Check Out The Price On This One.... Wow!

[glangley]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Marbles-Mint-Peltier-NLR-GOLDEN-REBEL-25-32-/150468554158?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Marbles&hash=item23089fedae

[mibcapper]

from the pics, not good 1's, gary, sure looks pretty

ruf for that kind of money. j.m.o. ... bill

[VTAndrea]

I agree the pictures aren't great, but enlarging them helps and they don't look "ruff" to me. Anything over 11/16 on a GR usually brings high bucks. That said, you can buy a really nice refrigerator for that amount of money. (Just a bit of female perspective.)

[romanoak]

Andrea,

Marble collectors perspective, $200 for a used fridge off Craigs list. Think of the mibs you could get with the difference:-) Bill

[richsantaclaus]

I wish I had a dozen of them - it'd make retirement a lot easier...lol

[marblemansion]

Size and condition all over again

[smitty]

What does "mint+" mean? Better than perfect?

[Alan]

What does "mint+" mean? Better than perfect?

Smity: Since I see a lot of Ebay marbles described as "9.8 wet mint... with a few micro-nicks, light wear and two blowholes" - I suppose that "mint" doesn't mean anything anymore and some enterprising capitalists have invented the "Mint+" grade.

Soon to come will be:

> Super Mint

> Extra Minty

> Mint Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

I shake my head ruefully at the sliding grading standards.

Alan

[I'llhavethat1]

Nice marble. Fridge vs. marble is not one I'd thought of, which just goes to show. Verniers instead of a ruler might cause some confusion. Great marble though, wow!

[I'llhavethat1]

Putting a grade to anything (unless you know very well what you're talking about - it seems marbles don't fall into a popular category) is subjective at best. Lol Alan, it's true. From the pics I thought maybe mint+ means "better than my pics look"

[richsantaclaus]

It might be the sweetest deal but I, and I assume many of us, simply can't afford THAT much money for a marble with the times like they are.

I just sucked-it up and bought a $20 red flame Alley and that was a lot for me with my fixed income budget.

[marblemansion]

Mint marbles are graded 9.0-9.9 (Mint Minus is 9.0-9.2 and

Mint Plus is 9.7-9.9);

Near Mint marbles are graded 8.0-8.9 (Near Mint Minus is 8.0-8.2 and Near Mint Plus is 8.7-8.9); and Good marbles are graded 7.0-7.9 (Good Minus is 7.0-7.2 and Good Plus is 7.7-7.9). Finally, Poor (called "Collectible" by others) marbles would be graded 0.1 to 6.9, though few people would attempt to place an exact numeric value on a marble falling in this wide range. I assume a "0" marble would be mere dust!

citation:

Well known publisher and collector

I never throw stones at "enterprising capalists" whahahahah!!

[marblemansion]

$1,300 bucks aint nuttin to shake a stick at!