Selling sea glass on Ebay

[downeastdigger]

So check this out on Ebay.

How do you tell this "Hawaiin Sea glass marble" from a marble found at a TOC construction site in, say Cleveland. I'm not bein accusatory here, but is there a way of telling? I've got a jar of marbles that look like this ! I'll sell them for $20 and it will be a bargain deal

http://cgi.ebay.com/SEA-BEACH-GLASS-RARE-MARBLE-TURQUOISE-AQUA-BLUE-ANTIQUE_W0QQitemZ130279263261QQihZ003QQcategoryZ41221QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ht_2248wt_909

 

[farmgal]

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm...

Hey bram....

Nice marbles but they look like the ones I remember as a child. And if I am correct the big tin can of them are still in the closet back home. The tin can is worth more then the marbles most likely. farmgal

 

[blobbottlebob]

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm...

The seller must be happy. $66 seems like a ton for that. It looks like a regular marble with a matte finish. They don't specify if they themselves formed that from a piece of beach glass or if they found it (already in marble shape) at the beach. I've seen cooler pontilled marbles sell for less!

 

[tigue710]

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm...

gotta have a good scheme or scam, on ebay...

 

[woody]

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm...

I believe it is a pontiled marble.

 

[Road Dog]

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm...

Could be a foreign Sparkler or a Master Marble. At Best ,If it were a German Pontil Mib in mint condition it would not get half that.[]

 

[Road Dog]

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm...

People collect Sea Glass. Might be something to do with those old Glass Shards.$$$$$[]

 

[adshepard]

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm...

I've seen some crazy prices for sea glass on eBay. There have been some ungodly prices on glass stoppers. I got tons of them and maybe it's time to run them through a tumbler for a sea glass look and make some cash.

Alan

 

[farmgal]

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm...

I have sea glass from Cape Cod and New London CT....The memories aren't worth cash to me. I'll keep the sea glass. Sad tho so much has to have a price on it.....farmgal

 

[Bottleman]

RE: Sea glass marbles ? Hmm...

Last year I ran a plain aqua stopper through the bottle tumbler but I used sand and rocks instead of copper. The darn thing brought over $50 to a “sea glass†collector. I felt a little bad after doing it though so I haven’t done any since. I can tell you though that a good majority of the so called sea glass objects like marbles and stoppers on ebay are fakes that people run through tumblers.