hdesousa Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-HAND-MADE-MARBLE-15-16-SWIRL-M-NM-/171881961813 http://www.ebay.com/itm/171880659092 http://www.ebay.com/itm/171878066432 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-80 Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Looks fishy to me. They (Bulgarians) have been selling bulk lots lately so this could be some of them. I'll have to say they are getting better at reproducing marbles. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast_dave Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 They look Bulgarian to me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted August 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Looks fishy to me. They (Bulgarians) have been selling bulk lots lately so this could be some of them. I'll have to say they are getting better at reproducing marbles. Roy Not only are they getting better, they've started to fake wear: http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-BLUE-EYE-OLD-ANTIQUE-HANDMADE-GLASS-MARBLE-RARE-/121719136788 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Maybe that was at the bottom of that giant sack full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBlock Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 The pontil, if nothing else, gives it away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 I emailed the seller and told him some collectors thought they were Bulgarian and new and asked if he had any provenance. He just emailed back "I don't". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spara50 Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 I have noticed group lots lately where they are slipping one of these in. Some sellers are just A##holes. No two ways about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Oddly enough somebody was selling a few of these locally in Southern California as part of their "vintage" collection. They might have been unwitting victims of the eBay sellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 The pontil, if nothing else, gives it away Unfortunately, they are also getting better at the pontils . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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