MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #71
DECEMBER 3, 2003 AT 5PM PACIFIC/8PM EASTERN

 

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Lot 1
Contemporary Handmade-Ray Laubs

Wonderful set of three peewee mica swirls from Ray.  All are same cane marbles and show great looking patterns.  Marbles are unsigned, like you could sign a marble that tiny...LOL  Bidding on the group.

Size 7/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 2
Peltier Glass Company-Micro Peewee

Set of 4 micro peewees from Peltier Glass.  Group shows two orange, one red and one blue rainbow.

Size 7/16" - 1/2" Nearmint+ 8.7-9.4
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 3
Marble related-Lamp Finial

Great looking smaller lamp finial showing a blue Clearie.  Marble shows some rub spots and a small tick.

Size 3/4" (Marble) Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 4
Transitional-Melted Pontil

Wonderful melted pontil transitional marble showing a transparent green swirl that creates a perfect "9" and tail on a solid opaque white base.  This marble appears to be in un-played with condition, but does have two deep fractures in the white.  Although they are as made, they are too large to consider this in the mint category.

Size 7/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 5
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Great looking three color corkscrew showing an almost eggyolk yellow spiral on a robin's egg blue base with a thin black line.

Size 5/8" Mint- 9.2
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 6
Contemporary Handmade-Michael Petura

Gorgeous contemporary Guinea from Michael.  Great coloring and pattern with a great attempt at the CA seam line.  SIGNED "MP 03"

Size 11/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 7
Christensen Agate Company-Slag

Wonderful yellow slag from CAC.  Marble shows a nice pattern with little action on the surface.  Bright electric yellow base glass that really stands out.  marble shows  a few small ticks and is slightly out of round.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 8
Vitro Agate Company-Patch

One of the prettiest patches I have ever seen from Vitro Agate.  This marble shows a great pattern of red, green, yellow and orange on a translucent white base.  Just a pretty marble showing one micro pinprick.

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

Lot 9
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful transparent orange based spiral showing a yellow corkscrew and an orange bubble filled base. 

Size 21/32" Mint- 9.0
Value $25-50 Open at 12

Lot 10
Contemporary Handmade-Gale Morgan

Stunning flame from Dad showing a multitude of colors and an awesome flaming pattern.  His choice of colors with this pattern is just gorgeous.  Signed "Capt M 03"

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

Lot 11
Peltier Glass Company-Comic

Great looking Bimbo Comic marble from Peltier on a harder to find base showing a white marble with a translucent green patch.  Shows a medium strike with no lost detail and one tiny subsurface sparkle.

Size 11/16" Nearmint+++ 8.9
Value $70-140 Open at 35

Lot 12
Vitro Agate Company-Transparent Aventurine

Unusual aventurine marbles with the base glass being transparent green and the marble being loaded with sparkling aventurine.  There are two marbles available and you are bidding on one.

Size 9/16" Mint 9.5
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 13
German Handmade-Onionskin

Wonderful shrunken core onionskin in a nice size.  marble shows blue and white with small amounts of green.  Also shows a slight left handed twist which is hard to come by.  Marble shows some small hits and bruises.

Size 1" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $80-160 Open at 40

Lot 14
Contemporary Handmade-Teri Conklin

Gorgeous Vortex from Teri with more pattern than any one marble should have.  Gorgeous Vortex pattern.  Wonderful paisley surface pattern that is outlined in loads of green aventurine.  Stunning marble signed "TMC 03"

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

Lot 15
Akro Agate Company-Ade

Great looking Lemonade Corkscrew from Akro showing a typical yellow cork with translucent white in a yellow Ade base.

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

Lot 16
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Odd Peltier NLR showing deep red ribbons on a chocolate brown base.  Do not have any idea what you might want to call this one....a Chocolate-red Zebra, Chocolate Wasp, Chocolate Shake with a cherry?  Who knows...Just a fun marble showing some small pitting and ticks.

