint and very nice pair of wide outer bands showing lutz.  Sweet swirl signed "JHM03"

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

This is an awesome tight line lattice core swirl with great details.  The orange outer band is yellow on the opposite side and shows a trail of white as well.  The core is wrapped so tight it folds over on the bottom.  Also shows a great faceted pontil.  Marble shows a couple of small ticks with some as made creasing and what looks like a mold mark.

Size 21/32" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Gorgeous corkscrew from Akro showing a burnt red with blue as well as some green that appears to be a blend.  Showing the pre-Freeze marks and a gorgeous tail at either pole.

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

Wonderful pattern on this Champion Furnace scraping marble.  Shows the typical coloring with plenty of clear and also shows a few small as made annealing fractures that are typical with this marble.

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

Gorgeous red slag from CAC showing obvious signs of the hand gathered process.  Wonderful marble showing some overall light wear.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $12-24 Open at 6

This is a gorgeous tri color flame from Dad showing beautiful detail in the flames with red, yellow and orange on a tan base.  Awesome work Pop! :)  Signed "CaptM03"

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

One of the prettiest tight line corks I have ever seen.  This marble shows extremely tight lines with small amounts of green and hints of blue in a red base.  Many have mistaken this marble for a Christensen.  I promise you it is not a CA, but a stunning Akro cork that the lines almost disappear on.  Marble shows a handful of small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Gorgeous ribbon core in almost electric orange and with a nice wide band of green aventurine outlining the entire ribbon.  Beautiful marble signed "Fritz 2003"

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

Great looking marble that for lack of a better name would fit into the Ruby Bee category.  This marble shows a gorgeous blending of bright orange and yellow.  Marble shows one 3/4 moon as made fracture, but no play wear.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $3-6 Open at 1

Wonderful and unusual pattern on this Liberty by Peltier Glass.  Unusual pattern with two seams that are very close together and almost give the appearance of three seams.  Gorgeous marble with a few as made annealing fractures and a tiny tick.

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

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 $60-120  Open at 30

Greater coverage than I have seen on most marbles of this kind.  This is a wonderful Blueblood corkscrew from AA.  Shows a wonderful amount of oxblood corking directly on top of a royal blue cork.  Gorgeous marble showing one tiny tick shown in bottom left picture.

Size 5/8 Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Nice looking double turkey head swirl from CAC in a brownish red and on a green base.  Nice pattern with one of the turkey heads being very small (top picture).  Great looking marble with overall light wear.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Wonderful European wire pull shooter with amazing feathering.  Almost gives the appearance of a huge Peltier slag.  Marble shows overall shallow hits.  Well played with and could use a light polish.  Still a beauty.

Size 31/32" Good+ 7.9
Value $4-8 Open at 2

This is an amazing piece from Teri.  One of her gorgeous Vortex marbles with great coloring and an awesome pattern that pulls everything from this great design to the core of the marble.  Great backing pattern as well.  Wonderful marble signed "TAC03"

Size 1 1/2" Mint+ 9.9
Value $75-150 Open at 37

Great coloring on this NLR from Peltier.  This is a wonderful Dragon showing red ribbons on a green base.

Size 21/32" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Wonderful Sparkler in amber base glass.  This is a gorgeous marble with many bright colors that are somewhat muddles at times by the colored base.  Marble shows a few small ticks and a couple of pinpricks.

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

This is a wonderful semi-opaque/translucent Clambroth in blue glass.  A very hard color to find and showing 19 evenly spaced surface strands.  Marble shows some ticks and a couple of small chips.  Awesome find and a wonderful soft glass example.  Views much better than grade.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $120-240 Open at 60

Gorgeous and very bright SIGNED three layer swirl from Jody.  Yes, he was kind enough to sign a few marbles for us at Wheaton.  Great marble and few of his production marbles will be found signed.  Signed "Fine"

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

This is a great looking Marble King.  This marble is green and is almost completely covered in green aventurine.  Shows a tiny tick and a small scratch.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $5-10 Open at 2

Gorgeous tri-color swirl from Fritz with a great pattern and unusual coloring.  Signed "Fritz 2003"

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

Nice group of various Peltier Glass marbles.  There is a white transparent rainbo as well as a couple of Sunsets, a couple of dark Rainbo's and a Champion Jr. I believe.  All marbles are  in pretty decent condition with the worst having nothing more than a few small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6-9.5
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Wonderful triple twist white fluorescing snake in clear glass.  Great pattern and snake lights up nicely under black light.  Great marble.

