Steph

Boulders (the ones which are close to an inch in size ... or bigger) could bring more than just a few cents even with the common varieties. Picture 2 has a few interesting marbles: The white-vaned boulder (2nd from the left on top) could possiby be a big Peltier banana with a nonconventional core. Or it could be a pretty Vitro. Might be worth something. On the left side of the middle row ... that could be worth something too -- if that base is transparent blue like it looks to me, a Vitro or a Cat's Eye collector might want to add that one to there collection. Tinted-based vitros are not that common, and in boulder size that's really nice. Also in the middle row ... third from the right ... that might be a Peltier rainbo.

Picture 1 shows mostly cat's eyes and mostly American made. A lot of Vitro cage style cat's eyes and some single color non-cage-style which may include some Marble Kings or may also be Vitros. The big blue clearie at the bottom left looks like it might have an iridescent coating, which would suggest that it is foreign. Is that the same marble as in Picture 4? These fall in the range of "commons", and so are generally worth only a few cents apiece. Some exceptions noted in next post.

Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4

I thought I could find a box pic with bases like that, but ribbons which were more red. Looked three times though and didn't come with what I thought I recalled.

Liking the big red and yellow rainbo.

wonderful

You know I love that pic! You're an artist.

Kool! Thanks.

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More good stuff. Thanks!

Vermilion

Neat. Thanks, guys, for keeping the thread going.

For the record, I don't see a whiff of unethicalness in meeting up with a friend to make sure you get to as many auctions as possible. Wonderful that you guys could hang out and have marble fun. If anyone wants to add thoughts on this, I'll break this discussion off into a thread about auction philosophies. For now, let's enjoy the marbles.

oh baby, what is that? Starry starry night.

mmmmmmmmmmmmm

I think I've seen someone show results from Payne-related digging.

"A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ravenswood is what I would guess if someone ordered me to guess or walk the plank.

http://morphyauctions.hibid.com/lot/7426157/4-stage-solid-core-swirl-marble-

It does look like Peltier to me. The bottom right view even has a little grain/feathering in it.

*feel the endorphins*

I'm not as sure about Navarre on this one as I was on the last, but the structure looks right for it. Hopefully someone else will know. Time to break out the popcorn.