shotgun Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Question .... are all the ones with pontil marks hand made ? Thanks LOOK INTO THE EYE ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Most pontils are associated with handmade marbles. Some with "transitionals", which may be machine-made. One tricky thing is recognizing whether something actually is a pontil. Some machine-made marbles have cold-roll marks or damage which may be mistaken for pontils. The top marble is an Akro Popeye. That's a type of corkscrew from the 1930's. It's a popular marble. Yours is damaged. Of course that affects value. The bottom marble is a contemporary handmade marble. Do you see a signature on it? (Someone's initials?) The middle one is tricky. My first thought based on colors was Peltier, but the structure is wrong for the marble type I was thinking of. I'm starting to think Jabo for it. The kind made in 2008 or later. How much sparkle in the green chunks? They could be aventurine or mica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Middle looks New run to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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