Collectible Marbles Guide

Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s.

Collectible marbles guide.

Computer games are a favorite with children today and games like ringer marble arch lagging etc playing with marbles are yet to captivate the minds of these young ones. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out.

It had over 700 000 visitors in the few years it was open and has been missed terribly since it went down. Grade marbles with guidelines from the marble society of america. Size quality and design. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.

Mint near mint good and collectible are terms for grading marbles with a plus or minus in each category. Make offer rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality. Usually they are machine made or contemporary. Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years.

Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s. Marble collecting is all about displaying specific colored marbles. Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann.

The history of marbles traces back to ancient china and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of egypt. Robert block details this grading in his identification and price guide. His site was an invaluable resource to collectors on how to identify marbles reproductions and fakes and general knowledge for the beginner and expert alike on grading marbles and much more. Black and white navarre marble 1638.

This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality. Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer.

Today these vintage marbles are collected rather than played with. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive. No one knows exactly when the first marbles were invented but they date back to the times of the ancient egyptians greeks and romans who played with marbles made of stone clay or polished nuts.