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"The Noblest Effort" Size: 1.69" Price: SOLD


So, I just listed in this gallery the oldest art glass marble I've ever sold, the 1980 gem by Richard Marquis, and now this historic marble here is next in line to delight your senses! This Noble Effort Murrini Sphere is from 1984 (Ro tells me that 0 in the date is actually a 4 that didn't turn out so well, heh). Ro and Dick teamed up to create Noble Effort in 1982, and soon were making collaboration murrini spheres together. These Noble Effort marbles are almost as rare as the Marquis murrini marbles, but not quite! Some of the murrini is still used by Ro today, but most of it is now long extinct. When you compare it to spheres from the 2000's, you can see there is a more pastel look to the sphere in general, as Ro and Dick liked to use lighter colors to surround the white images back then. It's cool that the marbles can be distinguished like this. As you study this sphere, you'll see lots of really cool images - these guys were rocking it WAAAAAY back in the DAY!!! A LOT of work goes into each one of these images, so they were crazy from the start to attempt such a things. But Ro will readily tell you that nobody has ever accused him of being sane, ha ha! Grab this gem while you have a chance, because you will see very few of these come along for sale in your lifetime! Signed with copyright sig chip 'c 1984 Noble Effort'.

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