![. PELTIER GLASS COMPANY, Character marble: Lot 161. PELTIER GLASS COMPANY, Character marble (comic). Full set of twelve comic marbles in a reproduction box. Sandy is light strike. Moon is also a little on the light side. All Mint. Estimate $10](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/109654/56264850_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1506100664)
Block's Marble Auctions, LLC
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lock's Marble Auctions has been serving the marble collecting community since 1989.
Our marble auctions were originally run as Block's Box Absentee Marble Auctions. Block's Box was the partnership of Stanley Block and Robert Block. Stan was the founder of the Marble Collectors Society of America in 1975 and served as it's Chairman for 40 years. He is a Schiffer Publishing author having written Marble Mania and a series of books on Handmade Marbles. Stan began collecting marbles in the 1960s and Block's Box was originally a mail-order marble dealer. Bob is the author of numerous books for Schiffer Publishing including Marbles: Identification and Price Guide. He has been collecting marbles since the mid-1970s. Bob has been the Chairman of the Marble Collectors Society of America since 2016.
Stan and Bob began Block's Box Absentee Marble Auctions after attending several on-site auctions and realizing there was a better way to get marbles into the hands of collectors unable to travel to auctions. Block's Box Absentee Marble Auctions was the first mail-order catalogue and videocatalogue marble auction. In time it was joined by several competitors. Block's Box ran 4 to 6 auctions a year and the catalogues and videocatalogues of those auctions can still be found on eBay and in marble collections. In 1999, Bob began running online chatroom auctions on the internet. The auctions were run as A Chip Off The Old Block Marble CyberAuctions. Auctions were held 4 times a week in a live chatroom format, first on AOL and then in IRC. These were the first regularly scheduled live online auctions in any collectible. In 2006 Bob began running live auctions as The AuctionBlocks on the EbayLiveAuctions platform, later on iCollector and finally on LiveAuctioneers. These continued for a
number of years. Bob has also been auctioning marbles since 1997 on Ebay. At the onset of the Covid pandemic, the various Block's Marble Auction companies had conducted 1,121 catalogued marble auctions, selling hundreds of thousands lots of marbles and generating millions of dollars in winning bids. After a hiatus due to a move and the Covid pandemic, we are beginning our online auctions again. These will be held monthly utilizing our new online auction platform. When the pandemic permits, we will return to on-site live auctions through LiveAuctioneers as well.
Over the past thirty years we have provided comprehensive services for every level of consignor and buyer.
Stan passed away in 2020. Bob's interest in marble collecting is as keen now as it was 40 years ago. Bob can still remember being taken by Stan and Claire to the Woodbury and Brimfield flea markets as they searched for marbles in the late 1960s . They used to give him a dime to spend. More than five decades later, Bob is still every bit as passionate about marble collecting as you are.
This passion extends not only to his ownership and management of Block's Marble Auctions, but the continued health of the hobby of marble collecting. He has a close relationship with many of this field's top collectors. Whether identifying a marble for a collector, answering a consignor's routine question, personally inspecting an auction item for a bidder, or discussing the intricacies of how marbles were made, the owner of Block's Marble Auctions has always been, and will continue to be, available to you. Bob's favorite aspect of the business is meeting with fellow collectors. To that end, the vast majority of consignment pick-ups are performed by Bob himself - traveling thousands of miles each year to meet with as many Block's Marble Auctions customers as possible.
More than 50 years ago, when Stan began selling marbles through Block's Box, his motto was "Satisfaction Unconditionally Guaranteed". That goal is as important to us today as it was to Stan back then. In fact, the many changes in selling format, large and small, that have come about in the last decades have all taken place with this fundamental objective in mind.
By respecting the needs and wishes of both buyers, and sellers and treating all parties fairly and honestly at every point of the transaction, Block's Marble Auctions has succeeded in continuing to be a respected source for marbles around the world.
