Antique Steely Marbles

However do not expect to see a perfect looking marble because if you get one it may probably not be vintage.

Antique steely marbles.

Vintage steel marbles steelies or ball bearing various sizes and condition. Mica antique handmade german marble. Steelies are metal marbles normally made for industrial use and are fairly common. Vintage glass marbles set of 10 retro classic americana childhood game hobby pastime jewelry jar filling craft knick knacks trinkets cassandrasnotebook.

Vintage antique marble leighton glass super rare old. Steely made of steel. Antique steel marble lot of 12 ball bearings. Black and white navarre marble 1638.

5 out of 5 stars 2 625 2 625 reviews 5 00. Hobbyzeal s collection of marbles reveals some secrets on how to identify antique marbles for your collection. 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. Rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Make offer rare navarre vintage antique glass marbles very high quality. A true steely not just a bearing ball was made from a flat piece of steel folded into a sphere and shows a cross where the corners all come together.

Almost every marble collection contains a few inexpensive steelies. Solid core swirl marbles made in 1998 surprisingly have a value of 25 to 40 each. Make offer vintage steel marbles lot different sizes steely marbles. Prices for these may be less than 50.

Aside from the pontil antique marbles typically have flaws including bubbles. 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. Favorite add to. Today these vintage marbles are collected rather than played with.

Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that could cut molten glass was invented by a german glassblower. Value depends on glass color. Computer games are a favorite with children today and games like ringer marble arch lagging etc playing with marbles are yet to captivate the minds of these young ones. This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives.

This doesn t mean that you need to look for a damaged or broken marble as this would affect its value.