budwas Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Question about sulfides. I keep hearing and reading about how rare and collectable they are but it seams they can't give them away on ebay. What is it? To many fakes, condition, or just that collectors have moved in a different direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Without knowing details, I'm sure part of the discussion will break down as commons versus uncommons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Go to any show and you will see dozens with them being very tough sells unless a rare type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Marbles Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Many on Ebay have been polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 People want what is "hot right now". That is a constantly changing target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budwas Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Alan So what's hot in the last couple of months? Or does it change weekly Or from show to show? This conversation makes me wonder if subconsciously I'm stepping over the line from collecting into dealing. I give away some nice marbles but have never sold one. Anyway, what's hot now please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 1 hour ago, budwas said: Alan So what's hot in the last couple of months? Or does it change weekly Or from show to show? This conversation makes me wonder if subconsciously I'm stepping over the line from collecting into dealing. I give away some nice marbles but have never sold one. Anyway, what's hot now please? It doesn't cycle that quickly. And the cycles aren't predictable. IMO - the warmer the economy - the quicker the cycles come. The more free cash the collector base has to spend - the more people look for something "new". The economy having been in the dumper since 2008 - the cycles have slowed considerably. I remember a long time ago there was a year where HTF high end MKs were selling at crazy prices. That lasted just a bit less than a year IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budwas Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 That's very interesting, thanks! I just collect marbles and pretty much anything glass that's old. I have a habit of giving away things when someone really likes them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killermarbles Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Pelts that's what they want but me I like handmades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sclsu Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 I would say pelts and akros. I find that many of my listings that aren't those two get fewer views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 As far as sulfides go, you also just have to like sulfides. I don't, particularly, but fairly long ago, when I was collecting only handmades, I decided I really should have at least one. Mostly because of my self-imposed size restriction (nothing larger than 1 1/8") it was a tough project. Small sulfides were a little harder to find, and therefore more expensive. What a pain. But after a while I finally got a small dog sulfide in close to mint condition. And just as I suspected I would be . . . I was done, Still only have that one sulfide. But I didn't know they had fallen out of favor in general. Alley was pretty hot a couple of years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Ding Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 23 hours ago, ann said: As far as sulfides go, you also just have to like sulfides. I don't, particularly, but fairly long ago, when I was collecting only handmades, I decided I really should have at least one. Mostly because of my self-imposed size restriction (nothing larger than 1 1/8") it was a tough project. Small sulfides were a little harder to find, and therefore more expensive. What a pain. But after a while I finally got a small dog sulfide in close to mint condition. And just as I suspected I would be . . . I was done, Still only have that one sulfide. But I didn't know they had fallen out of favor in general. Alley was pretty hot a couple of years ago. Interesting Ann. Couple of things...I've been on this shooter and under size requirement for some time....but occasionally I stumble on the bigger sizes of all types of marbles and have hung on to those too. Mostly, I'm collecting and not selling, and so, if I want to see them as bigger marbles, I just use my scope or loop and bingo, the get bigger! Storage issues are lower, and I find more specimens, for less money, and have much more room for them in my drawers. I rather think big marbles are sometimes kludgy, overstated and indelicate. And, I too only have one sulfide and it breaks my size rule by almost 2x that came along with a small number of hand mades....and I decided too I should have one. A first and last sulfide for me (and but I don't decry those who like them; I enjoy the enthusiasms of others even if I don't tag along). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Many on eBay have poor detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmarble Posted August 9, 2016 Report Share Posted August 9, 2016 Sulphides are great, I like them ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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