jeroen Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Hello, This seller antontonino79 has some very strange marbles for sale on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/sch/antontonino79/m.html?hash=item27c8eb366c&item=170874582636&pt=Marbles&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2562 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-German-marble-Handmade-onionskin-swirl-africa-latticino-VINTAGE-AMBER-/170874582636?pt=Marbles&hash=item27c8eb366c Some of them look like very large transitional marbles. Not the leighton types from the USA, but the very old single gathered hand mades from Germany. Those marbles were made before the invention of the marble scissors. Because a lot of the marbles he sell has much air bubbles, these marbles could be remelted. I understand that new air bubbles are formed when reheating old glass. I think Rich Santaclaus knows all about this. This marble has a very strange pontil: http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-OLD-MICA-GERMAN-MARBLES-ONIONSKIN-LATTICINO-SWIRL-RIBBON-CORE-AFRICA-/170871522554?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c8bc84fa My oppinion most of the marbles he sells are remelted damaged marbles of some kind, but perhaps I am wrong. Look forward to your reactions. Jeroen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1313 Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 http://www.ebay.com/sch/morphyauctions/m.html?hash=item53ea1726d3&item=360409671379&pt=Marbles&_trksid=p4340.l2562 ive seen alot of unusual marbles coming from this site as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 It looks like the result of a blind man trying to repair old marbles on a torch. Talk about over-cooked...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1313 Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 It looks like the result of a blind man trying to repair old marbles on a torch. Talk about over-cooked...... you must be looking at different pics than me. having 20 yrs exp on a torch, im failing to see the tell tale signs. maybe you can provide some insight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted July 10, 2012 Report Share Posted July 10, 2012 They could be anything. He's in Bulgaria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Most of them are on thier second listing so I guess nobody has been fooled by them so far. I agree there is something weird about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast_dave Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 These marbles resemble the one's that Craig (Spara) posted not too long ago, also from Bulgaria. I also got a lot from Bulgaria of similar old marbles with pontils, also strange, just don't know the origin of them. They are different for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Marbles Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 More marbles from Bulgaria same seller........ http://www.ebay.com/...=item2a29558f57 strange stuff in his other stuff. Might be branching out into the handmades.....lot's of bubbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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