Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.
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Look for marbles with four colors and clear divisions between the colors.
Also check for marbles that are pleasing to the artistic eye.
Machine made marbles the mechanized production of glass marbles was developed in the united states in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that.
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.
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However some vintage glass marbles could be from the transition period when machines were introduced in marble making.
Find multi colored marbles with clear distinctive lines.
These vintage marbles were manufactured using a glassblowing technique inducing characteristics like bubbles and pontils.
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Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.
A collector is more likely to find value in machine made marbles that are opaque too.
Vintage marble prices and value often relate to artistic merit.
The marbles listed on this page are all vintage machine made marbles circa 1910 1960.
In such cases the antique marbles could be machine made.