Most Valuable Rare Antique Marbles

Winning at marble collecting requires practice and knowledge and is not child s play.

Most valuable rare antique marbles. The prices of the most expensive marble are. Common shapes are the number nine and the turkey head. Identifying rare marbles requires playing with the big boys by reading their books attending marble shows and shopping where you can engage in. Make offer super rare vintage old world stained glass 3 large marbles 56 rare handmade glass marbles lot yolk amber honey rootbeer butterscotch swirl 162 50.

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. Check for vintage collectible marbles with shapes inside them. Corkscrews are a specific shape as are handmade swirls but marbles often have a heart shape or something that makes them more valuable than they would be without the shape. You can often see vintage marbles selling for 50 100 a pop but the costs of the most expensive marbles in the world make that seem like nothing.

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. Collecting marbles is a game and the person with the greatest skill is the winner. Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate.

Marbles also have an entire slang language built around them.