Steph Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 This isn't for the marbles which newbies might mistake as old just from not knowing better, though helpful displays connected with that would be welcome. Right now I'm mostly thinking about Bulgarians or those scenic chinas or that eagle bennington or the Calfornia sulphides or those green sulphides reproduced by . Also Alox fantasy bags down on the lower dollar end. So those are some examples. Well, while I went searching for one of the sulphide examples I had in mind, I found this thread, Reproduction Marbles: Sulphides & More?. Which probably backs up Ron's concern about just having one thread on it and not a dedicated section. This kind of thread gets forgotten. Well, here's a new thread for samples. Hopefully the examples won't get buried in a bunch of discussion. Some discussion is okay. If there is a lot, I will probably break it off into a new thread, so we can hash things out and then post a summary here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Start with these coin sulphides: Norbert Geitner, Germany, circa 2004. A little less than an inch in diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Green Glass Sulphide, 1.25" Made by Norbert Geitner of Lauscha, Germany. Some pix from the auctions of Geitner marbles: (click to enlarge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 These modern scenic chinas were made by someone named Flessa in Germany. I've actually heard three spellings of the name. Vlessa and Flesse also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Faked colored sulphide marbles made in Germany (and frequently offered on ebay) Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Modern Lutz marble. Probably made in Germany and tried to be sold as old marble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Probably faked sulphide marbles. They both had a very uncommon unfinished pontil mark and they didn't glow under black light (all other sulphides I know do glow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 probably faked/modern onion-type marble with mica. Green based glass. Very stricking marble, but definately not antique. Probably made in Lauscha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 Bulgarian Curiosities Is This Bulgarian Bulgarian Marbles From Oregon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 2, 2018 Report Share Posted March 2, 2018 Good to know being new thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINDO Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Fake-and-fantasy-bags-of-marbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 good link, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Fantastic Post Steph, going through "all" the archival stuff today to see what I can find, man I gotta give credit where credits due, you've done a tremendous amount of research over the years, don't think for one second it goes unappreciated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Chad G. said: don't think for one second it goes unappreciated X2 and times the many thousands that look without logging in. Marble--On my friend!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 On 1/10/2016 at 5:40 PM, Steph said: These modern scenic chinas were made by someone named Flessa in Germany. I've actually heard three spellings of the name. Vlessa and Flesse also. Just browsing around the "Study Hall" today and realized how interesting it is that an apparently German artist adapted the fairly common theme of "cormorant fishing" from Japanese woodblocks and applied it to scenic chinas. I think this is a very attractive marble and would probably buy it if I had the opportunity and the price was right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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