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Lot 1 Contemporary Handmade-Richard Clark
Great looking dichroic swirl from Richard Clark. First
marble we have ever offered from this artist. Enjoyed spending some
time with him in Wheaton Village. Great swirl in a great size signed
"RC" (If you run into him, ask about the American Bandstand days...LOL)
Size 1 3/4" Mint +9.8 Value $30-60 |
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Lot 2 German Handmade-Glazed ChinaWonderful glazed China marble with
intersecting lines of both green and red.
Size 9/16" Mint 9.4
Value $15-30 |
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Lot 3 Misc-Fantasy BagsThis is a great set of three
fantasy bags. All three bags are someone's attempt to recreate vintage
labels. The mesh bag is a great attempt. All three bags have new
marbles in them.
Size 5/8" Mint -9.0 Value $5-10 |
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Lot 4 Contemporary Handmade-Unknown German ArtistThis
is a great solid core marble with tight line surface corkscrews that
encircle this marble more times than I care to count. The solid lutz
core is striking. Pontil is not finished.
Size 5/16" Mint +9.8 Value $20-40 |
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Lot 5 Akro Agate Company-CorkscrewThis is a wonderful
1 2 twist corkscrew in this gorgeous green base with floating bubbles.
Wonderful marble that does show three 1/16" shallow flakes.
Size 5/8" Nearmint -8.3 Value$ |
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Lot 6 Mineral-Machine Ground AgateI call this the
bloodshot eyeball agate. It is a great looking machine ground dyed
agate. Age is uncertain.
Size 15/16" Mint -9.0 Value $15-30 |
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Lot 7 Contemporary Handmade-Rick DavisThis is an
awesome painted sulphide of a baby seal from Rick. Had to fight my 5
year old son over this one. He is a baby seal collector and just loved
this marble. Great detail and signed "Rick Davis"
Size 1 11/16" Mint +9.9 Value $40-80 |
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Lot 8 Vitro Agate Company-PatchGreat looking three
color patch with a nice "V" and some great bleeding in the blue to give you
about four different shades of blue.
Size 27/32" Nearmint +8.9 Value $5-10 |
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Lot 9 Akro Agate Company-CorkscrewClassic tri-color
corkscrew in Superman colors of red, yellow and blue. Shows overall
haze with small ticks and pinpricks.
Size 13/16" Nearmint -8.0 Value $10-20
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Lot 10 Marble King. Inc.-PatchThis is the smaller
Black widow patch from MK. Shows a single red patch on a black base
marble. A reproduction of the original Black Widow that was a shooter.
Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.9 Value $5-10
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Lot 11 Contemporary Handmade-Cindy MorganThis is an
awesome dichroic stamp in borosilicate glass of the Playboy bunny. I
just love this style of marble and I am not just saying that cause Mom made
it ;) Slightly out of round. Signed "Cindy Morgan"
Size 1 5/16" Mint +9.9 Value$30-60
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Lot 12 Misc. Marble RelatedAwesome marble related
item. This is the now very famous May 10, 1937 Life magazine with the
marble shooter on the cover. I believe this picture has become as
famous as "Marble Champ" by Rockwell. Magazine is showing wear at the
folds and some wear around the edges, but is in overall great shape.
Size Nearmint Value $20-40
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Lot 13 MF Christensen-SlagThis is a beautiful amber
slag from MFC showing a classic "9" and tail with great depth in the
pattern. marble shows overall light wear with some minor hits.
Size 29/32" Nearmint -8.2 Value $20-40
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Lot 14 Christensen Agate Company-SwirlOdd coloring in
this two color swirl from CAC. Marble shows a two tone brown on a
green base with a small turkey head in the green. Marble shows a few
small moons and reflections.
Size 5/8" Nearmint -8.2 Value $
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Lot 15 German Handmade-Glazed ChinaAwesome size on
this China that has everything but flowers. It has the Helix on one
pole, a spiral on the other pole and the leaves on the equator.
Wonderful glazed China that shows plenty on it.
