m!b$ Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Most of the marble pictures look like they were lighted with a ceiling skylight. Only the top part of the marble is well-lighted (but is obscured by the huge reflection from the light), with all the rest of it almost looking backlit. That's no way to take marble pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 This one looks very familiar.... http://morphyauctions.auctionflex.com/showlot.ap?co=31120&weid=26780&weiid=9751598&archive=n&keyword=navarre&lso=lotnumasc&pagenum=1〈=En Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Nice Marble Brian, which batch was that from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 I can't say for certain, but that does look very much like a few that I made back in 2006 or 2007. The size is right as well. I may have an example or two in my sample case - will take a look Wednesday when I am at my shop. The maroon is subsurface opaque orange. There should also be some clear matrix. Wish I could see it in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akronmarbles Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 For shits and giggles, I sent Morphy's an email..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 A few of the marbles described as 8.8 or 8.9 in condition look like ones that ought to be graded "good" (that confusing marble grade that really means poor) to merely collectable. I mean, huge chips. What's up with that? Just because there's one huge chip, does that make it a 8.9? I think I'd be afraid to bid even if I had the means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savage-28 Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 They had more marbles in their May auction, and I thought they sold well. I did a search and it looks like (roughly) 150 of the 711 lots are CA. Not as many as it looks (in my mind)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1313 Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 some really nice rarities as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 150 CACs is an incredible number to have in one auction, Wish the pics were better I might be bidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoken1 Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 For some reason the pics are always much better in the printed book they put out. Many of those Christensens are (were) mine. The guineas are all under-rated and ill described IMHO. e ven the more common ones are spectacular in hand. Order a catalog and enter some bids. These are the best of the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoken1 Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 lot # 605 has been monsterously under-described and under-valued. It is a cyclone with a crazy wild pattern and to top it off, it has a transparent blue plane going thru the clear glass. I happily paid $ 1000 for it and they have it valued at $ 200 to $ 300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Ken, if that's what you are selling.....what are you keeping !!!!!??? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 stickin it to you... and then buyers have to pay a buyers premium, so they are getting it both ways, kinda like ebay. You would have been better off pricing them and sending out a master list to everyone, too late now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Check out that box with the transitionals! Any information about this box would be appreciated. All the marbles have "pinched pontils - curved with messy spidering" as Roger Browse would say. http://members.kings...ics/trans2.html The only other markings on the box is "49 cents (?)" written in pencil on the bottom. However, in the bag is a crumpled tissue advertising Dutch washing soap from the colonial era (1930s-1940's ?) It's been said that these marbles are often found in Indonesia, a former Dutch colony. Does "Marbles" have the same meaning in Dutch as in English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVVmarbles Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Any information about this box would be appreciated. All the marbles have "pinched pontils - curved with messy spidering" as Roger Browse would say. http://members.kings...ics/trans2.html The only other markings on the box is "49 cents (?)" written in pencil on the bottom. However, in the bag is a crumpled tissue advertising Dutch washing soap from the colonial era (1930s-1940's ?) It's been said that these marbles are often found in Indonesia, a former Dutch colony. Does "Marbles" have the same meaning in Dutch as in English? Hi Hansel,the Dutch word for marbles is 'knikkers'. I do know that in Holland, in the 1920's-1930's you would get free marbles inside a package of washing powder or soap, the brand name of that soap was 'Sneeuwwitje' (Snow-white). Is that the brand name on the advertising in the bag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 I have a soap shaped like a little girl and she is holding a marble under her arm. I'll dig out and take an image of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hi Hansel,the Dutch word for marbles is 'knikkers'. I do know that in Holland, in the 1920's-1930's you would get free marbles inside a package of washing powder or soap, the brand name of that soap was 'Sneeuwwitje' (Snow-white). Is that the brand name on the advertising in the bag? Here's a pic of the tissue, Jeroen. May not have much to do with the marbles, but why would it be in Dutch, when the box and bag says "Marbles"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Hmm, the tissue might have been put in the bag to keep its shape or maybe as a dessicant or something. If it were original to the box that might be even more interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVVmarbles Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 Here's a pic of the tissue, Jeroen. May not have much to do with the marbles, but why would it be in Dutch, when the box and bag says "Marbles"? I really can't explain why they put this Dutch tissue in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest browse4antiques Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 I remember reading once that one of the UK companies that put together marble products (solitaire) was owned by a Dutch business. Also now there is quite good evidence that some of the other UK packages of the time contained marbles that were made in the Netherlands. ... Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 I've handled several Dutch games over the years that have had Wire Pulls in them. I'll see if I can find a couple of images in my archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallBob Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Any information about this box would be appreciated. All the marbles have "pinched pontils - curved with messy spidering" as Roger Browse would say. http://members.kings...ics/trans2.html The only other markings on the box is "49 cents (?)" written in pencil on the bottom. However, in the bag is a crumpled tissue advertising Dutch washing soap from the colonial era (1930s-1940's ?) It's been said that these marbles are often found in Indonesia, a former Dutch colony. Does "Marbles" have the same meaning in Dutch as in English? Hi Hansel ... Marbles in dutch probably is not the same meaning as it translates to The Parthenon .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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