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Awesome, thanks for showing those items Hansel! A dozen Sulphides 1 1/4" were 78 cents in 1931-3, a dozen 11/4" swirls 39 cents, I wonder what the crystals went for?

there just isn't enough shine on that marble. It looks really worn to me. But he does provide a good return policy even if that is a pain in the butt.

I almost went for that one but it appeared far from mint with pocket wear completely covering the marble. Let us know? (click on pic)

clearies?

It grates me people call the aventurine found on machine made marbles Lutz.

Hansel, I sure am glad you are posting this kind of stuff. And letting us see some of your collection is always a joy.

I buy many marbles with the hope of trading them up or selling them at a profit to get marbles I want in my personal collection of keepers. I doubt very much I will be able to sell at a profit many of the marbles in my Keepers box as I am willing to pay a premium for what I consider top of the line beautiful attractive marbles. I buy the t keeprs to look at and enjoy not as an investment. Now these were an investment

that dog is big alive and looking for a meal.

3rd grade art project. Miss Klanders class

I honestly do not believe that the first or even second time one of the new run marbles sell has anything to do with its actual value. It is terribly inflated by the typical sales ploys used by anyone selling modern made collectibles. And 99 out of hundred of those have a lower value in the future unless they are made of precious metals that go way up in value. I know a few folks that fell for the original hype used by many early investors and paid 5 bucks each for hundreds of marbles now barely bringing 50 cents each. And they are pissed.

Is starting off your description insulting anyone reading it very good marketing. What a douche. I read that first line and for some reason Jeff Hale came to mind(LOL).

Does a middle aged man pretending to be a boy and his grandmother ring any bells??

I would have to completely disagree with you Jeroen. Hardly any of the machine mades are properly Identified and most of the hand mades are names pulled from similar looking ebay sales. They know little more than titles of auctions they have seen on ebay IMO

Confusion. kind of like the thousands of buffed and polished marbles now circulating in peoples collections?

I do not think there are any ethics involved. Just a person ignorant about marbles trying to sell some.

One thing that I do not believe has been brought up as having an effect on marble values is people often collect what was important to them as a child. As fewer and fewer past marble players are alive the prices and number of collectors will decline(Except for the rarest and most valuable. I also believe that over time the hundreds of cases of Jabo contract runs that are stuck away will be brought out for sale and the 10s of thousands of mint marbles will have folks realize they paid money for marbles that had a totally false value at one time. Like the original Joker marbles that once brought 40 -50 bucks many can now be had for about a buck each. Just my opinion.

But you can get a great deal on two 50 cent Alley marbles for $100.00

case in point http://www.ebay.com/itm/Over-370-Jabo-Aquarius-Marbles-Colorful-Lot-/310873062314

Artist to become possibly. Maybe these were the practice mibs??

So would I

Faceted pontils are the easiest to fake.

And the silver base is not a dug marble.

he box lid was raised for a reason I would imagine was to make room for the Gum. But 150 pcs? An excerpt from http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bladams.htm: ...chewing gum manufacturers, formed as Adams Sons and Company in 1876 by the glass merchant Thomas Adams (1818-1905) and his two sons. As a result of experiments in a warehouse of Front Street, Adams made chewing gum that had chicle as an ingredient, large quantities of which had been made available to him by General Antonio de Santa Anna of Mexico, who was in exile in Staten Island and at whose instigation

I just clicked on that box for the first time ever. I thought everyone just opened up a thread when the forum is highlighted in bold print. Never been to the test forum. Learn something every day.

That would be a true statement IMO