Size 1 3/16" Nearmint -8.2 Value $100-200
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Lot 16 Contemporary Handmade-Davis GlassGorgeous aventurine ribbon core swirl
from Davis Glass. Wonderful coloring and pattern with wide bands of
aventurine and signed "Steve Davis03"
Size 1 2" Mint+ 9.9
Value $40-80 |
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Lot 17 Peltier Glass Company-Root Beer FloatGreat
looking Root Beer Float from Peltier Glass. Shows a perfect white vane
floating in a wonderful Root Beer base. Marble comes in larger than
the books say it should be and is in great condition.
Size 15/16" Mint -9.3 Value $40-80
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Lot 18 German Handmade-Onionskin LutzThis onionskin
lutz might make a great piece of jewelry or something along those lines.
I do not believe there is any other hope for it. Looks cool, but not
going to make it round again.
Size 11/16" Collectible Value $
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Lot 19 Christensen Agate Company-SwirlWonderful two
color swirl from CAC showing a very bright red on a classic blue base.
Kool pattern showing some small ticks.
Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.4 Value $30-60
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Lot 20 Contemporary Handmade-Fritz LauensteinWonderful three layer ribbon core
in an unusual size for Fritz. Great detail in this small marble signed
"Frits2002"
Size 1 16" Mint +9.9
Value $30-60
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Lot 21 Akro Agate Company-CorkscrewA very radioactive auger corkscrew from AA.
Marble shows a nice double twist auger style spiral in a very bright
Vaseline glass base. Marble has a few small hits and overall haze.
Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0
Value $10-20 |
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Lot 22 Peltier Glass Company-SuperboyWonderful
Superboy from Peltier Glass showing some odd schemes in the pattern.
What a great marble in an awesome size. Shows some small as made
creasing as well as a couple of small ticks.
Size 13/16" Nearmint +8.8 Value $70-140
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Lot 23 Contemporary Handmade-Harry and/or Kathleen Boyer
Gorgeous lutz swirl in a nice size. This beauty is loaded with plenty
of lutz and displays very nicely. Signed "Boyer"
Size 15/16" Mint +9.9 Value $30-60
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Lot 24 Vitro Agate Company-PatchAwesome patch that
actually looks Akro to me. However, I have never seen quite like it.
So my only other guess would have to be Vitro. The muddled colors
could actually go either way. Either way is a great patch.
Size3/4" Nearmint +8.9 Value $ 7-15
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Lot 25 German Handmade-Joseph's CoatThis is a very pretty and large Joseph's
coat swirl. Beautiful coloring in this wonderful sized swirl.
Most of the damage that is effecting the grade comes in the form of a
shallow, but large flake on the back of this marble. Displays very
nicely and what a beautiful size.
Size 1" Nearmint- 8.2
Value $100-200 |
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Lot 26 Contemporary Handmade-Richard Clark
Wonderful dichroic spiral by Richard with pale blues and white with dichroic
glass drawn into the center. Signed "RC01"
Size 1" Mint +9.9 Value $20-40
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Lot 27 Misc-Assorted Peewees (New)Bakers
dozen here with a great little group of newer peewee marbles. All of
these marbles are new and under 1/2".
Size 7/16"-1/2" Nearmint +8.9 to Mint +9.7 Value $
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Lot 28 Mineral-Hand Faceted Agate
Beautiful hand faceted agate with gorgeous reddish brown coloring and easily
visible facets on the surface. Shows a small tick that is
probably as made.
Size 13/16" Nearmint +8.9 Value $ 25-50
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Lot 29 Akro Agate Company-Moss Agate
Wonderful true Moss Agate in lemonade fluorescent glass with a bright yellow
patch outlined in white. marble shows overall small ticks and some
light hits. No major damage.
Size 27/32" Good +7.9 Value $5-10
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Lot 30 Contemporary handmade-Thom Thornburg
Wonderful group of three sulphides from Thom. Represented are the
elephant, rooster and the buffalo. All three marbles come with a kool
smoke colored swirl to ensure that no one can mistake them for vintage and
all three are unsigned.
Size 1 1/2" Mint +9.9 Value $60-120
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Lot 31 Marble King Inc.-Patch and Ribbon
Great little patch and ribbon from Mk. This is the "Grasshopper" with
green bands having aventurine on a white base. Great shape and harder
to find marble. At least in this part of the country...LOL
Size 5/8" Nearmint +8.9 Value $15-30
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Lot 32 Peltier Glass Company-SunsetThis
picture of this Sunset from Peltier Glass did not capture the colors like I
was hoping it would. Has an orange tint to it with some bleeding that
is just too kool. Much better in hand.
