found at yard sale

[duffytrash]

i found these at a yard sale on friday...marble king error marbles from 2001....the guy was an ex-employee of the marble king factory and i got a gallon of these rare chocolate swirls for $5....brown is one of the rarest colors...true orange is another....right now these mibs fetch 3-5$ each....

 

[ModernMiner]

Duufy,
Very nice. I've NEVER seen marbles that color. Great find.
-MM-

 

[duffytrash]

thanks doug...its nice to find them ol marblemakers yard sales...lolol....he had buckets of stuff but mostly common....

 

[duffytrash]

heres smore from the same sale

 

[Copperhead]

Cool looking marbles duffy...nice find...what makes them errors?..the color?...what were they really suppose to look like?

 

[piggman1]

I can see some are off round. Would that make them worth more?

 

[duffytrash]

the error part comes in that they were supposed to be yellow/black bumblebees.....the batcher didnt get the mix right and they turned out brown... i dont know the elements they use to get the right colors and only a few people know the mixes...and they are trade secrets..they gotta be added at the right temp and in the proper amounts...when they make errors theyre supposed to be destroyed somehow, but these came home with the worker....now i got em....the errors are sought after because the numbers are limited...much like the coin errors...at the next show ill probably sell these out quick....its a lucky find and one of the benefits of livin near the marble factory...in the past like in the 60s they would dumps errrors in the creek and the river but nowadays the government [e.p.a.] keeps a close watch over that kinda stuff..you know how that goes...the factory dont sell errors cause all their marbles are patented and not knowin the mix it would be too expensive to try to get the colors right so its cheaper to do away with them...

 

[tymcmurray]

A True treasure hunt5er always has their eyes open for the prize.
It's nice to see a True treasure hunter at work!!!

 

[John (Ma)]

Nice finds, Duffy. Where would I look to see the value of marbles?

 

[desertfox]

Great eyes Duffy. You should make a few bucks on that gallon. WTG
Never stop hunting...........

Desretfox

 

[Mirage]

Cool marbles. 8) 8) Don't flood the market with those or you might cause the price on those brown marbles to crash.

Bob

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

You might get a real good price on ebay for them. Very nice find

 

[pgill]

Great marbles. How do they get that colour in anyway I always thought it was a sliver of some plastic moulded inside the glass

Can anybody tell us about how marbles are made?

God bless
Peter

 

[BADDOG]

Here you go Peter. Sorry for the hijack, very nice find.

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Good Luck and HH

Baddog

 

[Ridley]

That was a cool video!

I'm a marble collector now! Thanks!


Ridley

 

[Montana Jim]

Duffy -

Great find! That must have been exciting to know you were getting some great marbles.

You are the marble king - glad you posted... and thanks for helping me in the past with my marble question...

Jim

Excellent vid BADDOG! Thanks...

 

[duffytrash]

that video was made at reno ohio art jabo...i was there the day the film crew was there...they were french canadians....very kewl guys...i got 2 cases of the marbles made that day....

 

[ModernMiner]

Holy smokes!!! After watching that video, I have a MUCH greater appreciation of marbles. After all of the labor that went into making some of those, I'd want $100 a piece for them.

Duffy & Baddog - Thanks.
-MM-

 

[Nana40]

Holy smokes!!! After watching that video, I have a MUCH greater appreciation of marbles. After all of the labor that went into making some of those, I'd want $100 a piece for them.

Duffy & Baddog - Thanks.
-MM-

Ditto MM! 8)

Those are some GREAT finds, Duffy! Thanks for sharing and thanks for all the help ID'ing too!

Super video too BD!

Nana