Collecting Antique Marbles

Over the years increasingly intricate and beautiful marbles have become available.

Collecting antique marbles.

Marble collecting is all about displaying specific colored marbles. If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. Identification and price guide 5th edition 2012 schiffer publishing and features almost 400 images of various types of marbles to help you with marble identfication. The history of marbles traces back to ancient china and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of egypt.

As a result collectors have become interested in finding rare or interesting examples. Size quality and design. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the.

This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library. Vintage marbles are especially popular with collectors though custom marbles sometimes made with rare materials can also command impressive price tags. Marbles also have an entire slang language built around them. Aggies for example are marbles made of agate while some alleys are made of alabaster.

Make offer super rare vintage old world stained glass 3 large marbles 56 rare handmade glass marbles lot yolk amber honey rootbeer butterscotch swirl 162 50. 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. Aesthetics are also highly important. Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer.

Knowing the value of vintage collectible marbles often is a key component when buying marbles because even though you may be. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann. Usually they are machine made or contemporary. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

The marble faq has basic information on the history of marbles and marble collecting. There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out. Shop for and learn about vintage and antique marbles. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive.