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.
Glass marbles value.
Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years.
Varieties of blown glass marbles were available from 1870 to 1890 in many colors and patterns.
Determine the quality of the glass.
Check condition size color multi colors artistic merit and shapes within the glass marbles to arrive at a value for vintage collectible marbles.
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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.
Please go to our marble info page to learn about marble sizing and the variations associated with machine made marbles.
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.
Colored glass marbles were used in 15th century germany.
China and pottery marbles were used in the 1800 s.
In store prices may vary from website prices.
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Determine value by combining these steps.
The maker is helpful but not essential to determining value.
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The quality of glass used when making marbles in the old days was high.
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Black and white navarre marble 1638.
This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives.
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Colors will also vary batch by batch.
Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.
Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that.
There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out.
This is because they were used for playing so they shouldn t easily break.
Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.
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The earliest known marbles were made of stone marble or clay.
These are machine made marbles and there are slight variations in size.
