Steph Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 "Antique 2" German Glass Lobed Panelled Onionskin Marble" http://cgi.ebay.com/320718347938 Any thoughts on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 what else are your thoughts? Doesn't quite look like I'd expect from a cooked marble, those dings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 A collector asked me to look at this earlier when it was sitting at about 1300. I had no problem with the authenticity of the marble. However, I did consider "has a few flea bites" a bit of a stretch. The marble has one area of multiple hits, as well as over tiny chips, pits and scratches. You would expect this one to have a ground pontil, but you can't tell from the two bottom pontil photos whether or not it does. Probably just the camera angle. If, in hand, it graded in the low 8's, I think that would be being kind. My advice at that time was that it was a bit high at 1300. At 1800, I'd be pulling my couple of damaged ones out of my collection and selling them in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Ya gotta love the iPad autocorrect. Collector becomes Colleen, and ealier becomes walker. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Thanks Bob. Had no particular thoughts, That1. I guess some places sort of looked burnt to me. But I don't usually look that closely at handmades so it was probably normal glass variations but I was only noticing them for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Some of the movement in the glass does look a bit strange for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Agreed there are some funky areas on the marble, but I have similar areas like this on some of my large onionskins. The breadth and extent of the damage on the surface led me to believe this one was fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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