Collecting Vintage Marbles

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Collecting vintage marbles.

Over the years increasingly intricate and beautiful marbles have become available. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Aggies for example are marbles made of agate while some alleys are made of alabaster. Highlights include a rare christensen agate company cobalt based guinea with only red and white colors.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. Vintage marbles are typically more attractive and brighter than modern ones because they were individually made compared to the new ones that were made in high quantities. 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. As a result collectors have become interested in finding rare or interesting examples.

Once again morphy auctions is auctioning off some terrific marbles and the online catalog photos are exquisite. Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer. If you know one you may want to get their help. The history of marbles traces back to ancient china and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of egypt.

Marble collecting is all about displaying specific colored marbles. Marbles at morphy auctions september 23 24 2016. Usually they are machine made or contemporary.