Run Date: 9/11/08
This is the first of a group of JABO Peltier Mansion marbles that I will be selling out of my keeper vault. It's time to part with some of my best JABOs and this exquisite run of marbles is the prize. This is one of the most coveted JABO marble runs due to a variety of reasons...the superb glass quality used in the run, the glass color design by the marble artists and just the plain rarity of finding these marbles. For you serious collectors, take a look and check out these rare mint examples of the JABO Peltier Mansion marble run...
This JABO Peltier Mansion Run had some famously named families due to the wide variety of designs inside this one run. Some examples are as follows: Purple Betty, Zygote, Salmon Skin, Red Roller, Brown Ethers, Multimica 1, Multimica 2, Yellow Fineline, Katydid, Katydid Reds, Aventurine Feathers, Brown Feathers and Red Aventurine Swirls. One of the extremely rare marble families is the Salmon Skin marble family. The marble you see in these pictures is one of these rare examples of the Salmon Skin. It has a mint surface quality and exhibits some beautiful salmon-colored glass. This marble could easily be the centerpiece of a large JABO marble collection. Collectors will see this value and my guess is that it will sell rather quickly.
The unique characteristic about this Salmon Skin is that pinkish coral salmon colored glass. This orange pigmented glass is actually a bit darker in hand due to the flash washing out the saturated color just a little bit. Just FYI...I would much rather have a slightly brighter light source because it will show flaws much more easily than a different light source. The trade-off is a little bit of wash out. In any case, the darker black colored glass is a nice obsidian color and complements the salmon color nicely. The first picture showcases the absolutely delicious salmon colored glass...it looks exactly like a slice of salmon filet! If you are trying to collect more families of this rare Peltier Mansion marble run, this is a nice one to join the group. These marbles are so unique and so desirable...I really enjoyed collecting these Peltier Mansion and now it is time to let others enjoy them also.
I would encourage everyone to do their own research on this very desirable JABO marble run and check out the pedigree of these collector series...they are very cool indeed. So, look closely at the various pictures supplied here and compare to what you find on the internet. Imagine what this would look like in your collection. Due to the rarity and how few of these I have in my collection, these will be priced accordingly. My apologies ahead of time.
I try my best to take high resolution pictures with flash to show exactly what you are getting. I try to rotate the marble to give multiple views. Some photos were taken with the flash turned off to avoid washing out the subtle colors. This may cause a few unwanted reflections, but please be assured that this is strictly a mint marble with no flaws. This marble was manufactured using the 3/4" machine and the size of this particular marble is 0.729" in diameter. Note 1 : the last picture shows a nice focus on the salmon colored glass that at first glance might look like cracks. These are NOT cracks, but streaks of clear transparent glass that create narrow windows into the marble. This is quite a unique phenomenon and definitely not any type of flaw. If anything, this would increase collectability IMHO. Note 2: there may be some dark spots as shown in the first picture and again, these are not flaws. These are flakes of dark green aventurine. There are 2 or 3 of these green flakes on this marble.
DAVE McCULLOUGH WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF JABO, INC.,
AND WAS THE COLOR ARTIST FOR MOST OF THE
JABO CLASSICS AND THE JABO SPECIAL RUN MARBLES. DAS IS HIS LATEST MARBLE COMPANY.
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