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

Wonderful dichroic swirl from Docbead.  Great coloring and pattern and one of his older designs.  Signed "BP98"

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

Awesome furnace with the typical yellow and transparent amber glass swirls.  Mix in a little pink tint in areas and you have this gorgeous marble.  Shows a few fractures that are very typical of this marble.

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

Beautiful lattice core swirl showing a fat white core with two transparent pink and white outer bands and two transparent green with white outer bands.  Great looking marble that shows a couple of very small chips and a couple of small ticks.

Size 3/4" Nearmint 8.5
Value $15-30 Open at 7

This is a wonderful and very hard to find tri-color Ace corkscrew.  Harder to find color combo for this marble.  Shows two separate areas that have a few small ticks in each.  Awesome find and far below published values.

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

Wonderful tricolor flame boasting 20 individual lobes and fun colors.  Great marble signed "Steve Davis"

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

Wonderful pattern on this two color swirl from CAC showing yellow swirls on a blue base.  Marble also shows some brown bleeding.  Marble has one significant area of glass loss shown in top picture.  Otherwise nice mib.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Classic pattern on this NLR Zebra with aventurine.  Shows four heavy bands with black aventurine on a white base.  Shows a handful of pinpricks and tiny flakes.

Size 21/32" Nearmint 8.4
Value $15-30 Open at 7

My Mother must be having flashbacks.  She starts making a marble and then swears she sees Jerry Garcia's face in it.  I think it was a bad trip, but she insists it is there....LOL  Wonderful Dichro stamp of Jerry in a great boro marble from Mom.  Signed "Cindy Morgan"

Size 1 9/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Very hard to find Akro experimental swirl showing yellow, orange and tan tones on a creamy white base.  This marble is loaded with fractures that is typical with this style.  Few are found without fractures.  They say as made defects keep a marble mint, but not this time.  Assuming this marble is dug as most are.

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

Monster two color ribbon core from Ray showing a gorgeous opaque orange and translucent purple ribbon.  Kool marble in a great size signed "Laubs 03"

Size 1 7/8" Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Great looking blue based metallic from Champion Agate.  Marble shows a nice two tone blue base with silver metallic swirls.

Size 9/16" Mint- 9.0
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Great looking MFC Brick showing a nice white swirl as well as huge black patch.  Unusual marble showing several pinpricks and tiny ticks.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $30-60 Open at 15

A wonderful flower marble from Irene.  Nice bright coloring and great design.  Signed Irene R 03"

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

Gorgeous silver oxblood corkscrew from AA.  Marble shows an awesome split cork pattern that goes nuts when it gets close to the bottom pole.  Gorgeous pattern and showing only one micro tick.

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

This is one of Gerry's larger and always gorgeous "Eye Candy".  The amount of work required to get these in the over 1" size is amazing.  These marbles are truly gorgeous in hand.  Signed "C-2"

Size 1 1/4" Mint +9.9
Value $160-320 Open at 80

Very nice Lemon/Lime with aventurine from Peltier Glass.  Shows nice bands of transparent green with aventurine on an opaque yellow base.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Wonderful crease pontil transitional marble in a gorgeous Sea Foam green coloring.  Much prettier in hand.

Size 11/16" Mint- 9.1
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Wonderful cane cut onionskin lutz from John showing great coloring in a classic pattern and is just loaded with lutz.  Beautiful marble signed "JHM  03"

Size 63/34" Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Beautiful tri-color corkscrew with red, white and black.  Marble shows some unusual traits in the pattern and is just very unusual.  Marble has overall light damage in the way of many tiny ticks and pin pricks.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $20-40 Open at 10

WOW!!!!  This is simply a gorgeous dichroic double twist ribbon core from James.  Amazing coloring with a great pattern and the dichroic glass just really sets off the pattern.  Gorgeous marble signed "Alloway 2003"

Size 1 15/32" Mint+++ 9.9
Value $140-280 Open at 70

What a great way to end the night.  This is a stunning striped opaque from CAC.  Appears to have nothing more than orange and yellow with a nice amount of red as well in a pattern that is striking for such simple colors. Marble also shows some translucency that makes it that much nicer.  Shows two micro size ticks on an other wise gorgeous surface.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $300-600 Open at 150