Are Old Clay Marbles Worth Anything

China and pottery marbles were used in the 1800 s.

Are old clay marbles worth anything.

These marbles were the easiest to produce and millions still exist. Varieties of blown glass marbles were available from 1870 to 1890 in many colors and patterns. 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. This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives.

This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library. 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. Clay marbles were often glazed or painted which makes the clay marbles more susceptible to damage than other marbles. In fact a sulphide marble featuring teddy roosevelt sold for 4 500 in a 2011 sale.

Colored glass marbles were used in 15th century germany. Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. The earliest known marbles were made of stone marble or clay. Size the larger a marble is the more it is worth no matter what material it is made of.

Black and white navarre marble 1638. Unfortunately clay marbles do not have nearly the eye appeal of any other marbles and therefore are the least collectible of any marble. Agate marble and stone marbles continued to be. Clay marbles are the most common old marble that you will find.

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