Value Of Shooter Marbles

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Value of shooter marbles.

A player needs only one shooter to play the game. All sizes are approximations and can vary from one marble to the. Christensen son christensen agate akro agate and peltier glass this section. Look for marbles with four colors and clear divisions between the colors.

If you have found a bag of your grandfather s old shooters it could be worth your time to know what to look for to determine their value. Vintage marble prices and value often relate to artistic merit. 16mm goldfish glass mega marble players 5 8th inch translucent orange rare. In official tournaments in the u s your shooter must be between 3 4 and 1 2.

Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann. Old rare vintage antique civil war relic clay marble recovered atlanta georgia. This unique zebra colored marble fetched nearly 1700 at auction multiple times more than what most people spend on marbles in their entire lives. Also called the boss or taw the shooter marble is used to play ringer and other marble games.

Find multi colored marbles with clear distinctive lines. These marbles are some of the rarer and more difficult to find from the peltier glass co. Black and white navarre marble 1638. If possible study the age of the marble and the material used to make it which sometimes indicates the scarcity and value of the marble.

Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. Cats eye marbles 6 lbs glass 5 8. Shooter marbles usually range between 17 18 5mm. The golden age of machine made marbles is dominated by marbles from such companies as m f.

Blue wasp blue tiger blue bee. 4 6 out of 5 stars 23 total ratings 23. Click the picture for full screen view. That means marbles made before 1950 may be worth a considerable sum to serious collectors.

Mega marble 24 collectible marbles 1 shooter net bag milky way. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive. The mechanized production of glass marbles was developed in the united states in the first quarter of the 20th century.

If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. A collector is more likely to find value in machine made marbles that are opaque too. Also check for marbles that are pleasing to the artistic eye.