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Griff travels more than most that's for sure... I couldnt make it to canton, just too far of a drive.

Went scuba diving last week in Roatan Honduras, didnt see one marble. I was tough coming back to this cold weather.

i would say popeye for sure, the colors are spot on, it just lacks some whispy but cool marble.

love the clam collection, wow

Mark Matthews will conduct his class (Color and Graphic Systems in Glass) in “Hot Shop A” at “The Studio” within the Corning Museum of Glass during the week of January 19th. During the class on Wednesday (January 21st) between 11:00am and Noon, a live webcast will stream, showing advanced submersion experiments, which will yield Solomonic column type filigrana cane. Image example: http://www.markmatthewsglass.com/gallery/photos/Solomonic%20Column%20Filigrana/DSCN0794.jpg Link to live stream: http://www.cmog.org/event/live-streamed-studio-demonstration-mark-matthews-1 We are pleased to announce the availability of new innovated 12-Cane Filigrana spheres which can be viewed here: http://www.markmatthewsglass.com/filigrana11.html http://www.markmatthewsglass.com/filigrana12.html

so thinking back to the days of 1800-1900.... why would they make such a big marble, and how/why did it get imported over to the states? Also why would they make tiny pee wee handmades? I have some very tiny lattacino's... what possibly be the purpose of those?

Danny... that was a good one... I agree!

Block's Marble Auctions CyberAuction 1113 - 1/25/2015 now posted - We had a good time in the chat room this past Sunday, come talk marbles and bid on some stuff. https://www.marblecyberauction.com/categories.php?category=jan-25-2015-auction&parent_id=1915

I would say if you are a box collector it was a good snag, I dont recall seeing another like it.

that is pretty cool actually.

wow, very nice, look at that cut, super. very odd color green I've never seen any like it and look at the condition!

I think this is the only yellow MFC made, very opaque and you can barely see the "9" Very rare, like the Persians. Most yellows you see are CA.

Mibbage.com has some new items posted. Here is a teaser..

Back by Popular Demand Following the last marble auction, a number of bidders emailed me and asked me to bring back the Chat Room Marble Auctions (CyberAuctions). So, the next Marble Auction (#1112 closing Sunday January 11th) will be a Chat Room Auction. Old time bidders in my auctions will recall that the Cyberauctions were held from 1993 through 2003. In fact, we were the first auctioneer to ever hold live auctions in a chat room. The original Cyberauctions were held in AOL chat rooms, and subsequently moved to the IRC. The Cyberauction chat room is now hosted on Chatzy. The Cyberauction consists of two phases: Absentee Bidding phase and Live Chat Room phase. The Absentee Bidding phase lasts from now through the start time of the Chat Room phase, 8PM NYC time on Sunday January 11, 2015. All lots in the auction (with images and descriptions) can be viewed, and absentee bids left, at www.marblecyberauction.com. Click on the Buy/Sell Info link and then Chat Room Auctions for full instructions on how to leave absentee bids for the auction. The Live Chat Room phase of the auction begins at 8PM NYC on Sunday January 11 2015 in the Cyberauction Chat Room. Full instructions on the live phase can be found at the Buy/Sell Info link mentioned in the previous paragraph. A full PDF catalogue is available at https://www.marblecyberauction.com/currentcatalogue.pdf. If you have any questions, please let me know. What's in the Auction Marble Auction #1112 will be held on Sunday evening, January 11. This is an auction of 50 lots of handmade, machine made and contemporary marbles. The auction is being held live in the CyberAuction Chat Room. Absentee Bids can be left at www.marblecyberauction.com. See the links above for full information. This is a Live Chat Room Auction with Absentee Bidding. There's a nice assortment of marbles in this auction. Almost everything is Mint! Here's a small sample of the marbles in the auction: How You Can View The Catalogue I have prepared a complete catalogue of the 50 lots in the auction. The catalogue listings identify each marble by type, give a short description of the marble, list any defects in the marble, list the size and condition and an estimate of value. One or more images of each lot are available as well. You can view the catalogue (and instructions on participating) in one of two places: A PDF version of the catalogue listings with one image for each lot can be viewed or downloaded at https://www.marblecyberauction.com/currentcatalogue.pdf or at http://www.marbleauctions.com You can also view the catalogue listings, with 3 to 5 large images of most lots, at https://www.marblecyberauction.com

man, he was a nice guy, glad he was able to live as long as he did.

yeah thank god I am not in need of that money for xmas, can you imagine those on a fixed income and this happens to them? Its those dang hackers again.

where did this box end up? great box.

ok, how many times is this going to happen to me... I wake up today with a phone call from the bank. 800 plus worth of charges to my debit card. Card now deactivated and who knows how long until I get the funds back.. gotta love it..

Charles takes great pics. I consigned a couple thousand dollars worth of marbles with Charles this past summer. His pictures are fantastic and I had a great return on investment. Great work Charles and Chad. I will start getting some more consignments put together soon.

you will find red slags with 9's but they do not have the MFC cut lines, if they do its a fluke. Can you imagine if MFC made big 1-1/4 red slags, that would have been awesome

I thought the quality was there for the most part, but yeah, If I was a consigner this time around and you get wacked with the fee's it would hurt.

Prices Realized is up, interesting, this lot was skipped on the realized list. Maybe it had a reserve. Lot # : 233 Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD Description : President McKinley Campaign Sulfide Marble.

Yeah I picked up 8 sulphides all in 9.0-9.5 condition. I thought most lots did ok. That 2 inch 9.8 pastel color onion went low, great looking marble.

oh look, the panties are now gone, its just marbles.