Size 5/8" Mint -9.0 Value $7-15
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Lot 33 Contemporary Handmade-Sam Hogue
Wonderful Guinea style swirl from Sam with some great colors and in a nice
size. Marble is unsigned.
Size 1 3/4" Mint +9.9
Value $40-80
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Lot 34 German Handmade-BenningtonGreat
size on this Bennington that appears to have the same overall sandblasting
we have found on all of the Marble Wreck marbles. No real damage, just
this horrible hazing over the entire surface.
Size 1 3/8" Good +7.9 Value $
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Lot 35 Akro Agate Company-CorkscrewGreat
looking two color corkscrew with opaque yellow and transparent red.
Marble shows a couple of small hits and some small ticks.
Size 13/16" Nearmint 8.4 Value $10-20
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Lot 36 Contemporary Handmade-Gale Morgan
This is a gorgeous marble from Dad's "Captain's Veil" series. Marble
shows an orange and black Tiffany style pattern on the surface with a solid
opaque black core that leaves enough room for light to get behind the
surface colors and really set this marble off. Nice piece signed
"CaptM03"
Size 15/16" Mint +9.9 Value $20-40
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Lot 37 Champion Agate-FurnaceThis is a
great pair of Furnace marbles from Champion. Traditional pattern and
coloring I could not find anything more that one tiny fracture on one
of the marbles.
Size 9/16" - 19/32" Mint -9.0 to Mint 9.5 Value $40-80
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Lot 38 Peltier Glass Company-NovaA
colorful patch produced by Peltier and dubbed the Nova for its appearance.
This marble shows a few annealing fractures that were common with this
marble.
Size 15/16" Nearmint 8.5 Value $20-40
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Lot 39 Contemporary Handmade-Artist Unknown
Wonderful three layered swirl from an unknown artist. Wonderful and
bright coloring and nice pattern. Marble shows a rough pontil and is
unsigned.
Size 1 1/16" Mint +9.7 Value $15-30
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Lot 40 German Handmade-Unglazed China
A great looking intersecting lined China that is unglazed. Wonderful
pattern and the colors are still nice and bright.
Size 11/16" Mint- 9.1 Value $20-40
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Lot 41 Marble King, Inc.-Double IngotThis
is an awesome true "Double Ingot" from MK showing where two marbles were
smashed together but did not make it all the way to the point of making one
marble. Great example.
Size 11/16" Dug Value$
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Lot 42 Akro Agate Company-Double IngotNow
is a beautiful example of an Akro double Ingot Corkscrew. Wonderful
Christmas tree coloring an great pattern. Marble shows a couple of
small ticks.
Size 11/16" Nearmint +8.7 Value $20-40
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Lot 43 Contemporary handmade-Jim Davis
Wonderful cased onionskin from Jim Davis. Subtle color changes and a
great piece from a marble maker that is sadly missed in the marble
community. Signed "Jim Davis"
Size 1 5/16" Mint +9.9 Value $40-80
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Lot 44 Misc-Marble RelatedGreat set of 7 mint and unused Marble Farms milk
bottle lids. Fun marble related items with three matching pairs and 1
single yellow cap. Bidding on group.
Size 2" Mint 9.5
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Lot 45 German Handmade-Onionskin from
ShipwreckThis is a wonderful onionskin swirl from the Marble Wreck off
the Coast of Long Island. This marble has been hand polished by Larry
Castle with the pontil left intact. Marble showed a small internal
fracture after being polished. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
Size 21/32" Hand-Polished w/Certificate Value $30-60
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Lot 46 Akro Agate Company-PopeyeI love
this Popeye. Gorgeous auger style hybrid Popeye showing red and green
with yellow and wispy white in a clear base. The yellow is thin but
plain as day and the auger matrix is just so incredibly hard to find.
Wonderful and HTF marble with one area of damage only (Pictured).
Size 5/8" Nearmint -8.1 Value $40-80
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Lot 47 Christensen Agate Company-Swirl
Awesome size on this unusual two color swirl from CAC. Marble shows a
wonderful swirling of orange and yellow, but also shows a few "Splotches" of
what appears to be blue. Chows a small area with a couple of scratches
and a couple of light rub spots.
