Value Of Shooter Marbles

Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.

Value of shooter marbles.

Shooter marbles usually range between 17 18 5mm. If you have found a bag of your grandfather s old shooters it could be worth your time to know what to look for to determine their value. Vintage marble prices and value often relate to artistic merit. Click the picture for full screen view.

All sizes are approximations and can vary from one marble to the. 5 out of 5 stars 8 total ratings 8 3 50 new. 16mm goldfish glass mega marble players 5 8th inch translucent orange rare. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann.

Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive. Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s. Find multi colored marbles with clear distinctive lines. Look for marbles with four colors and clear divisions between the colors.

If possible study the age of the marble and the material used to make it which sometimes indicates the scarcity and value of the marble. 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. Also called the boss or taw the shooter marble is used to play ringer and other marble games. That means marbles made before 1950 may be worth a considerable sum to serious collectors.

Christensen son christensen agate akro agate and peltier glass this section. A collector is more likely to find value in machine made marbles that are opaque too. If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. Black and white navarre marble 1638.

These marbles are some of the rarer and more difficult to find from the peltier glass co. The golden age of machine made marbles is dominated by marbles from such companies as m f. Blue wasp blue tiger blue bee. The mechanized production of glass marbles was developed in the united states in the first quarter of the 20th century.

Net bag of 25 comet glass mega marbles 24 players 1 shooter rare. A player needs only one shooter to play the game. Mega marble 24 collectible marbles 1 shooter net bag milky way. Cats eye marbles 6 lbs glass 5 8.

4 6 out of 5 stars 23 total ratings 23. Old rare vintage antique civil war relic clay marble recovered atlanta georgia. Also check for marbles that are pleasing to the artistic eye.