MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #76
MARCH 21, 2004 AT 2PM PACIFIC/5PM EASTERN

NO MINIMUM OPENING BID-----EVERY LOT OPENS AT $1.00

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Lot 1
Akro Agate Company-Ade

Great looking Lemonade Corkscrew from Akro.  Shows a nice cork of yellow with white filaments on a highly fluorescent Ade base.  Marble shows one tiny tick.

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

Lot 2
Akro Agate Company-Slag

The slag might not be the prettiest pattern of all time, but the color on this beauty is amazing to me.  One of the prettiest I have ever seen in color.  One small tick.

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

Lot 3
Peltier Glass Company-Rainbo

Fun group of Peewee Rainbo's in blue, red and orange.  Largest marble is 1/2" and there is only one marble at the 8.5 grade.  The rest are 8.9-9.5.

Size 7/16" to 1/2" Nearmint 8.5 to 9.5
Value $15-30

Lot 4
Contemporary Handmade-David Salazar

Wonderful end of cane style swirl from David showing gorgeous pastel colors as well as an inner layer of aventurine swirls tapering in an end of day style.  Signed "DP Salazar 02"

Size 1 11/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80

Lot 5
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful Ringer from Akro showing a brilliant red corkscrew on a wispy Silver Oxblood type base.  Marble shows a tiny pinprick and a micro sparkle.

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

Lot 6
Alley Agate-Flame

Great pattern on this Flame that even shows the "eye" you would normally associate with CAC.  Marble shows overall minor ticks and play wear.  No major damage.

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

Lot 7
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Nice two color swirl showing a yellow swirl on a black base.  One small tick is all I could find on this one.

Size 19/32" Nearmint + 8.9
Value $20-40

Lot 8
German Handmade-Solid Core Swirl

Bright colors on this Solid Core Swirl with very little twist.  Red, white and blue core with three sets of 5 white surface strands.  Marble shows overall hazing and some small ticks.

Size 3/4" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $10-20

Lot 9
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Very unusual corkscrew from AA.  This marble shows a mostly translucent white base with wispy filaments through out.  Also show a transparent purple corkscrew with underlying blue,  Have never seen another marble like it.  Shows some small ticks and flakes.

Size 19/32" Nearmint 8.5
Value $15-30

Lot 10
Marble King, Inc.-Unfinished Berry pink

Wonderful unfinished Berry Pink marble showing all of the yellow bands with a single white vane down the center of the marble.  Marble shows some small hit marks, but mostly it has some unmelted sand that is very visible as well as tons of bubbles.  Sweet marble.

Size 1" Nearmint- 8.3
Value $30-60

Lot 11
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Nice looking John Deere from Peltier Glass showing the typical transparent green ribbons on an opaque yellow base.  There is also a fair amount of aventurine in the green.  Marble shows some small ticks and chiggers.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6
Value $25-50

Lot 12
Contemporary Handmade-Steve Davis

Gorgeous vertical flame from Steve showing a wonderful array of colors and a fun pattern.  Very nice in hand and signed "Steve Davis 03"

Size 1 7/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $15-30  This item has a reserve

Lot 13
Akro Agate Company-Popeye

Nice green and red Popeye showing loads of clear and smaller amount of wispy white.  Also appears to have what looks like a black line on the edge of the red.  Under 30x lighted magnification, I could not be positive it was not a wayward green strand, so listed as such.  Shows some light rubbing and a couple of small ticks.

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

Lot 14
Peltier Glass Company-Slag

Red is one of the hardest colors to find in a Peltier slag, so this is an awesome find right out of the gate.  Then you add the incredible flaming pattern and wow, what a marble.  Unfortunately this marble has a few small hits and is loaded with internal fractures.  Great looking marble that is very hard to find, but hard to look past the amount of fractures.

Size 5/8" Good+ 7.9
Value $10-20

Lot 15
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Nice little CA swirl with ruddy red and brown on a Robin's egg blue base.  Marble shows a few small chips and flakes as well as a couple of very small sparkles.

