Beginner Marble Collector

The online marble guide and the marble gallery are based on my book marbles.

Beginner marble collector.

The golden age of machine made marbles is dominated by marbles from such companies as m f. Earlier marbles were collected and used for playing games. Identifying glass marbles glass quality. Twelve years ago his passion for marble collecting was ignited again when his wife lynn gave him a book on marbles for his birthday.

3 4 black and blue marble br estimated 20 40 br sold for 40. Identification and price guide 5th edition 2012 schiffer publishing and features almost 400 images of various types of marbles to help you with marble identfication. Unlike the newer ones these marbles did not shatter. Showing examples and identification of the major american glass marble maker pieces.

If you re collecting vintage items research is the key to being a smart collector. Rich and lynn live in the kansas city area where one of their favorite pastimes is showing children. The mechanized production of glass marbles was developed in the united states in the first quarter of the 20th century. The national marble museum is now part of this museum.

Christensen son christensen agate akro agate and peltier glass this section. The marble faq has basic information on the history of marbles and marble collecting. A beginner s guide has united both of rich s current hobbies. 1 5 8 cobalt and white swirl marble br estimated 300 600 br sold for 130.

Guided tour and discussion of my antique machine made marble collection. American toy marble museum glossary fantastic and authoritative glossary of marble related terms. Therefore high quality glass was used in old glass marbles. A beginner s guide has united both of rich s current hobbies.

This first of kind book collecting marbles. Alan s classic identification guide appears here in its full glory. Block with over 500 pictures of different marbles is an excellent guide to refer to. This first of kind book collecting marbles.

Marbles are part of a wide variety 865 lots of toys trains die cast vehicles and figures that was auctioned live on ebay october 26 2003. The marble collectors handbook by robert s.