If you find a Submarine marble, you'll end up with a very rare marble. A Sulphide marble features a transparent base with a figurine centered inside the marble. The figurine is often an animal, human figurines bust of full bodied , flowers, and other objects. The figurines were thought to be made of Sulphur, but they are made from clay.
A rare Sulphide find contains two figures known as doubles. There are other types of handmade glass marbles that don't follow the same design rules as other glass marbles. These include:. Akro Agate Company created many marbles that are collectibles. These were made from opalescent glass that the company dubbed, Opals. Today, these collectibles are referred to as Flinties and Moonies. Aggies were marbles that made from agate. It became a common name used for almost any type of stone marble.
Many times, Aggies were colored with mineral dyes to create a range of green, blue, black, gray and yellow marbles. While ancient Roman marbles were made of clay, later marble designs also used clay.
Bennington marbles were salt glazed clay marbles. The glaze created what are called, little eyes pits. China marbles were made from dense white clay and were painted with colorful designs. Of the three types of clay marbles, the China marbles are considered more collectibles. A popular must have, was the steelie.
These novelty marbles were ball bearings that were relegated to be used as marbles. As with any collectible , the trend for what is considered valuable depends on the rarity and demand of the marble. The marbles that are rare finds certainly will be worth more money. The history of collector marbles goes back to ancient Rome. The popularity of marbles has withstood the test of time. Collector marbles have been around in some form since the Roman Empire.
Various Roman writers mention marbles throughout their works, and archaeological digs have uncovered early marbles made from clay and then baked in primitive ovens. These marbles often had markings to distinguish them as belonging to one person, and they were used in all types of games.
Throughout the next several hundred years, artisans fashioned marbles out of wood, stone and other materials. These marbles had to be cut and molded by hand, which made them more expensive than most people could afford. In , a German glassblower determined a way to make marbles out of glass with a more efficient method. He developed a tool, called a marble scissors, that would allow him to make marbles quickly so that they could be sold to the general public.
American glassblowers stepped in to find a way to mass produce marbles. They developed machinery to do it, and manufacturers still use these types of machines to drop out marbles quickly. Collector marbles come in all sizes. Though the standard used in children's play is about one-half inch in diameter, marbles do come in many other sizes as well. Collecting marbles is about finding unique designs and rare availability.
Grading is extremely subjective and is not an exact science, therefore you must always use your own assessment when determining your opinion of grade and appeal when assessing a marble.
Following is the guidelines we try to follow when grading a marble. This is the highest grade you could expect to acquire for a hand-made marble from over years ago that traveled across the sea and endured decades of handling. It is essentially as nice as the day it was made and its surface glass will be devoid of any significant wear and will be shiny.
This grade marble will essentially be essentially undamaged and will show no obvious signs of play use. It will have little to no detracting flaws, but on occasion this grade may include minimal incidental bag-marks or imperfections such as cold roll lines, rough or snapped pontils, inclusion bubbles, touch marks, discolorations of the glass, annealing lines, or anything not considered as damage from play use.
Marbles of this grade will have very small or insignificant evidence of use, and may have slight incidental handling damage, production flaws, surfaced bubbles, minor fleabite chips, scratches or pocket wear or as-made issues that are minimal but just enough to keep it out of the MINT category.
Evidence of play will be minimal. A near mint marble will be in collectible used condition with good eye appeal and a strong example of the type but with mild to moderate visible damage from impact play history.
These were toys meant to impact one another and few survived in pristine condition. A near mint marble will show a history of use which may include any of the following — chips, nicks, flea bites, dullness from pocket wear, scratches, and internal flaws such as reflections, moons, or minor cracks. You will find a wide variety of marbles for the beginner or the advanced collector, with prices from a single-digit to 5-digits.
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