Are Old Marbles Worth Anything

A collector is more likely to find value in machine made marbles that are opaque too.

Are old marbles worth anything.

In fact a sulphide marble featuring teddy roosevelt sold for 4 500 in a 2011 sale. Almost every marble collection contains a few inexpensive steelies. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. 250 complete original box set.

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. Prices for these may be less than 50. Simply email a digital image to us so we can give you a more accurate value of the marbles. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that.

Steelies are metal marbles normally made for industrial use and are fairly common. Solid core swirl marbles made in 1998 surprisingly have a value of 25 to 40 each. Sulphide marbles which feature animals and other figures inside clear glass are very rare as they have not been produced for around 100 years rarer still are those featuring human figures. The most common question i am asked is are my marbles worth anything if you have a few marbles you need help identifying or would like an approximate value we are always happy to try and help you out at no cost.

Find multi colored marbles with clear distinctive lines. Make offer vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. 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.

Marbles rare akro no. Older clay handmade marbles are simple and lack decoration. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Look for marbles with four colors and clear divisions between the colors.

They are cheaper and produced in mass volumes so they can be replaced easily even when chipped or damaged. A shooter was worth about 10 regular marbles. 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. If you lost your shooter you would have to either trade marbles to get it back or come up with a nickel to go to wilson s five and dime to buy.

This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives. Also check for marbles that are pleasing to the artistic eye. Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. Black and white navarre marble 1638.