Size 3/4" Nearmint +8.8 Value $50-100
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Lot 48 Contemporary Handmade-Ferguson
StudiosSet of three beautiful and small swirls from Douglas Ferguson
Studios. Wonderful patterns and colors. Signed "FS2002"
Size 13/16" Mint +9.9 Value$60-120
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Lot 49 Misc.-Marble RelatedAnother
gorgeous "IYR-Buddy Box" Once again Buddy has made us one of his
wonderful marble boxes with "IYR" carved into the top of this wonderfully
stained box. Box holds 12 marbles with two rows of holes for marbles
up to 11/16" and one row of holes for marbles up to 3/4". I was
surprised with the first one and this one is just as special.
Wonderful box signed "BB"
Size Marble-11/16" Mint +9.9 Value $30-60
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Lot 50 German Handmade-SulphideWonderful
sulphide from the collection of Gary Stetson. I have seen many horse
sulphides. This is the first I have ever seen with the horse wearing a
saddle. Above average detail in the figure. It is up against one
side of the marble and the marble shows an overall hazing and light surface
wear. NO major damage. Wonderful and seemingly HTF marble.
Size 1 3/4" Good+7.9 Value $125-250
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Lot 51 Contemporary Handmade-Ray LaubsGreat American eagle Sulphide with eagle perched on a blue patch.
Great marble signed "Laubs02"
Size 2" Mint +9.8
Value $40-80 |
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Lot 52 German Handmade-SwirlsHere is a
set of 7 swirls for one of you new "Menders" to practice on. Group has
two yellow lattice cores, a white lattice core, a small divided core, two
blue opaque marbles and one translucent blue swirl. All are
collectible, but could be polished.
Size 9/16" -1" Collectible Value $20-40
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Lot 53 Peltier Glass Company-ZebraClassic
looking Zebra from Peltier Glass with black bands on a white base.
White is slightly translucent. Shows one small tick and no aventurine.
Size 21/32" Nearmint +8.9 Value $10-20
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Lot 54 Contemporary Handmade-Unknown German
ArtistPair of two lutz swirls from an unknown artist in Germany.
The marble on the left seems to be the "End of Cane" with no twist and the
open end. It is also out of round and both have rough pontils.
Size 3/16" -7/8" Mint +9.6 Value$20-40
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Lot 55 Vitro Agate Company-SwirlI had no
idea what to call this one. I just thought it was such a kool marble.
Shows some small hits and so forth, but just a great looking simple marble.
Size 5/8" Nearmint -8.2 Value $5-10
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Lot 56 Akro Agate Company-Oxblood
Wonderful oxblood from AA showing an almost double ingot line separating
what would have been an oxblood corkscrew.
Size 5/8" Nearmint -8.3 Value $10-20
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Lot 57 Contemporary Handmade-Bob Powers
Wonderful dichroic vortex from Doc. Bob was one of the first to do the
Vortex. Fun marble signed "BP00"
Size 1" Mint +9.7 Value $40-80
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Lot 58 Misc.-Marble RelatedThis is an awesome lamp finial in brass and holding a
red crackle glass Clearie. Wonderful item that measures 1 9/16" total
length and showing some surface wear as well as a few small ticks on the
marble. Marble measures 1".
Size 1 2" Nearmint 8.5
Value $20-40 |
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Lot 59 German Handmade-ChinaGreat pair of
Chinas. Both show three separate colors of intersecting lines with
red, green and blue. The smaller of the two is a single intersecting
line while the shooter shows several. Also, the smaller is unglazed
and the shooter is glazed.
Size 9/16" -13/16" Mint 9.5 Value $20-40
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Lot 60 Akro Agate Company-Imperial
GORGEOUS MARBLE!!!!!! Wonderful split cork double twist Imperial
corkscrew. This marble shows so much pattern to it, that it took me
four times to get the right number of twists on it. Shows some small
hits in the way of moons and reflections. Stunning despite the damage.
Size 5/8" Nearmint -8.2 Value $
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Lot 61 Contemporary Handmade-Robert LeGrand
Wonderful "Stained Glass" from Robert showing great coloring and a
nice pattern. Signed "RL03"
Size 1 1/8" Mint +9.9 Value $30-60
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Lot 62 Christensen Agate Company-Swirl
Great looking swirl from CAC with deep and dark red coloring on a blue base.
