Steph Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Here is one of the recent offerings of a seller who has sold some clearly dubious bennies in the past. What do you think about these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Nice and new IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdale7 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Newer in my opinion. No fading or wear that I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 They are real. Really new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 This is probably the same seller who sells the green ones with big dark green globs of green paint stuck to one pole. They also have seem to have an unlimited supply of "fancy" ones. To profit from this they must be making masses of these at once since it seems like quite hassle otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yep, probably the same one. I'm 100% confident they make their own fancies. I think they might average about a buck apiece on them in the auctions. Not making a fortune, but if they have the kilns handy, maybe they find those few bucks good supplemental income. Reason I wondered about these was the lack of more obvious globs, plus the fact that back in 2007 when they first came to my attention they used to mix up new ones and old ones in their lots. So, since these browns look a little better than usual, I wondered if the seller might have been using real brown ones to help the fake chinas seem more legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 According to Terapeak.com this seller listed 167 pre-1970 handmade marble lots from May - Nov 2010 and sold 143 of them. It appears every lot was titled "VINTAGE MARBLES ANTIQUE TOY OLD BENNINGTON CLAY LOT." Total sales were $4,003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Very interesting! $28 per lot. $4000 + the joy of frustrating the marble community. (They've made it pretty clear from board posts and some of their item descriptions that that's part of their motivation.) Now let's factor in the cost of materials and the price of ethics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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