Size 19/32 Nearmint 8.4
Value $15-30

Lot 16
German Handmade-Mica

Nice looking mica in a rich, deep blue base.  Marble shows some cold roll marks with a few small ticks.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $10-20

Lot 17
Master Made Marbles-Sunburst

Nice Sunburst from MMM with hints of yellow and powder blue as well as orange coming up from the base of the marble.  Shows one small tick mark.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $7-15

Lot 18
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Double twist blue Snake on a bubble filled clear base.  Bright coloring in the blue and only shows a very small tick.

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

Lot 19
Peltier Glass Company-Multi Color Swirl

Great size and pattern on this multi colored swirl.  Red and white swirls in a transparent green base.  Marble shows overall pinpricking and is slightly out of round.

Size 3/4" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $7-15

Lot 20
Christensen Agate Company-Slag

Nice size on this bright electric red slag from CAC.  Shows nice seam lines and wonderful coloring.  Also shows overall pinpricking and a few small hits.

Size 3/4" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $10-20

Lot 21
Contemporary Handmade-Gale Morgan

Gorgeous four color flame from Dad showing orange, red and yellow flames on a black base.  The black base really sets this one off.  Signed "CaptM 03"

Size 1 1/4" Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80 This item has a reserve

Lot 22
Akro Agate Company-Double Ingot

Wonderful tri-color double ingot from Akro showing the purple, red and white coloring.  Nice pattern and only shows a couple of small ticks.

Size 23/32" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $15-30

Lot 23
Misc. Machinemade-Cats-Eye

Great looking 9 vane, 3 color, cage style cats-eye.  Marble shows three bands of red, three of white and three of yellow.  Surface shows a few surface hits with moon shaped glass missing as well as a couple of smaller ticks.

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

Lot 24
German Handmade-Banded Opaque

I would love to tell you this was an end of cane, or near end of cane or something like that.  Sadly, it just has very little color to it.  Four single pink strands on a white semi opaque/translucent base glass Banded Opaque.  I tried to backlight the marble to show how much light came through it, but so much came through that I could not get a decent shot.  Shows a few small ticks.

Size 21/32" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $20-40

Lot 25
Akro Agate Company-Double Ingot

This is a sweet marble.  Has that great hand gathered look to it with a mess of tails and swirls all over this marble.  Nice double ingot that the machine or the operator  had to be drunk at the time it was made.  Marble shows a few small ticks, but are pretty much unnoticed with all the action.

Size 27/32" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $15-30

BREAK TIME= FIVE MINUTE BREAK 

Lot 26
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Great looking three color Ace with a fat orange spiral that has black along the edges on this white translucent base.  Few small ticks and some rubbing are noted.

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

Lot 27
Master Made Marbles-Sunburst

Nice colors on this Sunburst showing bright red, with brown, cream and teal blue.  Marble shows a few small hits as well as some pinpricking.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $5-10

Lot 28
Contemporary Handmade-Phil McGlothlin

Very nice submarine style swirl with lutz showing green swirls and lutz in an amber base.  Pretty mib signed "Mac"

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

Lot 29
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Kind of an unusual swirl from CAC showing a red, gray and brown swirl on the Robin's egg blue base.  Colors are subtle, but obvious.  Marble shows a few small hits.

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

Lot 30
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

We have been lucky enough to get a few of these through the auction.  Very nice bubble filled orange base on this yellow spiral corkscrew.  Simply a great marble in a harder to find combo.  marble shows a couple of minor rub spots and a few as made dimples.

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

Lot 31
Champion Agate-Furnace

Great looking Furnace marble from Champion.  This marble shows a nice pattern with a couple of very small and hard to find as made fractures.

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

Lot 32
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Very pale yellow lattice core in a nice size.  Shows two outer bands of pink and blue with two more of yellow and green.  Shows a handful of very small ticks and flakes.

