Cool. Can't say I've seen one before.
In case anyone else was as curious as me, 11015 US 23 South, (must enter off of Sr 762), Lockbourne, OH is the address
That isn't close to me but I'd be curious what the winning bid ends up being, please report
I wouldn't polish it. Maybe a light buff or coating to clean up the playware. Of course the chips would remain but if you polished to remove the chips, most of the pattern would be gone as well. Just the way it is with this type of Lutz and the bands being so close to the surface. And it's not like you'd polish to see the action going on inside (for the same reason)
I've had them in the past...I think the prep work/recipe/skill has a lot to do with how well the plate turns out. When I was a kid, the liver always seemed like shoe leather (sorry, Mom). Then I read somewhere that the livers retain a bunch of non-desirable things nowadays.
I have more marble books than I know what to do with. Agree with the priceguides being very subjective. It's interesting to see how some of the old guides were so far off wrt value and IDs
Like so. People have their opinions on polishing...This marble was a solid core Leroy helped me out with (some people might call it something else) but the point is it looks way better now than it did before. Leroy had quite the knack.
Condition looks pretty rough but a couple are interesting. With the glass marbles just be careful with hot/cold change of temperature, they could fracture. The China's look clean enough I'd probably just leave them.
But are they Shades of Deep Purple? lol couldn't resist.
Yeah so purple makes perfect sense for Navarre. I'll stick with my original guess on the top one