Are Old Marbles Worth Anything

Steelies are metal marbles normally made for industrial use and are fairly common.

Are old marbles worth anything.

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. 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. In fact a sulphide marble featuring teddy roosevelt sold for 4 500 in a 2011 sale. A shooter was worth about 10 regular marbles.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. Almost every marble collection contains a few inexpensive steelies. 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.

Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Older clay handmade marbles are simple and lack decoration. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.

If the person selling the marbles is old they are more likely to be old too. Solid core swirl marbles made in 1998 surprisingly have a value of 25 to 40 each. 250 complete original box set. Prices for these may be less than 50.

Also check for marbles that are pleasing to the artistic eye. Look for marbles with four colors and clear divisions between the colors. This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives. A collector is more likely to find value in machine made marbles that are opaque too.

Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Vintage marble prices and value often relate to artistic merit. Make offer rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality. Make offer vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old.

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. Marbles rare akro no. 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. They are cheaper and produced in mass volumes so they can be replaced easily even when chipped or damaged.