MARBLEHOLICS.COM LIVE AUCTION #77
APRIL 4, 2004 AT 2PM PACIFIC/5PM EASTERN

 

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Lot 1
Akro Agate Company-Mistake

Obviously intended to be a Patriot corkscrew from Akro showing red and pale blue on a white base.  The marble machine went nuts on this one.  Guess you could call it a 20 wrap corkscrew...LOL  Marble shows small pits and pinpricks filled with soil.  Is a dug marble.

Size 27/32" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $10-20

Lot 2
Champion Agate-Furnace

Gorgeous pattern on this flaming Furnace from Champion.  Marble shows an awesome pattern with great coloring and no fractures.  Shows one small tick.

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

Lot 3
Transitional-Crease Pontil

Great looking reverse "9" pattern on this crease pontil marble in a harder to find size. 

Size 25/32" Mint+ 9.7
Value $15-30

Lot 4
Akro Agate Company-Slag

Great looking Vaseline Slag from Akro with a nice pattern.  This marble lights up the room under blacklight.  Marble shows one small tick.

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

Lot 5
Christensen Agate Company-Turkey Swirl

Nice two color Turkey swirl from CAC showing a great pattern with a Turkey head on one side and a Turkey with a whacked off beak on the other.  Yellow swirls on a Robin's egg blue base.  Shows a few small ticks.

Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $50-100

Lot 6
Contemporary Handmade-Jody Fine

Great looking solid core swirl from Jody with a black and white solid core and pastel surface bands.  Marble is unsigned.

Size 7/8" Mint+ 9.9
Value $20-40

Lot 7
Akro Agate Company-Tri-Color Ace

Unusual tri-color Ace from AA.  Colors are blue with yellow on a translucent white base.  Corkscrew starts out fine and then gets half way around the marble and jets back up towards the original line, almost touching.  Views better in hand.  Shows some small ticks and moons.

Size 19/32" Nearmint 8.4
Value $10-20

Lot 8
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Bright coloring on this great two color swirl from CAC.  Very bright red on a bright yellow base.  Nice pattern and showing only a couple of very small ticks.

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

Lot 9
German Handmade-Mica

Nice looking little amber based mica with tons of mica.  Marble shows an odd ghost core that is thin and only on one side of the marble.  Shows a few small ticks and some rubbing.

Size 9/16" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $15-30

Lot 10
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Gorgeous orange based onyx corkscrew with 1 1/2 twists.  Harder to find bright orange base with white spiral.  marble shows a couple of small ticks.

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

Lot 11
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Pastel striped opaque showing orange banding on a pastel green base.  Marble is out of round and shows overall small damage.

Size 21/32" Good +7.9
Value $30-60

Lot 12
Marble King, Inc.-Berry Pink Variation

This had to be made by MK, but what it is I have no clue.  The first thing that came to mind for me was a Berry Pink.  Same kind of make up.  Colors on this one are an orange and yellow patch on the top pole with the center core of the marble being loaded with wispy white and then ribbons of yellow on the bottom pole.  Shows a few hits and a fracture, but what a kool marble.

Size 31/32" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $20-40

Lot 13
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Great looking corkscrew showing a bright yellow spiral on a blue base with a thin dark line of blue along the inside of the yellow.  Marble shows a tiny flake and a couple of small ticks.

Size 21/32" Nearmint+ 8.7
Value $10-20

Lot 14
German Handmade-Fancy Bennington

Great colors in the fancy Bennington showing blue and brown on white.  The marble is pretty much NM+ except that shows over all crazing.

Size 9/16" Good+ 7.9
Value $2-4

Lot 15
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Sweet looking CA swirl with orange on a yellow base.  nice size and kool pattern in a marble showing some minor ticks and wear.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $40-80

Lot 16
Master Made Marbles-Sunburst

This marble is beautiful in hand.  The damage is minor, but abundant.  Gorgeous coloring in this marble and slightly oversized.

Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $10-20

Lot 17
Misc.-Marble Stands (Marble is NOT included)

Two hand carved wooden marble stands.  I do not know the type of wood, but each stand is made up of three pieces of wood that are intertwined to make one stand.  I believe they are carved from one piece as there is no way they could put them together if not.  Holds up to a 3" marble.  The stunning Ro Purser piece is for display purposes only and is not included in this auction.

