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Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann. Collecting marbles is a game and the person with the greatest skill is the winner. Winning at marble collecting requires practice and knowledge and is not child s play. Make offer akro agate company super rare uv purple yellow white popeye shooter rare 0 770 548 vintage west virginia red with white swirl marble 17 24 mm 2 99 1h 54m.

Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process. It was one of the most expensive marbles sold during that auction there were five other marbles that sold for over 5k and many others that sold for more. Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. Fast free shipping on many items.

Identifying rare marbles requires playing with the big boys by reading their books attending marble shows and shopping where you can engage in. Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s. If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod.

Onionskin blizzard marble 9 775. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive. This is from a sampling of items that were auctioned by apple tree auction center. Prices shown are the completed auctions along with the price estimates from the auction house.

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