Fire1981

Bob Block is obviously solid and EBay isn’t. I can’t remember who MP ‘04 is but here’s one of their Guineas. I won it easily because it was fake for $25 verse a $300 Guinea. At least I didn’t pay $300 plus. But I didn’t know it was a torch made marble. Unfortunately there have been some that have paid the $300 for one like this. 🔥 RAR

It was easier to follow Sellers because there weren’t as many in early EBay days as there are today 🔥 RAR

Shill Bidders are the other people that use to be tracked and see if they are attached to other auctions. It was usually someone with little auction wins working with the Seller. At least that’s what I have encountered with some auction 🔥 RAR

I also saw members post EBay auctions a day ahead of when the auctions were over and asking for advice on bidding and what the high dollar bid might be. I use to call it Board Casting an auction. When they lost and cried about losing the auction they didn’t realize some of us were bidding on that marble as well. I learned early to just watch the auction count down and see how it pans out. You either overpaid, broke even or scored. You’re only plugging someone else’s auction if you do this and making that auction stand out. 🔥 RAR

It’s the Golden Turd auctions that are brutal when you fall for the polishing of the Turd. There used to be a Thread in General called the Golden Turd. You would post auctions that were total chicken sh!t when you found auctions on EBay like the above. It takes a lot of policing but we use to do it🔥 RAR

Always check you hand mades! It’s really cool to find one 🔥 RAR

Pic 5 looks like Walrus tusks or fangs 🔥 RAR

I’d say an Akro Ingot first. Jabo second🔥 RAR

Kinda looks like a blob 🔥 RAR

Is that’s what’s going on here? Any ideas🔥 RAR

Is it a Black Patch that’s HTF 🔥 RAR

I’ll go with Nice Rainbo🔥 RAR

No ideas 🔥 RAR

Thanks Chad ! I’ll put these with my Tracers. I see 3 of them and this is one of them. Thanks for the feedback 🔥 RAR

The last one 🔥 RAR

The second egg 🔥 RAR

I won these in a group of clay marble. Just clay no glaze. I knew something was up with these as soon as I picked them up. Stone cold and couldn’t find any of had hand made traits. I showed the my Architect Buddy. I handed them to and without hesitation he said petrified turtle eggs ! I just I’d thought I’d throw these out there. 🔥 RAR

Here are a few examples I have in a group I think are all Bloody Mary’s. Are there a few in there that aren’t. Any ideas 🔥 RAR

This is the stumper. There is the white Dog Hair in the first pic🔥 RAR 🤪

Here’s one of mine. The next one has me stumped. There only one whiter tracer ribbons. Any ideas one that one🔥 RAR

Oh no !!!! You always buy and collect what you want🔥 RAR

It’s a dug Pelt 🔥 RAR

Nice “Lefty” Those are HTF 🔥 RAR

He’s awesome 🔥 RAR

OK ! Here we go. 99.5% of my collection is from Ebay. That pretty much rules out any in hand exchanges. So I have followed the Stock Market on marbles since 2002. Alan Basset set the prices that were a good measuring stick to go buy and or bid on. There’s an old saying “Stupid is was stupid does” I haven’t followed auctions enough to track down shill bidders. I use to and so did others here on the Board. I can’t remember if Alan used the 99% as mint and 85% as is. I do remember that being brought up just like getting a sport card PSA graded and hope for a 9.0 or better. Only a Loupe can prove it’s mint. 🔥 RAR