Size Fits Up to 3" marble
Value $5-10/Pair

Lot 18
Christensen Agate Company-Turkey Swirl

Nice two color swirl from CAC showing multi toned red on a green base.  Marble shows a Turkey head on one side and shows a few small ticks and one small flake on a very wet surface.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.4
Value $15-30

Lot 19
German Handmade-Alternating Lattice Core

Alternating lattice core showing yellow and orange alternating strands.  The lattice is more like a ribbon core as it is actually only 1/2 there.  There also appears to be one white strand, but I am not positive that it is not just pale yellow.  Marble shows some medium sized surface moons and some small ticks.  Most of the damage is limited to one side of the marble.

Size 3/4" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $20-40

Lot 20
Christensen Agate Company-Single Seam Striped Opaque

Unusually light pastel colored striped opaque from CAC.  Marble shows a pale pink and pale orange pattern on a white base.  This is a single seam variation that shows overall minor pinpricking and small tick marks over most of the surface.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $20-40

Lot 21
Akro Agate Company-Ade

Great looking Lemonade Corkscrew from Akro that shows a perfect yellow cork making it one time around the marble and then doing a complete reverse twist to form this wild pattern on the bottom.  Highly fluorescent and showing only one small tick.

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

Lot 22
Master Made Marbles-Sunburst

Beautiful coloring in this marble.  Hints of yellow and white with large amounts of transparent red and green.  Great pattern on this marble that does show overall light wear in the way of rubbing, scratching small ticks and pinpricks.

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

Lot 23
Contemporary Handmade-John Hamon Miller

Gorgeous onionskin lutz from John with great coloring.  His cane cut marbles are just wonderful pieces, especially for the size.  Marble is signed "JHM03"

Size 1 5/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60

Lot 24
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Wonderful set of 4 deep orange base onyx corkscrews.  All four show the same bubble filled deep orange base glass with white spirals.  One marble shows an annealing fracture in the white and the other three show 1-3 minor and tiny ticks or pinpricks.  All came in the same group, so could be same run, but have no way to verify that.

Size 5/8" Nearmint- 8.3 to 8.9
Value $30-60/All

Lot 25
Alox Agates-Original Box

Great original box from Alox Agates.  This is the "Tit-Tat-Toe Three in a row" marble game.  Comes complete with 11 marbles.  One flap on the inside is town off, but remains in the box.  Obviously come off in the box.  Marbles are in NM+ condition with one of the dark swirls have a large flat spot that was as made and the rest being fine.

Size 9/16"-5/8" Nearmint+ 8.8
Value $20-40

BREAK TIME= FIVE MINUTE BREAK 

Lot 26
Akro Agate Company-Mistake

Another wild mistake from Akro showing a crazy red pattern on a green base.  Overall minor pitting and pinpricking with some soil in the pits.

Size 3/4" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $10-20

Lot 27
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

Lot 28
German Handmade-Mica

Another great looking amber mica.  This one shows only one real hit on it (Pictured) and a huge piece of mica (also pictured).  Marble shows a few other small ticks.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.4
Value $10-20

Lot 29
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Great looking yellow spiral in clear bubble filled base glass.  Marble shows one small tick.

Size 21/32" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $7-15

Lot 30
Champion Agate-Coral

One of the brightest and prettiest Corals I have seen from Champion.  Gorgeous blending in the red and yellow on a green base.  Shows overall small ticks and wear.  Nothing major.

Size 19/32" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $10-20

Lot 31
Contemporary Handmade-Steve Davis

Gorgeous onionskin with aventurine from Steve.  Wonderful array of many, many colors in a great pattern and signed "Steve Davis 03"

Size 1 1/2" Mint+ 9.9
Value $30-60 THIS ITEM HAS A RESERVE

Lot 32
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Another hard to find orange transparent based corkscrew.  Marble shows a bright yellow spiral in a bubble filled transparent orange base.  Marble shows small ticks and scratches.

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

Lot 33
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

Very bright colors on this CA swirl with multi tone red on a golden base.  Marble shows a couple of serious hits that are pictured and overall light wear as well.

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

Lot 34
Vitro Agate Company-Patch

This is a gorgeous patch from Vitro showing a yellow patch with red on a very highly fluorescent "Ade" type base.  One of the prettiest marbles of its kind I have seen.  Marble shows some small ticks and minor wear.

