What Are Old Marbles Worth

If the person selling the marbles is old they are more likely to be old too.

What are old marbles worth.

Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives. It can take years to gain enough experience to become an expert in vintage marbles but having just a small interest in marble collecting and old marbles can get a decent collection started. Varieties of blown glass marbles were available from 1870 to 1890 in many colors and patterns.

Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Rare mint peltier 5 8 unique yellow green blue rainbo w blue base. If you are looking for a particular style of marble feel free to email me as i just might have one for sale. I sell marbles regularly at marble shows around the country as well as on ebay.

Watch 11860m rare vintage german handmade sitting monkey or ape marble 1 44 inches. The earliest known marbles were made of stone marble or clay. There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.

Vintage marble king bag of old marbles. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. They are cheaper and produced in mass volumes so they can be replaced easily even when chipped or damaged. Vintage transparent red swirl marble 5 8 4 00 1d 7h 3 95 shipping.

China and pottery marbles were used in the 1800 s. This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library. Knowing the value of vintage collectible marbles often is a key component when buying marbles because even though you may be. Colored glass marbles were used in 15th century germany.

Make offer vintage transparent red swirl marble 5 8. 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. Old rare vintage antique civil war relic clay marble recovered atlanta georgia. Agate marble and stone marbles continued to be.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. While modern marbles are also used for playing the glass used is not as high quality as the old ones so they could easily break.