Size 9/16" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 17
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Unusual Striped Opaque from CAC.  Shows a perfect single seam design and the pattern goes up and then loops back right beside itself.  Shows brown and a teal blue on a nice yellow base.  Great looking marble.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $70-140 Open at 35

Lot 18
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Wonderful split cork Popeye in blue and yellow from Akro.  If you look closely at the pictures, you will notice that there is a thin blue line that trails over the single and separate yellow band.  Wonderful pattern and great example showing only one micro tick.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+++ 8.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 19
Contemporary Handmade-Misc.

Two part lot.  First group is 15 large handmade glass candy canes from Davis Glass.  Second group is 15 small handmade glass candy canes made by Davis Glass.  Very fun items for the holidays and they look awesome on your tree.  They do on ours anyways.....Starting with large items and you are bidding on one.

Size 7" and 3"   Mint+ 9.9
Value 7" $8-16 Open at 4 / 3" Value $4-8 Open at 2

Lot 20
Peltier Glass Company-Catseye

Very hard to find Cranberry red base glass Banana catseye from Peltier Glass.  Deep red base and perfect pattern.  Shows a couple tiny rub spots.

Size 9/16" Mint 9.5
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 21
Vitro Agate Company-Black Eyed Pea

Wonderful example of the Vitro Agate black Eyed Pea.  The black on this marble is more plentiful than most and the pattern is perfect with the large black patch partially outlined in yellow on the pea green base.  marble shows one small as made blow out.

Size 11/16" Mint- 9.3
Value $50-100 Open at 25

Lot 22
Akro Agate Company-Double Ingot

Great looking double ingot from Akro in a deep red base.  Almost looks like an attempt at an opaque red Sparkler or Sunburst.  Overall scratching.

Size 27/32" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 23
German Handmade-Divided Core

Nice size on this four banded divided core showing a faceted pontil.  Nice size and coloring on this marble showing a few small hits.

Size 25/32" Nearmint 8.6
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 24
Contemporary handmade-Drew Fritts

Gorgeous Limited Edition Release from Drew.  This is his 2002 Christmas Swirl.  Gorgeous pattern showing red and green bands separated by lutz.  Wonderful marble that is one of 20 made.  Signed "AF X-Mas 2002" Numbered 20/20

Size 1 3/4" Mint+ 9.9
Value $200-400 Open at 100

Lot 25
Christensen Agate Company-Flame/Swirl

Great looking pattern on this tri-color flame/swirl from CAC.  The Christmas Flame showing loads of red with green on a white base.  marble shows some small ticks and a few small as made blow outs.

Size 21/32" Nearmint 8.5
Value $150-300 Open at 75

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Lot 26
Contemporary Handmade-Fritz Lauenstein

Wonderful two tone blue ribbon core from Fritz.  Crisp pattern and great coloring.  Signed "Fritz 2003"

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

Lot 27
Master made Marbles-Sunburst

Lemon/Lime coloring on this Master Made Sunburst with opaque yellow and tan on a transparent green base loaded with wispy white filaments.  Marble shows an as made blow out with debris and a small tick.

Size 23/32" Nearmint 8.6
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 28
German Handmade-Divided Core

Nice looking four banded divided core with great coloring.  Marble shows small ticks and medium bruises.

Size 63/64" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 29
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Great looking watermelon colored corkscrew showing deep red and bright green.  Shows some cold roll marks and one small tick.

Size 11/16" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 30
Contemporary Handmade-Bob Powers

A wonderful vortex from Doc with dicroic glass and wonderful swirling vortex pattern.  Signed "BP02"

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

Lot 31
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Great pattern on this two color swirl from CAC showing a nice green swirling pattern on a yellow base.  Marble shows some very small popped air bubbles and two small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 32
Champion Agate-Aventurine Swirl

Great looking aventurine swirl from Champion showing a great pattern with loads of aventurine in the swirls.  Marble shows one micro pinprick.

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

Lot 33
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

A Superman wannabe from Akro.  Great looking marble showing a yellow spiral with red over it on a robins egg blue base.  Shows two small ticks.

