This guide is meant to be a simple and quick way to identify and learn about vintage marbles.
Marbles vintage identification.
Free marble appraisals and identification.
This web site is dedicated to the hobby of collecting antique vintage and contemporary marbles and those who participate in it.
Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years.
Avid collectors regularly study realized.
Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive.
Value is only assigned by what another collector pays for a particular piece.
Marbles have been valued by collectors for nearly 100 years.
Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann.
Alans reputation among marble collectors was beyond reproach.
If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles.
It is not meant to be the definitive guide to every type of marble ever produced but i will try and answer some of the most common questions i am frequently asked as well as show examples of some of the most collectible marbles.
There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out.
This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library.
Hobbyzeal s collection of marbles reveals some secrets on how to identify antique marbles for your collection.
Today these vintage marbles are collected rather than played with.