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Bidder Reviews for Block's Marble Auctions, LLC (18)
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DonaTenants Harbor, ME
Dec 02, 2023
![PAPERWEIGHT: RANDY STRONG. Gold Leaf.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/305848/163385042_1_x.jpg?height=94&quality=70&version=1)
BarbaraChico, CA
Dec 02, 2023
![PAPERWEIGHT: WHITEFRIARS. 1978. Silver Jubilee. Limited Edition.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/305848/163385065_1_x.jpg?height=94&quality=70&version=1)
JonathanSutton, VT
Dec 31, 2022
![Marbles: NON-GLASS HANDMADE, Carpet Ball. 3 Carpet Balls.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/269291/140924312_1_x.jpg?height=94&quality=70&version=1)
Anonymous
Jul 26, 2016
It is a well organized system, very easy to use, and you keep me updated on auctions I might be interested in. I try to use your firm whenever it is available and know that I will have a good experience. Thank you! James
Past Auctions from Block's Marble Auctions, LLC
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See All![. PELTIER GLASS COMPANY, Character marble: Lot 161. PELTIER GLASS COMPANY, Character marble (comic). Full set of twelve comic marbles in a reproduction box. Sandy is light strike. Moon is also a little on the light side. All Mint. Estimate $10](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/109654/56264850_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1506100664)
![.AKRO AGATE COMPANY, Original package. Striped: Lot 145. AKRO AGATE COMPANY, Original package. 100 No. 0 Assorted Striped Onyx. Cardboard stock box. Contains slags. Also re-order card and prize sheet. Top has two detached corners. Circa 1925-1930.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/102582/52418007_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1492018027)
![. END OF DAY, Cloud. 3/4". 9.7: Lot 79. END OF DAY, Cloud. Stunning single-pontil Cloud. Outstanding coloring. In great shape. Germany, circa 1860-1920. 3/4". Mint (9.7). Estimate $250-$500](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/109654/56264768_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1506100664)
![.END OF DAY, Cloud. NM 8.6. 2-1/8".: Lot 191. END OF DAY, Cloud. Four-Panel Single-Pontil Cloud. Stunning marble. And huge. Excellent construction. The surface has one melt spot, one small flake, one pit, and some surface rubbing. Superb](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/102582/52418053_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1492018027)
![. Peltier Glass Company. Golden Rebel. 5/8". M: PELTIER GLASS COMPANY, National Line Rainbo. Three-color six-ribbon National Line Rainbo. Golden Rebel. Yellow base. Four red lines, two aventurine black lines. Superb example. Ottawa IL, circa 1925-1](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/94363/48110036_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1475238568)
![. 1st Prize Marble Collection, 1969 Minnesota: Lot 240. MISCELLANEOUS. This is a collection of marbles that won the blue ribbon for "Home Activities" at the 1969 Minnesota State Fair. The display of marbles was put together by a 13-year old boy na](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/102582/52418102_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1492018027)
![. END OF DAY, Paneled Onionskin. 1-15/16". 9.5: Lot 40. END OF DAY, Paneled Onionskin. Large Onionskin. 4-Panel. In great shape. A couple of melt pits. Outstanding. Germany, circa 1860-1920. 1-15/16". Mint (9.5). Estimate $500-$1000](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/109654/56264729_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1506100664)
![. Christensen Agate Company. Guinea. 23/32". M-: CHRISTENSEN AGATE COMPANY, Guinea. Shooter size Guinea. Clear base. Clear panel allowing you to see into the marble. Colored flecks in the marble two, so a Guinea-Cobra. Small melt flat spot on the cl](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/94363/48109964_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1475238568)
![.END OF DAY, Paneled Onionskin. M- 9.2.: Lot 193. END OF DAY, Paneled Onionskin. Stunning 4-Panel Onionskin. One of the finest examples I have seen in 35 years of collecting and auctioning. White core. Two pink panels, two light green. The p](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/102582/52418055_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1492018027)
![.SWIRL, Latticinio Core. M- 9.2. 1-15/16".: Lot 192. SWIRL, Latticinio Core. White Latticinio Core Swirl. Bright white core. In outstanding shape given its size. One melt spot, one line of melt pits. Superior!!! Germany, circa 1860-1920. 1-15/1](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/102582/52418054_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1492018027)
![.CHRISTENSEN AGATE COMPANY, Guinea. M 9.9.: Lot 115. CHRISTENSEN AGATE COMPANY, Guina. Blue based Guinea. Wide splotches of color. Two seam. Gorgeous. Cambridge OH, circa 1927-1929. 19/32". Mint (9.9). Estimate: $350-$700](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/102582/52417977_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1492018027)
![Marbles: Lot 115. PELTIER, Golden Rebel. Mint(-): Lot 115. PELTIER GLASS COMPANY, National Line Rainbo. Three-color six-ribbon National Line Rainbo Golden Rebel. Oapque yellow base. Two fiery aventurine black ribbons and four red ribbons. Nice patter](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/90284/46270144_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1467046084)
![. END OF DAY, Paneled Onionskin. 1-15/16". 8.8: Lot 189. END OF DAY, Paneled Onionskin. Four-Panel Onionskin with mica. Super marble. Two tiny flakes. Germany, circa 1860-1920. 1-15/16". Near Mint(+) (8.8). Estimate $500-$1000](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/109654/56264878_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1506100664)
![.SWIRL, Solid Core. NM+ 8.9. 2-1/8".: Lot 44. SWIRL, Solid Core. Three-layer Solid Core Swirl. Superb construction. A really beauty. Several tiny subsurface moons visible under very bright light keep it from being Mint. Very rare. Germany](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/102582/52417906_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1492018027)
![.MASTER MARBLE COMPANY, Original package. Meteor: Lot 148. MASTER MARBLE COMPANY, Original package. Original cardboard stock box of 100 No. 0 Meteors. Yellow printing. Marbles are opaque with bands. All Mint. Estimate: $250-$500](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/102582/52418010_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1492018027)
![Marbles: Lot 159. SULPHIDE. Boy Blue. NM(+) (8.8).: Lot 159. SULPHIDE. Figure is a boy sitting on a hobby horse blowing a horn. Exceptional detail to the figure. No air bubbles. Nice silvering. Set slightly high. A couple of tiny hit marks keep this fr](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/181/90284/46270188_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1467046084)
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