Marble Collecting For Beginners

Mass production for clay marbles started when sam dyke of akron ohio invented a machine in 1884 to speed up the process of making marbles.

Marble collecting for beginners.

Measure a marble s size using a circle template to know whether it is authentic or a reproduction. Non glass marbles marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years. Look for the pontil. 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.

Rich and lynn live in the kansas city area where one of their favorite pastimes is showing children fun ways to play with marbles from the old game of ringer to roller coasters contraptions. This first of kind book collecting marbles. This leaves a tiny rough patch on the marble which is known as the pontil. Marbleconnection is the web s oldest active vintage marble collecting and identification forum.

Chips or nicks depreciate the value. Two inches and larger and one half inch or less are sizes that may make an ordinary marble a rare one. Knuckle down and join us today. Measure a marble s size using a circle template to know whether it is authentic or a reproduction.

Refer to the marble collectors handbook for value and pattern. Commies the name for marbles originated as they were common and used by children in their marble games. Refer to the marble collectors handbook for value and pattern. 2 watch for unusual sizes of marbles.

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. Visit this section for a brief history of handmade marble manufacture and to see an image library to help you identify various types of handmade marbles. Once done the stick is broken on its end.

Know the grading system mint condition down to collectible. As they lack an eye appeal collectors prefer glass or china marbles to clay ones. 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. The online marble guide and the marble gallery are based on my book marbles.

During this procedure a stick is used where the marble is attached. Here are some ways to determine if a marble is vintage or not. Inspect for flaws with an eye loupe. 3 4 black and blue marble br estimated 20 40 br sold for 40.