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The green & yellow and red & Yellow loaded with mica is a real nice marble and I would sure like to own it but it is no where even close to the one Jeroen nominated. Ronnie

The pontil's are fine but the asking price is out of line. Ronnie

Send it to me and I will turn it into a nice marble and you will barely notice it has been polished. Ronnie

Got to watch those Palm Springs Ca. sellers, if they can't shaft you they are pro's at "TRYING" to extort innocent sellers with pristine feedback, I can attest to that. Ronnie

This is a 1-1/2" sphere. It is a rock of some kind. It does not belong to me, I am trying to help out a friend and identify some of his marbles and this was in one of his quart jars. At first glance it looks like some Indian hieroglyphics and symbols. Further observation reveals some birds and animals. I think it is relatively modern but in handling it, it has an ancient look and feel to it. Comments will be appreciated. Ronnie

(galen stated) Confusion. kind of like the thousands of buffed and polished marbles now circulating in peoples collections? Galen, are you trying to say something. I was sort of hoping that the sleeping dog's were fat, content, lying down and not wanting to tear someone's head off. Ronnie

Putting a bloated price on a marble just confuses a marble collector. (especially a newbie). I agree that if someone own's something that they can ask whatever they like for it. But when you have a fifty cent item and ask 200 times that for it then someone out there may feel that the one they have is worth a whole lot more than what they originally thought. Bottom line is it just add's more confusion to an already confused hobbie. Ronnie

Heavily polished...and completely ruined... This is by far the most disgusting seller on eBay!!! Ronnie

not impressed at all, looks like it was made by an apprentice in the afternoon on his first day at work. Ronnie

This is a very rare antique marble and the pontil is spot on. Super marble in every respect. Ronnie

This is a fantastic antique marble, and the pontil is clearly shown in the photo at the 8:00 - 8:30 position. Those colors were used in the extremely rare lightning bolt marbles. Ronnie

No that little gem don't need nothing but TLC Ronnie

Nice marble, if you get tired of it you can send it to me. Ronnie

The Red, White & Green are classic Christmas colors. Ronnie

Would like to see a clearer shot of the pontil, and maybe a little closer up view of the pontil. The colors seem odd to me. Ronnie

This auction represents another black eye for the marble world. Look at the photos, two of them are clearly indicative of

the almost ever present Jabo horseshoe. (and most often a butt crack in that particular area.) But the photos are so sad

(intentional probably) you can't see a butt crack if one is there. Remind you I said if. Shamie, shamie. Ronnie

New Marble, no doubt about it whatsoever! Ronnie

Champion and Christensen used similar colors of glass. Ronnie

Now that sissydear mentioned it, it could be that Ralph got the marbles from Dave. Ralph never said he got them at Champion, he just said they were a different marble. I don't recall the ones I looked at having the infamous butt crack but back then I wasn't that interested and didn't pay much attention to them. I only know Ralph sold and bought marbles in bulk. Ronnie

Steph, here's the skinny on the furnace marbles as I know it. About 20 years ago Ralph Needs from Grove City Ohio had a booth at Traders World flea market near Monroe Ohio. Ralph sold candles, towels, and marbles in bulk. (both inside and outside) The marbles were mostly Vacor and other new marbles. Ralph also junked and cleaned out buildings for xtra cash. One day at my Turtle Creek flea market booth, Ralph came up and introduced himself to me and said someone had told him to come and see me to get an estimate on the value of some old marbles he had come across. The marbles were old but not worth much. Ralph got to talking and said he had some plastic bags and hard plastic containers from Vitro Agate and wanted to know if I wanted some. I bought some of each. About 2 or 3 months later Ralph came by with a large bag of the furnace marbles and I stupidly passed on them. Next weekend Jerry my brother came in the booth and had a small Vitro Agate bag (3X5 (clear no text) heavy mill plastic bag) of the Champion furnace marbles and wanted my opinion. I told him they were neat but new and I didn't want any of them (another mistake on my behalf) Jerry said Ralph had about 3/4ths of a box (50 pound box) of these and he was going to buy them as Ralph was holding them for him and a lot of them were cracked but he felt he could do all right trading them. He left and a couple of weeks later I called him and the talk got around to the Furnace marbles. Jerry said he went back to Ralph's market to buy the marbles but Ralph had sold them to Brent. (Brian E's friend, both in columbus) Jerry was upset with Brent for talking Ralph into selling the furnace marbles to him. I told Jerry that's the way the business world operates, when you snooze you lose. On that particular subject matter, my brother and I were both big losers. LOL, LOL, Ronnie

Excellent original pontils on both marbles. Ronnie

That's a fantastic looking marble. Ronnie

The marble in question is absolutely legitimate in every aspect. Ronnie

Just name them pretty marbles, that's what they are. Ronnie

^{It's a little smaller when measured as to the size given in the initial description. 1-3/8ths" instead of 1-1/2". Got over an hour to go but I think it's pretty well maxed out in price, mainly on count of it's size. Be interesting to watch the last 5 minutes of the auction. If there's 3 bidders waiting on it that really want it, it could go for a whole lot more. Ronnie}