Collectible Marbles Guide

This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives.

Collectible marbles guide. Grade marbles with guidelines from the marble society of america. Size quality and design. There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out. Rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. 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. Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. 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.

Usually they are machine made or contemporary. It had over 700 000 visitors in the few years it was open and has been missed terribly since it went down. Make offer rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality. Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s.

A helpful guide to identify antique marbles. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive.

Black and white navarre marble 1638. 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. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Robert block details this grading in his identification and price guide.

If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer. Mint near mint good and collectible are terms for grading marbles with a plus or minus in each category. Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years.

The history of marbles traces back to ancient china and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of egypt. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann. This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library.