Newbies Beware!!!

[MARBLEMISER]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Marbles-Clay-Marble-with-letters-R-E-010609-3-JJ_W0QQitemZ200430673014QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMarbles?hash=item2eaa995c76

Here is an opportunity for you to own a clay marble with the letters R & E. The marbles is approximately 13/16ths of an inch (20.93mm) and is in excellent condition. Pictures are enlarged greatly to show fine detail.

If you want to add an incredible marble to your collection, then this marble is for you!!!

If this thing sells. I've lost all hope?

But I'm gonna make a mint. All I have to do is

get me some red nail polish & I'm in business>

Heck I would even personalize them.

Ah, what' your initials???

be right with ya>

it just gets better & better!!

marblemsier

[bigtee0]

get some polish remover and you will have a nice marble. probably some kids personalizing his property.

[Alan]

Possibly done by Civil War soldiers in trenches around Atlanta?

[popculturizm]

Possibly done by Civil War soldiers in trenches around Atlanta?

well if so mus been the south that done cause our Union boys didn't wear no nail polish - lmao-rotf

[Scoop]

Just when ya think you've seen it all.......................

At least they didn't create a crazy story!!

Let's see.... Are there any good celebrities with the initials R E ??

[david Chamberlain]

What I love about it is the red smearing. There's actually a remote possibility that it's for real but who would care........arrrgh, possibly a newbie! David

[FIRE81]

It's was a REBEL when it was mint.

[Al Oregon]

I've bought from Christina a few times and never had a problem. I'll email her and see what gives.

[marboman]

Yes,this is a good seller and he ships fast.I bought nearly 100 aventurine marbles from them last year in one group,what a score.Not sure I would buy that personalized china,he has 38 pages of stuff to sell?

[Al Oregon]

I received a reply back - good thing I emailed her to question her. Any of you going to the show next month will get a chance to see her and it. Here's her reply to me.

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Hi Al:

Thank you for the heads up. I didn’t give it a second thought that it was anything but a clay with letters on it. I can take it to the Ohio marble show next month to have it looked at. I will take it off E-Bay as I don’t need my reputation tarnished.

Thanks again.

C

[semdot]

I doubt that it was made as a fake. The quality is too poor and "R.E." is not sexy. It makes more sense that some kid initialed their marble. Who knows when or why that happened, but now it is a signed marble, and possibly one of the first signed marbles. No proof though, too bad.

[I'llhavethat1]

A lot of dinky toys got initialed with nail polish or model paint. Somebody must have liked that marble to initial it, although it could be a contemporary artist doing the right thing and signing their work?

[Scoop]

I expected it was probably out of a lot of old marbles... I'm just surprised anyone would put it on ebay!!! LOL

Poor lady, she must feel foolish....

[david Chamberlain]

Clearly an honest mistake and I'm inclined to believe that the marble is for real and signed by some kid 'back when' as sort of a possessive thing. Unless, of course, the red lettering has continued to smear recently! David

[Delbert]

Possibly done by Civil War soldiers in trenches around Atlanta?

Even a noob like me can tell that this is that rare, unique, HTF Robert E Lee handmade Peltier Akro Christensen moonie. ;-)

Makes sense if you know fleabay sellers' descriptions.