Identifing Old Marbles

Hobbyzeal s collection of marbles reveals some secrets on how to identify antique marbles for your collection.

Identifing old marbles.

Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann. Free marble appraisals and identification. Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer.

This web site is dedicated to the hobby of collecting antique vintage and contemporary marbles and those who participate in it. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s.

Today these vintage marbles are collected rather than played with. 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. Alans reputation among marble collectors was beyond reproach. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive.

Avid collectors regularly study realized. The history of marbles traces back to ancient china and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of egypt. Size quality and design. Marble collecting is all about displaying specific colored marbles.

Marbles have been valued by collectors for nearly 100 years. Buddy alan basinet marble alan 1964 2012 we lost an icon in the marble community in 2012. If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library.

Value is only assigned by what another collector pays for a particular piece. Usually they are machine made or contemporary. There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out.