Collectible Antique Marbles

Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer.

Collectible antique marbles.

Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. 18 00 to 40 00 apply price filter. This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives. Make offer 56 rare handmade glass marbles lot yolk amber honey rootbeer butterscotch swirl rare large 2 130 inch green sulphide look air trap 3 marble w free ship.

Shop for and learn about vintage and antique marbles. Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the. Usually they are machine made or contemporary.

Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s. The history of marbles traces back to ancient china and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of egypt. Under 18 00 apply price filter. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive.

Glass apply style filter. German apply style filter. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. 5 out of 5 stars 586 586 reviews 18 82.

This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library. 7 s 0 p o n s o a r p a 7 e e d 1 1 u j 1 0 f j 1 1. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann.

There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out. 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. 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.

Agate apply style filter. Marble collecting is all about displaying specific colored marbles. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. Antique clay marbles large size set of 6 beige colours games toys kids collectible vintage display prop art natural cyclopaedia.

Size quality and design. Over 40 00 apply price filter.