Antique Steely Marbles

Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children.

Antique steely marbles.

Hobbyzeal s collection of marbles reveals some secrets on how to identify antique marbles for your collection. Aside from the pontil antique marbles typically have flaws including bubbles. Value depends on glass color. Make offer rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality.

Vintage glass marbles set of 10 retro classic americana childhood game hobby pastime jewelry jar filling craft knick knacks trinkets cassandrasnotebook. Solid core swirl marbles made in 1998 surprisingly have a value of 25 to 40 each. Today these vintage marbles are collected rather than played with. Almost every marble collection contains a few inexpensive steelies.

Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. Black and white navarre marble 1638. Mica antique handmade german marble. Vintage steel marbles steelies or ball bearing various sizes and condition.

5 out of 5 stars 2 625 2 625 reviews 5 00. Favorite add to. 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. Steely made of steel.

However do not expect to see a perfect looking marble because if you get one it may probably not be vintage. Older clay handmade marbles are simple and lack decoration. Glassy to translucent with streaks or patches of mica ranging from clear to misty. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

Antique steel marble lot of 12 ball bearings. Steelies are metal marbles normally made for industrial use and are fairly common. Rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality. Computer games are a favorite with children today and games like ringer marble arch lagging etc playing with marbles are yet to captivate the minds of these young ones.

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. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that could cut molten glass was invented by a german glassblower. 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 doesn t mean that you need to look for a damaged or broken marble as this would affect its value.

Medium price range for antique marbles.