alkare

21 hours ago, Steph said:

Good luck!

55 plus Vintage Marbles Pelts, Arkos etc... Plus 28 damaged. | eBay

When you ship them, remember to pack them in a way where they are cushioned and won't rattle around and hit each other during their travels.  So that they arrive to their destination in the same condition that they started out in.   

What is the best way to ship them? Rolled up in small groups with bubble wrap?

Thanks for the help I listed them on Ebay as a lot.

12 hours ago, Steph said:

First, take that steelie out of the group.   Marble collectors cringe to see the metal near the glass.  

Next, if you can sort out the ones that don't have nicks or wear, you might want to sell those separately from those that have more wear.  

Learning to grade the condition of marbles and to identify them by maker are both skills which take a long time.  But if you can at least learn to grade condition enough to separate out any mint or nearly mint ones, you might be able to get bigger dollars on those.

And then whatever you got on the leftovers could be bonus.  

Just a thought.  

Selling marbles can be an inconsistent game.  Especially if it's not someone's specialty.

Can you give me some names of what you see of the cleaned up batch?

Just now, alkare said:

Can you tell me about any of the others?

I am going to sell them. Should I do it as a lot or individually?

14 minutes ago, Steph said:

That last one was well-loved!

A nice start of a collection.

Can you tell me about any of the others?

Here they are cleaned up. Tried to group some.

I will try to clean up what I can and add new pics.

Got these marbles from an estate sale. Just wondering if there is any value to them? 

Thank You Steph. Guy from New Zealand bought them. Just hoping I can get the rest of these sold to help our foundation.

Get in there and bid!! Just listed a bunch more and I have about 2000 more!

I listed these marbles on ebay with the following description.

Do you think I described them right?

Thanks

Can anyone tell me what this is. It measures 1 39/64"

Super! Thanks!

So the ones that are Swirls are they called west Virginia swirls?

Probably not worth much?

OK, thanks

Here is a link to the auctions.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/alkare/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

If you can change the spelling on one of the words it could help with anyone wanting to search. You said "Arko" in two of the titles and descriptions. That should be "Akro".

Also the name of the full name of the marble where you say "Peltier Acme" is "Peltier Acme Realer". "Realer might not fit in the title. However you might be able to add it to the description. (Is editing still possible at this stage?)

Overall I think the listings look very nice. You explained well about the grading and have good photos. Good job.

Thanks I will fix that.

The one in the second row far left has something sparkling in it?

Are these swirls?

What are these?

Listed on Ebay as a lot of marbles. Took the tri-lite out.Thank You all for helping me I.D. them.

My user name is alkare on Ebay if you want to take a look and let me know what you think?

Listed on Ebay as a lot of marbles. Thank You all for helping me I.D. them.

My user name is alkare on Ebay if you want to take a look and let me know what you think?

Listed on Ebay as a lot of 11 marbles. Thank You all for helping me I.D. them.

My user name is alkare on Ebay if you want to take a look and let me know what you think?

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