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Statistics for the rarity of the various styles of Joseph's coat are not available, to me at least. Judging by how difficult they are to procure, one of the rarest must be the Beachball. My last and only other one was in July of 2010.
DESCRIPTION: The base glass is transparent-clear as are most Joseph's Coats. Six equally-sized colored panels, including red, green, white, orange, blue, and yellow, surround the entire surface of the sphere. Five of the six colored panels are thin lattice-like lines, with the orange panel a solid color. Narrow clear spaces separate each line and panel. The seventh and eighth images are taken with back-lighting to demonstrate the separation and distribution of the lines of color. Both pontail marks are unfinished, thereby giving us a manufacture date of sometime between approximately 1870 and 1910, well over 100 years ago. The rarity of a marble is always critical when evaluating its value, but the value of this gorgeous piece of eye candy is in its eye appeal. A large part of that is the beautiful mint condition that allows viewing without distortion of the gorgeous colors from surface anomalies. To include this marble in any display is to assure a successful showing. CONDITION: MINT 9.4 Slight wrinkling above the yellow ribbon casts some shadows that you can see in the first picture. Also, there is just the faintest whisper of wear that I could only find by using my most powerful loupe. If you find you don't like it, I'll be happy to take it back. You may click here to view the grading system I use. Size 17.38mm or 0.684" at the equator. | |||||
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