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FRIDAY MAY 15, 2026 • VOL. 56, NO. 19
Morphy’s Premier Marbles Auction
Rare Pink Opaque Lutz Marble With Red Bands Sells For $28,290 A s h r u n k e n c o re o n i o n skin marble with colors of white, yellow, orange and blue soared to $36,285, and a scarce pink opaque lutz marble with red bands finished at $28,290 at a Premier Marbles auction held April 11 at Morphy Auctions’ flagship Denver, Pa., gallery. The best of the best in the booming hobby of marble collecting was on full display in the auction, which was packed with 478 quality lots. The wildly-colorful shrunken core onionskin marble boasted the perfect amount of floating mica to allow the core to be seen. It was expected to do well, having a high estimate of $30,000. But eager bidders pushed that to a final price of $36,285, making it the top lot of the auction. The marble,
inches in diameter with an early, faceted pontil and white base with blue and pink, the marble was graded 9.8 for condition. A stunning, deep four-lobed onionskin marble with a white base and a rainbow of colors, including turquoise, yellow, red and blue, realized $19,680, which was within estimate. The marble was 2 inches in diameter and graded 9.5. It had an early faceted pontil, and the surface showed two minor subsurface reflections. A rare singlepontil end of day Joseph’s Coat swirl marble in colors of white, green, blue, yellow and red breezed past the $15,000 high estimate to settle at $17,835. Some of the colors in the 2-inch-diameter marble started at the bottom pontil and came back to the
A Nostalgic Collectible Exhibit Focusing On Camden County, N.J. By Karl Pass
This stunning, deep four-lobed onionskin marble with a white base and a rainbow of colors, including turquoise, yellow, red and blue, 2 inches in diameter and graded 9.5, sold for $19,680. into the auction with a $4,000 to $8,000 estimate but ended up selling for a robust $17,220. A large, Indian swirl marble having a black opaque base with opposing precision bands of light green, blue, orange and yellow blasted through the $7,000 high estimate to ring up $10,455. The marble
was 1.625 inches in diameter and graded 9.75. Finding one in this size and condition is no easy trick, a fact that no doubt helped drive up the winning bid. A fine example of a sulphide marble with an encased standing, painted brown bear holding a log on a green glass Continued on page 10
The Haddon Heights Antiques Center is situated in the heart of suburban Camden County, so it’s only fitting that one of the center’s special sales display should focus on antique and vintage objects and ephemera from, not only the city of Camden, but the county as a whole since their histories are very much intertwined. What is now the city of Camden, N.J., was settled in 1681 by Quaker William Cooper, who was soon joined by other Quaker families who established farms and other businesses on the land that was directly across the Delaware River Continued on page 11
Crocker Farm Announces America 250 Sale By Karl Pass The Zipps of Crocker Farm, based in Sparks, Md., an auction firm specializing in American stoneware and redware, announced a special America 250 online sale. Set for Wednesday, July 22, to Friday, July 31, the online sale will be headlined by an important folk art stoneware jar referred to as the The Patriot Jar. Probably New Jersey origin, third quarter of the 19th century, with incised cobalt decoration of a man carrying a flag, inscribed “HAiL,” this nearly 10-inch high
A scarce pink opaque lutz marble with red bands, the 0.875-inch-diameter marble, graded 9.7, is very hard to find in this color combination, and sold for $28,290. 2.25 inches in diameter and graded 9.7, showed a few as-made indentations, or hot spots. The rare pink opaque lutz marble with red bands also came into the sale with high expectations. It had a pre-sale estimate of $20,000 to $25,000, realizing $28,290. The 7/8-inch-diameter marble, graded 9.7, is very hard to find in the color combination it displayed, and collectors rewarded that with aggressive bidding. A hard-to-find, single-pontil end of day marble with heavy floating blizzard mica sold within estimate for $20,910. Measuring 2.25
same pontil. The surface showed two micro-reflections and one as-made flat spot. One of the sleepers of the sale was a Peltier stained-glass box set advertising Robin Hood Shoes, very rare and the only one known. The set was said to have been given to a child after his or her parents bought shoes. The marbles contained therein averaged a grade of 9.5 and included five each of Ketchups and Mustards, Rebel, Superman, Christmas Tree and Liberty. The box, which exhibited some wear on the top edges, included a bag but was still graded very good. The set came
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In This Issue A shrunken core onionskin marble with colors of white, yellow, orange and blue, the perfect amount of floating mica to see the core, 2.25 inches in diameter, graded 9.7, sold for $36,285.
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