SherryFain Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 I'm bidding for the first time on ebay.. and I really love the look of these marbles.. but I don't want to overpay. I trust this group to tell me when it's too much. Bid is currently at $61. title is "JABO VINTAGE GLASS MARBLES RARE COLLECTORS LOT 56 JABO MARBLES 3 DAY 0.99 NR!" How high should I go?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 You know they're not "vintage", right? Jabos can be beautiful, and they aren't being made anymore. But over a dollar apiece so far is getting up there, especially for marbles not identified by run. I actually have some Jabos that I'm hoping will get more than a dollar apiece when I get back to selling. But you have hit dicey range. But if you were trying to assemble a lot that looked like that, you would probably have to pay more than that. So if it's Jabo contract run marbles that you want and you don't mind not knowing which is from which contract run, I could see going up to $100. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 There are some pretty ones. Some snazzy ones. Some big ones. If you want Jabos, and you're not trying to get vintage marbles, then I could see going up to $2 a marble on that variety. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherryFain Posted October 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 I don't know yet what's what.. lol I just think they are pretty! Thank you so much for your help. I don't think I'll bid any higher on these.. If it's not too much trouble.. what is a contract run marble? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 And now it's over $2 per marble. I wouldn't push it past that on something I wasn't sure about. Maybe someone else sees some special rare ones ... and they might not like us drawing attention to the auction. If you don't get the lot, there are some Jabo specialists around these parts who could help you assemble a very nice assortment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherryFain Posted October 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 holy moly it jumped up high fast!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 Just now, SherryFain said: I don't know yet what's what.. lol I just think they are pretty! Thank you so much for your help. I don't think I'll bid any higher on these.. If it's not too much trouble.. what is a contract run marble? Jabo started making play marbles in 1991. They closed their doors a few times up to 2007, not knowing if they would open again but they kept getting new lives. In 2007, they took a new turn. They didn't make generic play marbles anymore. They made some really fancy marbles. Investors started providing funds and sometimes special glass and sometimes creative input, and some very pretty limited run marbles started being made. Dave McCullough was still at Jabo at that time, and he was the main man who helped with those runs. Then he left Jabo. Jabo continued making contract runs. And Dave and others continued their own contract runs. There were many groups who were repeat investors. I am an honorary investor in a couple of the Tribute to Friendship runs. Dave's current operation is Dave's Appalachian Swirls. Also known as D.A.S. You'll see aventurine and oxblood and lutz, and frit on the surface, and way more than the usual number of colors from what is found in vintage marbles and early Jabos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 (Jabo was founded in 1987. Their bread and butter all this time was industrial marbles -- like the marbles in paint cans. Dave joined Jabo in 1991. He had worked at Champion before that. The play marbles were not Jabo's main product line.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 31, 2021 Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 I reread that a couple of times, and I see I'm still making you guess a little. Take "contract run" as 2008 or later. In late 2007 there was some experimentation going on. And then in 2008 the investor-funded runs started. If I remember correctly. Josh or some other Jabo-phile might need to correct my dates or add nuance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherryFain Posted October 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2021 You made perfect sense Steph! Thank you!! 🙂 I learned something new today! the listing sold at $201, wowza! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 Crazy price. PM sent to you yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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