Online Marble Identification Guide - MarbleCollecting
The earliest manufactured marbles were made by hand. Visit this section for a brief history of handmade marble manufacture and to see an image library to help you identify various types of handmade marbles.
Get a Marble Identified - MarbleCollecting
2014年1月1日 · If you have a bunch of marbles and are looking for a general idea of what you have, you can send a group shot. We will give you an idea of the age and manufacturers of the marbles in the group shot. Do not call me to ask me about identifying a marble.
Marbles by Vitro Agate Company and Jabo Inc. - MarbleCollecting
2014年1月1日 · In Season 2, Episode 5, of Storage Wars - New York, marbles were found in a storage locker. They asked me to identify and appraise them. Here's a link to the full show. The appraisal occurs at about minute 16:45. http://www.aetv.com/storage-wars-new-york/video/da-bronx-tale-38120003835
Transitional Marbles - MarbleCollecting
These marbles are now collectively called “transitional” because they were initially believed to represent the transition from handmade marble making to machine marble making. We now know that various transitional-type marbles have been made from the 1850s through the 1950s.
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2014年1月1日 · An online guide on how to identify condition problems in marbles, and how to apply a grade to a marble for condition. This section includes images, as well as video clips, to aid you in learning how to grade marbles. It also includes a short video on how to measure marbles.
Marbles by Akro Agate Company - MarbleCollecting
Many Akro Agate marbles are very collectible today.The company produced both single-stream and variegated stream marbles, in all types except ribboned and veneered. As with many of the other manufacturers of the time, Akro Agate produced a staggering number of …
Marbles by Christensen Agate Company - MarbleCollecting
2014年1月1日 · Christensen Agate marbles can exhibit either two seams (on opposite sides of the marble), a single seam (e.g, a diaper fold) or no seam. There is very little known about the techniques the company actually used to produce marbles, so it is unclear if different machinery produced each type of marble.Some Christensen Agate marbles are hand-gathered.
Marbles by Peltier Glass Company - MarbleCollecting
2014年1月1日 · Peltier marbles have patches that have curved or “S” edges. This feature, along with the unique colors, makes Peerless patches easily identifiable. One of the most collectible Peltier Glass marbles is the Picture Marble or comic marble .
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2014年1月1日 · The Online Marble Guide and the Marble Gallery are based on my book, Marbles: Identification and Price Guide (5th edition, 2012, Schiffer Publishing) and features almost 400 images of various types of marbles, to help you with marble identfication.
Handmade Marbles - MarbleCollecting
2014年1月1日 · The earliest guide to marble collecting was Morrison and Terrison’s Marbles-Identification and Price Guide, published in 1968, followed by Baumann’s Collecting Antique Marbles, published in 1970. Both of these books classified handmade marbles, to almost the complete exclusion of machine-made marbles.