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Can someone post pics of those marbles at the KC toy museum? I've never seen an original sulphide with outer decoration.

There's a reheated marble on eBay now, a large onion Lutz, here's a link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200651750083?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Still an amazing marble!

1200 to 1600.

I just use the finest grit pad for about 2 hours and the surface becomes really shiny! but as I said earlier, follow the earlier steps precisely, when you use a step for too short a time, you won't get all the scratches out.

Did you use all the steps with the pads? probably you did one of the steps too short so scratches remain. I've been working with the pads for years and it works very well.

There are more types, that look more like swirls with a clear base. these also have a left twist. There was a someone from Portugal selling some of these on eBay a few months ago.

Here you go:

Yes, the size makes it extremely rare, antique marbles are almost never larger than 2-1/2", and it's mint too!

Yes, that mint 1-5/8" single ribbon sold for 14K.

This HUGE (over 3"!) marble sold for $23.500!!! (+20% auction costs!) at Morphy auctions recently: http://www.liveaucti...om/item/9556973 (you have to log in to see the sale price) does this make it the most expensive marble ever?

The marbles you're talking about were made in Portugal (yes, they made marbles there too!) around 1920-1930. They all have a left twist and rough pontils on both sides. They never used mica or made marbles similar to peppermints. These Portugese marbles are found quite often in Europe.

That is without a doubt a modern reproduction...and this is not even a good one...peppermints always have a clear base and this one has an opaque white base...I also think it was made in the US.

Great website! I especially liked the interview in the collector's corner.

Thanks! that looks like good stuff for restoring!

Does any of you know if it is possible to fill up chips in marbles with UV glass glue (clear glue that hardens out under sunlight)? you can use it to glue 2 pieces of glass together, but is it also possible to fill up chips this way? the glue is very expensive, so before I buy and try it out, I would like to know if it will work. Thanks!

What a shame! so much of the pink is lost now!

Here's the latest addition to my collection, a large 1-3/4" multi lobed (ridged) solid core. Normally these marbles have only 3-5 lobes, but this one has 10! I'm looking forward to hearing your reactions.

Most of these marbles I found in Europe, if they were on eBay they would be waaaaaay over my budget!

Description of the marbles: from left to right: bottom row: 1-3/8" beachball indian Lutz, 1-3/8" black based banded Lutz, 3/4" amber based ribbon lutz, second row: 1-9/16" green based ribbon lutz, 1-3/8" onionskin lutz, 2-1/8" green mitz Lutz, 5/8" white based banded lutz, 1-5/8" white onionskin Lutz 3rd row: 1-3/8" onionskin lutz, 1-1/2" electric blue based ribbon Lutz, 1-3/8" green based banded Lutz, 1-1/4" ribbon lutz.

A bunch of Lutz marbles basking in the sun. Enjoy! smallest is 5/8", largest is 2-1/8". They are onion lutzes, mist lutz, ribbon lutzes, banded lutzes and indian lutz. I'm looking forward to hearing your reactions.

And how did the auction go? did any of you attend? I'm really curious to know for how much these marbles went!

No, the fracture is very shallow, but it is very long.

Today the sun was shining really bright, so I decided to take photo's of one of my favorite type of marbles, ribbon lutz swirls in colored glass. Enjoy! the 2 large ons are both 1-9/16", the small one 11/16".

I found this lovely marble recently, a large 1-9/16" blue based submarine marble with 3 colored surface bands (instead of the usual 2) and a very nice twist. What a marble! unfortunately it has a hairline fracture. I'm looking forward to hearing your reactions.