sclsu Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 I'm sure their probably new, but I haven't seen anything like these before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Laura Berretti. Italian. Modern. http://www.landofmarbles.com/laura-berretti.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 What are the sizes. Is the bigger one particularly large or the smaller particularly small. I've only remember seeing them in the 3/4" or so size range indicated on Pete's page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 The little one is 21/32" and the big one is 15/16" (ps. Calipers are awesome ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Also, they stuck out to me because they didn't feel like glass. Got it with a bunch of contemporary handmades and I actually thought they might be clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mibber Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Those are mill balls. They feel like lead weights, and are cold to the touch. I believe this is the 3rd deceptive "paint job" scam on what has to be a MASSIVE amount of undesirable plain orbs. The 1st time I saw these in the early 90's, people claimed they were dug out of Atlanta during the construction of the Olympic stadium there. They were mainly a variety of solid colors with a white star on them (coughBS...CoughBS) The 2nd "run" was the Tennessee "dredge" marbles. You remember, the ones that were dredged out of the river? They all had floral patterns or some scene on them, with lots of patina crackle lines. Also felt like heavy lead balls, cold to the touch, and the exact same size. Now these.... I think they popped up about a year ago. They called that paint jog the "Gutta Percha" marbles. Once again, heavy and cold to the touch. Who ever has a wholesale contract with Sherman-Williams and an acre of mill balls, must be raking it in on the unknowing and new collectors. Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Willie, click on the link in Stephs post #2 These are done by an Artist and sold as Marbled Marbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Might be talking about two versions of the same thing. The Italian (Berretti) ones are light in weight. But if they're cold & heavy, they might be the mill ball ones instead. The "missing spots" of color in those of the photos incline me towards the mill ball option, but hard to tell without holding them. Either way -- beh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 The Berretti ones are actually fairly heavy. I would say between a china and a mill ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 The couple Berretti ones I have are light. I'm sure that means they are much more valuable than yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Much more!!! And after digging them out they are not any where near mill ball weight! It is really tough getting old brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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