m!b$ Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Why has the bottom fallen out? Spiderman Oxbloods used to go for $50 to $100, easily. Now you're luck to get $20 or so, even Mint ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyzora Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Can you show any links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Marbles Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 A great deal of the overall collectibles market has fallen apart. When people are worried if they will not have a job tomorrow or how to just pay bills, collectibles and sometime Marbles get put on the back burner. A sign of the times... Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Why has the bottom fallen out? Spiderman Oxbloods used to go for $50 to $100, easily. Now you're luck to get $20 or so, even Mint ones. I would be happy to buy mint Spidermen with oxblood for $20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 I too have noticed a significant decline in the prices of MK's on fee-bay. Now is a good time to buy IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Some links to recent MK Spiderman Oxbloods: #1 #2 #3 This one's been listed for several weeks, with no takers No ox on this one, but still... #6 No ox and NM+...but still... #8 Even Marblealan's not getting much for MKs #10 No ox...still... #12 Even crazy ol' leonel is getting them for nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 ttt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Besides the economy I think folks are finally realizing these marbles are no where near as rare as once believed. I now know of several people with hundreds of the old original spidermen MKs. Once everyone finds out how common they really are the price drops. Common German handmades are at the same place. Certian types are reaching a point of saturation. Few new collecters and more and more marbles surfacing. As with many vintage items it is the folks that remember the items from their youth that do the most collecting. Many folks around now never played marbles as a kid so the number of collecters starts to drop way off. I have seen it happen with a few different items. peace,Galen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FeelingMarbleous Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Yeah thats pretty much how i see it also, it's not just marbles it's like that with all collectibles the rarer the better........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHSLAYERMARRBLEGRIFF Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 The market is flooded with marble king spidermen.All varieties have been "popping" up,blended/regular/with oxblood.(bunch with oxblood showed up at sistersville,and the vienna show this year).And of course the economy. Just another cycle in the marble world.I still aint payin' $10 for a new,mass produced marble!--LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 ttt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted December 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 This is more like it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba1 Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 i've got that last marble's (the one Alan listed) twin brother if anyone is interested......shoot me a PM. i'll try to get some pics up this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FeelingMarbleous Posted December 24, 2008 Report Share Posted December 24, 2008 Heres another real one. ANOTHER REAL ONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba1 Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 well, shoot....now that i got it out and took pics it doesn't look as close as I thought..... so i guess i should ask, do i have an "older" one.....and if not what time frame are we talking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Ok, why did it go for $92, and some of the others for less than $20? Without spending too much time on it, the only difference I notice is a slight greenish tint next to the blue, in marblealan's MK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FeelingMarbleous Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Its marble Alan bro, he gets top price if not more than top price out his auctions...... Me & You could list the same marble same condition, and not get even half...... not that im mad at him for it, im glad he does good ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 So then they are all "real ones"...it just matters who's selling it, and the condition...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 Exactly. Allthough there are some newer varieties, but they are actually very different from the veneered on white type. Like these shown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PlanB Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 I realize that Marble King made some patch and ribbon style marbles a few years ago to deter the diggers, but they wouldn't have used oxblood, would they? All the recent Spidermen with oxblood that I've seen have that thin whitish line in the blue next to the red. That would seem to indicate same run production. I thought they were all dug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted December 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 I don't think any of the MKs in the links in this thread are of new runs. If somebody has a new one, maybe they can post a picture of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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m!b$ Posted December 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 I interpret PlanB's post as meaning that any recent runs of MK Spidermans couldn't be mistaken for vintage because they wouldn't have oxblood in them... My original question was this: Why have vintage MK Spiderman Oxblood prices fallen? I wasn't asking about any new runs of MKs. Galen has answered my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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