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

Lot 35
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Nice looking corkscrew showing a yellow corkscrew on a blue base with some brown blending on the edges of the blue.  Marble shows a few small ticks and flakes with some rubbing.

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

Lot 36
German Handmade-Lattice Core

Nice bright surface bands on this white lattice core swirl.  Marble shows a nice white core with four surface bands consisting of two transparent red, one transparent green and one transparent blue band outlined in opaque yellow.  Marble shows a cold roll mark and some small ticks.

Size 25/32" Nearmint 8.6
Value $20-40

Lot 37
Marble King, Inc.-Cub Scout Hybrid

Nice looking hybrid Cub Scout from MK showing a classic patch and ribbon pattern of blue on yellow.  There is also nice bands of red in the yellow.  It is diluted a bit from the lighting in the picture.  marble shows a handful of small hits.

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

Lot 38
Akro Agate Company-Ade

Limeade corkscrew showing a nice green spiral with wispy white in a translucent, fluorescent "Ade" base.  Marble shows overall all small ticks and pinpricks with rubbing.

Size 21/32" Nearmint- 8.1
Value $10-20

Lot 39
Christensen Agate Company-Swirl

This is just a kool mib.  Marble shows a black base with yellow swirls that appear to have a deep red on the yellow.  I think it is actually streamers of the black base that became overlaid on the yellow.  Very kool looking marble with a few small ticks and flakes.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40

Lot 40
Contemporary Handmade-Phil McGlothlin

Very nice submarine style swirl from Phil with Lutz.  Marble shows yellow and white opaque glass with obvious cut lines in a blue/green transparent base and with very nice lutz swirls.  Signed "Mac"

Size 15/16" Mint+ 9.9
Value $20-40

Lot 41
Akro Agate Company-Oxblood

Gorgeous pattern on this oxblood swirl from AA.  marble shows a sweet swirling pattern on a white base that is actually a clear base loaded with white.  A couple of different small clear windows in to the marble.  Marble shows a couple of very small ticks.

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

Lot 42
Christensen Agate Company-Striped Opaque

Electric orange striped opaque on a sea foam green base.  Marble shows some as made creasing, a few as made air bubbles and a small flake.

Size 21/32" Nearmint+ 8.9
Value $70-140

Lot 43
German Handmade-Lined Crockery (Jasper)

Great pattern on this jasper showing green and blue swirls on a white base.  Shows some dirt in the pores of the surface.  In too good of shape to have been dug, so has to have been from where it was stored over time.

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

Lot 44
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Deepest green I think I have ever seen in a transparent corkscrew.  Almost an emerald green transparent base with white spiral.  marble shows a few small hits and ticks.

Size 9/16" Nearmint 8.6
Value $7-15

Lot 45
Master Made Marbles-Original Package

Mint and unused Master Made Marbles box #5.  There was a small stock of these boxes found and they are all still flat as they were stored to be used by MMM.  Shows some rubbing in a few areas and that is all.

Size 3"x4" Mint+ 9.7
Value $20-40

Lot 46
Master Made Marbles-Sunburst

Gorgeous Sunburst with nice colors and pattern.  Marble shows two very small ticks.

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

Lot 47
Akro Agate Company-Corkscrew

Nice looking pattern on this tri-color "Indian Blanket" corkscrew with red and yellow spirals on a black base.  marble shows some pinpricking and a few small hits with rubbing.

Size 11/16" Nearmint 8.4
Value $15-30

Lot 48
German Handmade-Non Glass

Lighter than usual blue Bennington with a dark but un-raised paint spot in dark blue.  Nice paler coloring.

Size 23/32" Mint+ 9.7
Value $10-20

Lot 49
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

Lot 50
Akro Agate Company-Hybrid Popeye

one of the prettiest hybrid Popeye's I have ever seen.  It is very hard to find a hybrid with purple to begin with, but to have this much purple with the purple being on the surface as well as down the center o0f the core is unheard of.  This marble shows a few small hits and some pinpricking and rubbing.  This is a marble that many have admired, but few have seen before.  Simply gorgeous.

Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4
Value $200-400 THIS ITEM HAS A RESERVE

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