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  20. Current Ebay Auction

    in General Marble & Glass Chat

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    I think I might have misunderstood the situation at first. I thought you were originally saying that the books were over priced and that marbles arent worth what you read and i think it is more 50/50 depending on what you have and where you or to whom you sell it. I agree with your last statement though about ebay lowering a lot of the marbles. Anyway, i wouldnt sell my blue latticino for anything! Kevin

  21. Current Ebay Auction

    in General Marble & Glass Chat

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    I agree 100% about premium marbles regardless what their size is, it deserves special attention. In a way you made my point clearly. At book value a blue Latticino equates to approximately $60 to $175 at 1/2in. However we all know that if you have a blue lat this will never happen. So there for the marble is more then the book value, the same goes for naked ribbons which at book value are $35-45. Again, is this really what you will see at a show? everything is subjective. Some estimate values are too high and others are too low...

    Kevin.

  22. Current Ebay Auction

    in General Marble & Glass Chat

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    And assuming to the contrary that the bid was legit it would mean that someone was willing to pay an average of $383 for each marble where over half of the onionskins and larger swirls had dings and hits and with unknown condition for the Sulphides not described that can only be assumed to be common. Whatever....clearly it's a wild and crazy world on eBay. I would have to say that prices realized on eBay don't have any more relevance than prices in books and this conclusion is hardly based on this one auction. David

    David,

    We are talking about antique handmades here not machine mades where just one tiny little scratch can drop the value. Even with "dings and hits" most of his marbles are well worth it. Yes, he has a few smaller mibs in there or even common one at that but we are talking about the average of the lot. You are right about one thing, a book cant put a price on most marbles because until it is in your hand it is just ink on a piece of paper (the same goes for Ebay). I was at the Vegas show where I was seeing peewee's (handmades) selling for hundreds of dollars. Now i would never pay that price but others will and i know for a fact that no price guide out there has 1/2in common swirls for that price but guess what, they sell... As far as the condition goes handmades are more lenient. I am not saying that a marble with multiple hit marks is going to grade mint but when you are talking about a 2in onionskin or swirl that is nice and wet but has a small half subsurface moon is going to degrade the marble down to near mint or place the value of the marble any less. Again, the value of the marble is just in the eye of the beholder.

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