Are Old Marbles Worth Anything

Look for marbles with four colors and clear divisions between the colors.

Are old marbles worth anything.

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. Vintage marble prices and value often relate to artistic merit. In fact a sulphide marble featuring teddy roosevelt sold for 4 500 in a 2011 sale. This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives.

Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. A shooter was worth about 10 regular marbles. Older clay handmade marbles are simple and lack decoration. Find multi colored marbles with clear distinctive lines.

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. A collector is more likely to find value in machine made marbles that are opaque too. 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. Also check for marbles that are pleasing to the artistic eye.

Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Black and white navarre marble 1638. 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.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. Steelies are metal marbles normally made for industrial use and are fairly common. 250 complete original box set. Marbles rare akro no.

Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. Make offer vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. Almost every marble collection contains a few inexpensive steelies. Make offer rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality.

Prices for these may be less than 50. 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. Solid core swirl marbles made in 1998 surprisingly have a value of 25 to 40 each. 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.