VTAndrea Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Did any of you catch this superb marble that sold yesterday? Wow!! Sure wish I could find out the buyer, just out of curiosity. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=400028719711 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted February 9, 2009 Report Share Posted February 9, 2009 Wow!! Great size and condition!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manddrakes Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Wonderful looking marble. I agree with you! This place should be fun and educational. Not a place to kick the hell out of each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunnersDad Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Absolutely beautiful marble! That's 3 months mortgage for me, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I saw that auction, and I can't believe it went for anywhere near what it did. I don't see a whole lot of difference between that marble and a below-average Vacor Michaelangelo. I'm not totally serious, but I'm not totally unserious either. I just don't get it. Now I'll sit back and wait for people to fling nasty comments at me. But I could understand this one going for maybe a third of what it did: Clown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Beautiful marble. Somebody wanted it awful bad. The left handed twist is probably what did it. We don't collect antiques so I'm not up on going prices, but it seems pricey to me. i've seen larger ones (but not left handed twists) go that high. Edna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Isn't it an early German marble? With the faceted pontil? I mean, it's not really a Leighton, is it? as in not really from a Leighton site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Steph, the so-called "Leightons" that look like this are generally considered German-made. Sellers continue to refer to them as Leightons because collectors know that they mean this type. Confusing, huh? Alan B. always qualifies his listings when he puts one up for bid and describes them as probably German-made. Wherever made, I find this type compelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 It's an interesting thing to call the first marble "Beautiful." I can understand M!b$ comment... If it wasn't for the fact that it is what it is.... well.... It really just isn't that spectacular. But, once you've been bitten by the love for this type of marble, that one sticks out as an amazing eye-popper!!! I've been fascinated with these since long before I'd ever heard of Leightons... Dredging through buckets of 10¢ marbles, I always thought of these as finding a hidden, secret gem!!! The ones no one noticed were so different from the others!! They may not have all the funk and flash of that incredible clown... But, as a rare and unique marble, it's a killer!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 "Funk and flash", that's what I go for! Hee, hee. (I must be an awfully shallow, superficial person). Eye candy is what marbles are all about, IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanoak Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Got back online about an hour before this one sold. (power out for 9 days). I'm one of those crazies who loves these "leightons" which I think it is pretty much agreed that they are German rather than US. The price for this one was pretty much inline with what would have expected to pay, and probably would have bid if I had been in a better mood and warmer. Size is about as big as they come and nice enough condition. If had more oxblood and a more exciting pattern was easily worth double that. I've paid more for smaller ones and sold smaller ones for more than that. Like any mib it is in the eye of the beholder. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Ive been reading everybody's comments about this marble and realized I wasn't commenting on what everybody else was. I clicked on mib$ clown link and was talking about it. Totally different thing. No wonder I didn't understand the Leighton remarks. Edna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hey Bill, I feel the same way about this kind of marble but if I spent that much $$ on one, my heart would probably stop. It's easily what I'd expect to pay for an upscale side by side refrigerator! When I think about it in those terms, somehow I can never bring myself to jump in and do it. I do have a nice 25/32" one I picked up at a show from an agent for Hansel DeSousa. Will post it if I can get a decent picture later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Wow... All those that I pulled out of the 10¢ each buckets are starting to look better 'n better!!! LOL But, I don't think I've ever seen one in that size.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanoak Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Andrea, I'd look at price of a fridge and say wow just think of the great marbles I could buy instead.:-) Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Hmmmmmm..... A side by side with ridged plastic shelving.... Think how many marbles you could put IN it!!! Now they have 'em with glass doors!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Great idea, Sue! OK, here's my very colorful "Leighton type". The base is the color of the Caribbean, I swear. I call it my Hansel marble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 I know I always say I'll try to get pics up, then never do.... This could be another incident... But, I will try to gather up my trannies and get pictures... I have a few with oxblood and others that appear to be the same glass and maker, without the ox.... Think how many marbles you could put IN it!!! Brings a whole new meaning to "Cool Marbles!!" . . . . . . . . . ......... OK...... I'm sorry...... LOL :closedeyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marboman Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Thanks Andrea for those pics,those are Beautiful! Sue yes,very cool marbles yellow, green ,blue and warm it up a little with some oxblood.I would like to see your trannies if you have time.Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Andrea, I'd look at price of a fridge and say wow just think of the great marbles I could buy instead.:-) Bill Exactly the way I feel! One of the biggest marble spenders I know from the 1980's and 1990s, Dan Halstead, removed the light bulb from his fridge so as not to unnecessarily increase his electricity bill. I suppose I'm the same way. This particular marble is illustrated in Marble Mania (pg 80 and 84) and in Bob Block's "Collecting Early Machine-made Marbles". pg 28. It last sold privately(I'm told) for around $3500. It's been up on eBay before; if I remember correctly, reserve of around $2000 not being met. So the current sale price is a 'bargain', but over the years, someone lost the price of a nice fridge. So my no-brainer-can't-lose advice (remember, free advice is worth the price) is to buy a couple pounds of Jabo Eagles from Smitty (who will give you a great wholesale rate), then nicely ask Jo to email you pictures of the dozen or so varieties of Eagles, and you can have great fun the rest of this winter sorting out your marbles while you food stays cold on the back porch. Hansel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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