I'm saying mint minus because it's hard to tell if the small hits are from post purchase, or typical Jabo hits from dropping in the bucket. Very close to mint
**Disclaimer: My name is Mark Christensen not Volha, Volha's my wife. I make and sell my handmade marbles on my eBay account and wanted to start selling some of the vintage marbles I've collected over the past 15 years, but didn't want confuse things, so I set up an eBay account under my wife's name. She was cool with it :). I'll try to be as accurate as I can on descriptions, and condition. If you see an error just shoot me a message.
Photos: I use a 2X magnification when I shoot the pictures, so hopefully you'll good idea of the marble quality and appearance.
Important Detail: I've added an image of my eBay account so you can see as a seller I have lots of feedback, and 100% positive.
Grading: I'm in no way an expert at grading marbles. The grading system I am using to help me be as accurate as possible is the one Alan Basinet (Marble Alan) used for grading. It's a very useful tool for me. If you receive a marble and feel I've graded to high please let me know and I'll make it right.
Another detail: I consider most of the marbles I'll be listing in my opinion good marbles to help beginner collectors to build a good variety of nice marbles representing most of the vintage machine-made marble companies. Also, for more seasoned collectors to bolster their collection with some nice, yet more common marbles.
Shipping: After payment is made, I'm pretty fast at getting things out, usually a day or 2. I do combine shipping, so if you win multiple auctions give me a bit to adjust your shipping charges. Because I sell individual marbles, marble lots, and some packaged marble bags, or boxes the shipping cost will start at $5, and will be adjusted for combined shipping.