Most Intricate Marbles

The beautiful colors ribbons and patterns made them popular among children in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Most intricate marbles. Using heat decorative glass elements that start on the sur. Sorry sworn to secrecy. Black and white navarre marble 1638. Marbles also have an entire slang language built around them.

As a result collectors have become interested in finding rare or interesting examples. This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives. Marbles come in all sizes. The fine dust kicked up by the grinding machines used in the production process often gave the workers tuberculosis killing them young.

Winning at marble collecting requires practice and knowledge and is not child s play. There have a fairly morbid backstory. And the marbles are almost as incredible as to how they came to be in the new owners possession. Identifying rare marbles requires playing with the big boys by reading their books attending marble shows and shopping where you can engage in.

Aggies for example are marbles made of agate while some alleys are made of alabaster. Glass marbles are famous among marble collectors today. Older marbles often have a high quality glass construction and are quite durable while newer marbles might shatter during rough play. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod.

Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s. Working at a torch vicki creates a beautiful marble by melting and manipulating soda lime glass. Handmade glass marbles were invented in lauscha germany in the late 1840s and were produced till the early 20th century. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. Collecting marbles is a game and the person with the greatest skill is the winner. These are the most sought after type of marbles. Three eighths of an inch pee wees three quarters of an inch shooters or sometimes hand made decorative marbles an inch or more in diameter.