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

Lot 34
Contemporary Handmade-Cindy Morgan

Great looking marble from Mom showing a great Milli of Tweety Bird.  Very fun marble signed "Hy 03"

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

Lot 35
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Odd pattern on this great looking Ketchup and Mustard from Peltier Glass.  Shows one translucent yellow ribbon with four red ribbons and one blended red and yellow ribbon.  Great looking marble.

Size 5/8" Mint- 9.2
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 36
MF Christensen-Slag

Great size on this deep blue slag from MFC.  Blue is extremely deep and a large "9" on the surface.  Marble has been polished.

Size 1 1/16" Polished
Value $20-40 Open at 10

Lot 37
Transitional-Melted Pontil

Great internal swirling pattern on this translucent melted pontil transitional.  The base appears to be a pale greenish yellow with white swirling.  Marble shows several small ticks and some small flakes.

Size 27/32" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $30-60 Open at 15

Lot 38
Contemporary Handmade-Steve Davis

Wonderful Midnight Blizzard from Steve Davis showing a black base that is loaded with mica and with nice lavender bands to accent it.  Wonderful marble signed "Steve Davis 03"

Size 1 7/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 39
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Great looking blue based onyx from Akro with a one and a half twist pattern on a mint surface.

Size 5/8" Mint- 9.2
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 40
Peltier Glass Company-Slag

Wonderful feathering pattern on this great Peltier slag in green glass.  Great thin line of feathering that trails off in the top picture.  Shows some minor rubbing and a couple of as made surface dimples.

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

Lot 41
Master Made Marbles-Sunburst

Red, white and cream make up the colors of this great looking Master that is almost a cross between a Sunburst and a Comet.  Marble shows a handful of small ticks and flakes.

Size 23/32" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $15-30 Open at 7

Lot 42
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Nice looking  two color swirl from CAC showing red swirls on a robins egg blue base.  Blue looks more grey than it really is in a couple of the shots.  Marble shows a couple of small ticks.

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

Lot 43
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful tri color onyx in transparent orange bubble filled base glass.  Marble shows a yellow spiral followed by a wispy white spiral.  Great looking and hard to find marble showing a couple of small ticks.

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

Lot 44
Contemporary Handmade-John Hamon Miller

Wonderful ribbon core from John showing nice colors and a dual ribbon butting each other pattern.  Signed "JHM 03"

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

Lot 45
Contemporary Handmade-Misc.

Another fun holiday item from Davis Glass.  Auction is for handmade glass icicles.  These are gorgeous ornaments and look great on your holiday tree or decorations.  There are 10 avail, you are bidding on one.

Size 5"  Mint+ 9.9
Value $2-4  Open at 1

Lot 46
Vitro Agate Company-Patch

Another great looking translucent patch from Vitro.  This one shows loads of lavender with lime green on the translucent white base.  Marble shows one tiny tick.

Size 11/16" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $10-20 Open at 5

Lot 47
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful spilt corkscrew showing two separate spirals of red on a green base.  Marble shows a couple of small ticks.

Size 3/4" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $25-50 Open at 12

Lot 48
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Great size on this lattice core that is perfect for the debris marble fans.  White lattice core with a huge chunk of debris at the top pole.  Marble shows a few small chips and a faceted pontil.

Size 1" Nearmint 8.5
Value $40-80 Open at 20

Lot 49
Contemporary Handmade-James Alloway

Gorgeous yellow Fantasy swirl from James.  This is the second to the last of marble of his that we will be offering.  After these two are gone, we will no longer offer any marbles from this artist.  Our exclusive design and great for the yellow fan.  Signed "Alloway 7/03"

Size 2 1/8" Mint+ 9.9
Value $200-400 Open at 100

Lot 50
Christensen Agate Company-Exotic

A gorgeous "Exotic" from CAC showing red, black and brown on a bright yellow base.  Gorgeous pattern and nice bright coloring.  All colors are opaque and the marble shows some tiny as made blow outs and dimples.

Size 5/8" Mint- 9.0
Value $400-800 Open at 200

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