William Marbles Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 http://www.ebay.com/itm/131069996566?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1426.l2649 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Neat! Somebody should ask him to post hi-res photos so we can keep them for research purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Cool twist with the Carnelian and Imperial labels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 A little sad seeing them with out the original marbles in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotcomdz Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I posted a $680.00 bid, reserve not met.oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idigjars Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydetul62 Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 I bet that who ever had the box had no choice but to back fill. VHTF to find any that were not back filled. Remember a few sold a couple years ago with out marbles. Caig reconditioned I think 4 of them a couple years ago. Although I dont believe this is one of them Side note: last time I saw Mike Johnson he told me there were 3 of these abroad. One in Hong Kong in a museum, one in australia: not sure if that is in museum but it's not in private hands. one in Brazil in private hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 There were 3 (Different owners) at the Seattle show in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulphide Marbles Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Is the seller answering anyones questions?? Because he's not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Marbles Posted December 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 nope, no answers for me either.... asked him to turn on the 'zoom' feature for the pictures are upload bigger pictures.... anyway, I've been outbid on my 0.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Marbles Posted December 13, 2013 Report Share Posted December 13, 2013 Wow, $2700.00+ and reserve not met yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmuehlba Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 when had mine it went cheep at $10,200 but I hand delivered it to Ca. even let it go with the box I made . Mike I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Marbles Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 That's cool Mike!!!!! I don't know if I would have sold my tho........ Great pictures. I see your box had the yellow bottom insert. I was thinking the other one was damaged there.... guess not. ..... EDIT .... I got a reply today... I encourage you to bid what you feel the item is worth, the ending auction price will be considered if reserve is not met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmuehlba Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Well the side that had yellow I put some colored paper there just sothe clearies would show in the picture , it was just for the pictures as this was me playing . I put a lot of time in to it . wish I hadbetter knowledge about pics as there were only taken with my Maciva and then in the standard file size , but it is what it was , I hadprofessional picture taken at the local college in Milwaukee , it took about 4 hours to get one picture , they used a 5 by 5 ? camera at the top of a 12 foot ladder , it ended up with 4 flashes of light and then the snap , but then for some reason they asked if I wanted it on a transparency or a negative I asked what was better and they said the transparency so that is what I got but not knowing I could not get a picture printed from that at the local camera stores so now I can not even remember where I put the transparency so lost for ever ?? and nothing to do but talk about it . It was a great find and it was local only about 3 miles from my house , it took about 2 years to acquire and the story that came with it was even better . Mike here we were so proud , October 13 1999 2:13 PM Just think It was only 1995 I started collecting . Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmuehlba Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Hi all well after seeing an answer to a question Q: Can you give me an idea what the reserve is? Years ago a friend of mine bought one of these is New Zealand of all places. A: This set of marbles in the past has sold between $5,000-20,000. Even if the reserve is not met, the winning bidders price will be seriously considered. I encourage you to bid what you feel this item is worth. I think we have see these types of auctions with no intentention to see threw ebay I think , as I bid it to $10,000 andf it did not meet the reserve. Mike Retracted: US $10,000.00 reserve not meet . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Punter Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 It may be a fishing expedition. He may be a master sales man Get all these bids, weed through and then drop a BIN of 20-30% higher and see who bites. You can read people and interest based on bidding increments, number of time and frequency as well as who follows the dog to the top. OR, he can be fishing for names to sell offsite to and save the fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 I have one of these from my Ohio source, its mint and I am about 1/2 way trying to back fill it. I have a feeling it's going to take a lot of time. I bought 33 popeyes from him at 3/4 in size, several sparklers and other various akro. They just keep rolling in, I think this guy has tubs full of Akro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Marbles Posted December 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 http://imgur.com/a/Dzg5E directory of BIG pictures plus more...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Marbles Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 How about some photos Greg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmuehlba Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Here is a likk to down load I think it will work . Mike The album you requested is ready to be downloaded!Visit the link below to download it:http://s.imgur.com/a/Dzg5E/zipThanks for using Imgur! http://s.imgur.com/a/Dzg5E/zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Thanks! It's kinda fun to try to figure out how those would have been arranged. Interesting that the Moss Agates are of the "exquisite" variety and not the patch variety. And the five single color boulders are so unexpected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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