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Quintessential Aquamarines? Sure they may be, but once again just a fancy Tri-lite. I was told that tan is a must. However dark brown is sought after more by high end Vitro collectors. Look at this one I posted and aside from the little nibbles what ones would you rather have in your collection? I think the difference is like night and day between the commonish plain ones and these. I don't think I need to explain why this is not one of the $5.00 jobbies. Like all marbles there are "Higher End" examples and just plain "examples".

Were they ment to go in Vases??

Patry once told me that the Buttermilks that looked like fancy Helmets were way more common that ones that swirled around a bit. Same goes to the ones with ribbons (like top pic) Even when they were popular a few years back she still would not offer more than $5.00 each for this type."Just a fancier Tri-Lite" was how she put it. On the other hand she more than a little pissed that she lost this one when I listed it. So my take on them is. Big and swirly "good" small and plain "a pretty marble". Some of the big ones are real nice I will admit. This one was a hair under 3/4" if I remember correctly

Just your run of the mill Akro Cork.

That's one fantastic score. Look at the condition of that box Wow! Congrats.

Just to be different.

Here is a pretty sad pic of one I had. There was much more clear glass than the pics show. The brown was just on the surface and hides the clear.

Wow someone could really get their rocks off in this thread. Careful though cuse you might end up with some..... SPOTTED DICKS!

Cool thread! Gene glad that you have sorted out what your marble is. No offence to you but you need to learn what a "reputable dealer" is next. Once again no offence to you Gene. Yep I said it, and I mean it! No take backs.

LOL!

LOL nope I'm out! That's ok though cuse I have an ugly yellow bowl of some sort of stone marbles made by 3 generations of Lake Huron area Native Canadians.

Ohhh I'll take the latter please. But only if the gender meets my approval though.

Ok I give? What the heck is it, besides cool?

I'm a marble legend in my own mind! Does that count? Me next I say.

Thanks dude! I see where you are going with the lines being off. I'll be sure to pass that information along. I asked my Dad how big it was and he said it was about the same size as the largest handmade marbles he sees. So I am assuming it is in the 2" range. If anyone has info but is leery of posting for the faker to see I do have a P.M that can be used. Thanks again for the info so far.

Nope! but I kinda wish I did now. Nice pics.

Thanks Steph. My title made me sound like a pimp. I never thought of the reverse side of my question. Lets hope the faker is not reading this.

From time to time my Dad runs into a dealer friend of his. Every time he says the guy has a very pretty painted China marble with him. For a pretty penny. He has had it just over a year. Knowing nothing about them my Dad gets on ebay and finds that one that ended a few weeks back for $1500 and says "WOW!" and tells me the one he sees looks very close, but with different pattern of flowers. Then I tell him the one on ebay was a fake. Now he wants to know why, and that goes beyond anything I can help him with. I told him to lay off the one he sees because he knows it came from a show in Germany where his dealer friend got it. Had it come out of a local estate sale I would tell him to snap it up. I think I am right to be careful considering where it is coming from. Dads all for making a few hundred quid profit, but not so much into passing along fakes and would please like some info. I took the pics of the one from ebay. They are pretty good I guess and should be helpful. What if anything stands out as "incorrect" about it? What would one look for in a real one? Is there anything about the paint that is not correct? Is it raised like it should be? Or not raised like it should be? Is the glaze right? Brush Strokes? Size or Weight? All those little traits a real one has as compaired to what this one does not would be helpful. Maybe the one on ebay was real? Sure is well done. Any info would be great. Ok now how do I add a W to the title? Doh!

Same seller Wow! http://cgi.ebay.com/MARBLES-PAINTED-CHINA-VINTAGE-OLD-1-3-8-inches-/110527509625?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Toys_VintageToys_RL&hash=item19bbf3f479

That half and half sure is weird. Wonder if it was painted that way or just dipped? Way cool! Did anyone see the Dutch China that ended the other night. Even all nibbled up still sold for pretty good money. Looks like the cats out of the bag on this Dutch on ebay right now. I'm still in the running, but sadly think I will end up watching the big boys play in the end. http://cgi.ebay.com/MARBLES-PENNSYLVANIA-DUTCH-CARPET-BALL-OLD-ORIGINAL-/110527497224?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Toys_VintageToys_RL&hash=item19bbf3c408

Those Rock! Pun intended. Those big Clay things are pretty intresting. Here is a lumpy Bennie to keep the thread going.

General feeling is that the China that just sold for silly money was a fake right? http://cgi.ebay.com/BIG-CHINA-FLOWER-MARBLE-2-07-INCH-BIG-/260592281303?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Marbles&hash=item3cac82a6d7

2 funky little Bennies.

Some more scattered in this old group pic.

I found an opaque one. Some can be quite pretty. There has to be more pics of them out there.