Handmade marbles?

Kohai999

Kohai999

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I needed to get a holiday present for a friend and wound up getting a nice handmade marble, which is beautiful.

There is a vast range available online from $5.00 to $500.00.

Anyone have a favorite REASONABLY priced maker? Looking for marbles under $50.00.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
I get the ones I use for kolidoscopes at an art glass plae in Dallas. About an inch and a half diameter, very nice, handmade and nowhere near $50
 
Kohai999 said:
I needed to get a holiday present for a friend and wound up getting a nice handmade marble, which is beautiful.

There is a vast range available online from $5.00 to $500.00.

Anyone have a favorite REASONABLY priced maker? Looking for marbles under $50.00.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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I was a pretty heavy marble collector years ago... One of my favorite makers is David Salazar over in Santa Cruz, even got to make one in his studio :thumbup: My 1st big marble purchase was one that was made by Beetem then it went on from there and the best investment marble was one I bought for my Mom up in San Fransico back in 94' at some glass store that one was made by Dinah Hulet...
this is some of them that I sold off to help fund diabetic supplies

http://www.pbase.com/bensweet/marbles_sold&page=all

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Kohai999 said:
I needed to get a holiday present for a friend and wound up getting a nice handmade marble, which is beautiful.

There is a vast range available online from $5.00 to $500.00.

Anyone have a favorite REASONABLY priced maker? Looking for marbles under $50.00.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
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What does a $500 marble look like? :confused:

I saw them making marbles on an episode of Dirty Jobs, and I think they were pretty pricy ones. I don't recall exact numbers, though.
 
What does a $500 or $5000 dollar knife look like? To someone that doesn't collect them, it all looks like this...

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sweet said:
I was a pretty heavy marble collector years ago... One of my favorite makers is David Salazar over in Santa Cruz, even got to make one in his studio :thumbup: My 1st big marble purchase was one that was made by Beetem then it went on from there......
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You had a wonderful collection!

I have one coming from Beetem, and have recently "won" two by Rick Davis, one for $57.00 and one for about $13.00.....that law of averages I can appreciate.

The one purchased for my friend was $77.00.

For those of you who do not know what a $500.00 marble looks like....be aware that there a quite a few that easily break that price point.

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
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