Hints of black as well as tan (Bleeds I am sure) and just a nice pattern.
Shows some small as made creases and a couple of small ticks.
Size 21/32" Nearmint +8.8 Value $40-80
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Lot 63 Peltier Glass Company-Root Beer Float
Another Root Beer Float. This one did not float so well. Shows
some heavy annealing fractures but is in a nice large size. Another
that is larger than the are suppose to exist.
Size 63/34" Nearmint- 8.0 Value$10-20
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Lot 64 Contemporary Handmade-Unknown Artist
This is a gorgeous marble that can not be fully appreciated until it is in
your hand. Not only does it have an awesome pattern that is obvious,
but it also has a couple of articles that make it an extraordinary piece.
First, the color that appears to be white is actually mother of pearl and is
beautiful. Secondly, in the yellow it shows what almost appears to be
fumed gold. Almost has true gold effect. Beautiful marble that
is unsigned.
Size 1 3/16" Mint+ 9.8 Value $30-60
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Lot 65 Misc.-Marble RelatedGreat set of
two vintage leather marble bags. Both are believed to be from Akro,
but that can not be verified for sure. Both are in great shape.
Bidding on the pair.
Size N/A Mint- 9.0 Value $20-40
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Lot 66 German Handmade-Divided Core Swirl
One of the tightest dived core swirls I have ever seen. So tight it
looks like an oddly lobed solid core. Great coloring and cool tight
pattern. Shows a few small ticks and a small flake.
Size 5/8" Nearmint 8.6 Value $15-30
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Lot 67 Marble King, Inc.-Patch and Ribbon
Wonderful Patch and Ribbon shooter Wasp from MK. Shows a small amount of
white, but is a classic beauty.
Size 3/4" Nearmint+ 8.9 Value $7-15 |
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Lot 68 Contemporary Handmade-Jim Davis
Another awesome marble from Jim Davis. I call this one "Red wine and
ad blues". First thing I thought of when I saw it...LOL Gorgeous
deep burgundy coloring with very bright blue in clear glass. Gorgeous
piece signed "Jim Davis"
Size 1 1/2" Mint+ 9.9 Value $40-80
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Lot 69 Akro Agate Company-CorkscrewPretty
two color corkscrew with orange and a lime green coloring. marble
shows overall small damage.
Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.0 Value $3-6
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Lot 70 Christensen Agate Company-Swirl
Gorgeous CAC swirl from the Kenny Fung collection. This swirl shows an
unusual grey coloring on a wonderful blue base. Great pattern with an
awesome turkey head swirl. Marble shows a couple of tiny ticks.
Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.8 Value $40-80
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Lot 71 Peltier Glass Company-NLRVery
unusual marble. Wonderful NLR with translucent blue base and red
bands. The real kicker on this great marble is that is also shows a
small ribbon of solid black aventurine on the top patch. Marble shows
one small annealing fracture and a tiny tick. Rare find.
Size 5/8" Nearmint+ 8.9 Value $30-60
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Lot 72 Misc.-Marble RelatedGreat set of
plastic calipers showing both inches and centimeters. Flown in from
England just for this auction :) Thanks Paul ;) There are two
available and you are bidding on one.
Size N/A New Value $5-10 Each
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Lot 73 Akro Agate Company-Vaseline
Wonderful Akro solid Vaseline marble. This baby will light up a small
town. Marble shows some light overall wear.
Size 11/16" Nearmint- 8.3 Value $5-10
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Lot 74 Contemporary Handmade-James Alloway
Gorgeous Filigrana Latticinio from James. This marble comes in at an
awesome size and is just beautiful with the dichroic highlights mixed in.
Gorgeous marble from James signed "Alloway 2003"
Size 2 3/8" Mint++++++ 9.9 Value $175-350
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Lot 75 German Handmade-Single Pontil Cloud
What a great size on this wonderful single pontil end of day cloud.
Marble shows the classic and wonderful blotchy spotted pattern with reds,
greens and blues on a white base and is completely cased in clear glass.
This marble shows some heavy damage in one area, with overall light wear
over the reminder of the marble. Could be polished if you chose to do
so. Another piece donated from the Gary Stetson collection that is
well worth your bids.
Size 1 11/16" Good+ 7.8 Value $200-400
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