Size 13/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $15-30

Lot 33
Peltier Glass Company-NLR

Wonderful pattern on this classic NLR Ketchup and Mustard showing 2 ribbons of yellow and 4 ribbons of red.  Marble is on a semi translucent base and shows several pinpricks with several small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $15-30

Lot 34
Contemporary Handmade-Cindy Morgan

"Ol' Glory" Murrini from Mom showing a waving US Flag in the center of this large marble.  Great early piece from Mom signed "Cindy Morgan 03"

Size 1 5/8" Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60 This item has a reserve

Lot 35
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Another great three colored Ace showing the royal blue and bright yellow in the white translucent base.  Great pattern and only shows a few very small ticks.

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

Lot 36
Misc. Machinemade-Catseye

For the Catseye lover here is a big daddy cat for ya.  Huge size and showing a four color four vane pattern.  Colors are orange, yellow, powder blue and white in a clear base.  Marble shows a few small ticks.

Size 1 3/16" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $3-6

Lot 37
Christensen Agate Company-Slag

Wonderful two seam slag in rare yellow coloring.  Bright electric yellow transparent base.  Marble shows a few surface moon/chips that are medium in size.....about 1/16".

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

Lot 38
Misc. Machinemade-European Swirl

Another of the European Flame/Swirls.  This one showing more of a burgundy with blue on white.  Shows some light surface wear.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.5
Value $10-20

Lot 39
Contemporary Handmade-Jody Fine

Wonderful three layer swirl from Jody showing off his great talent and his choice of pastel colors.  Most of these production marbles are unsigned.  This one is however signed "FINE".

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

Lot 40
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

This is a great looking corkscrew showing red, cream, blue and orange.  This marble has me stumped though.  I am sure my consignor is going to kill me on this one, but the marble appears to be lightly buffed to me.  Normally the colors on this marble would bleed if polished, but this one shows me signs that it has at least been lightly touched.  I could be wrong and if so will take my punishment from the consignor.  Either way...great looking marble.

Size 5/8" Buffed
Value $10-20

Lot 41
Master Made Marbles-Sunburst

Colors did not show as well as I had hoped on this one.  Some pretty blue that is not as bright as it is in hand on this one.  Marble has overall pinpricking and small ticks.

Size 23/32" Good+ 7.9
Value $5-10

Lot 42
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

Lot 43
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Great coloring on this Life Saver corkscrew in a harder to find size.  Red, yellow and lime green make up this wonderful marble that has been polished.

Size 9/16" Polished
Value $10-20

Lot 44
Peltier Glass Company-Peerless Patch

Black and white Peerless patch with the black patch being absolutely loaded with aventurine.  Marble shows a handful of very small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6
Value $5-10

Lot 45
Contemporary Handmade-John Hamon Miller

Gorgeous two layered ribbon swirl with luts from John.  Very bright colors and a nice pattern.  Marble is signed "JHM 03"

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

Lot 46
German Handmade-Mica

I hate taking pictures of clear mica marbles, I really do.  I promise that is what this is...LOL  Clear mica with a ghost core actually.  What do you mean you can't see it?  Marble shows a few small hits.

Size 17/32" Nearmint 8.6
Value $7-15

Lot 47
Akro Agate Company-Experimental Oxblood

The last of these marbles we have and one of only two in the group that had any fractures.  Wonderful experimental oxblood from Akro showing powder blue swirls outlined in thin oxblood on a dirty tan translucent base.  This marble has two small annealing fractures that were common with this run.  Few have been found without fractures.

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

Lot 48
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Nice looking striped opaque showing brown, yellow and a thin line of electric red on a Robin's egg blue base.  Marble shows a couple of surface 1/2 moons and small hits.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6
Value $50-100

Lot 49
Peltier Glass Company-Catseye

Wonderful and hard to find red based Banana Catseye.  Now, there is a rumor that these could possibly be an experimental Marble King.  I have not been able to verify this for sure, but either way this is a very hard to find marble.  Shows one tiny tick.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $20-40

Lot 50
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Wonderful striped opaque that has many hand gathered looking features.  Some great swirling and a nice overall pattern on this two color CA showing red and yellow with some orange blending.  Marble shows some small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4
Value $100-200

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