Identifying Antique Marbles

Value is only assigned by what another collector pays for a particular piece.

Identifying antique marbles.

Collectors must quickly identify a vintage marble recognize its manufacturer spot any flaws and have an in depth knowledge of the market. Size quality and design. Alans reputation among marble collectors was beyond reproach. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann.

Computer games are a favorite with children today and games like ringer marble arch lagging etc playing with marbles are yet to captivate the minds of these young ones. Marble collecting is all about displaying specific colored marbles. 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.

Avid collectors regularly study realized. If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. Buddy alan basinet marble alan 1964 2012 we lost an icon in the marble community in 2012. Usually they are machine made or contemporary.

Free marble appraisals and identification. Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer. The history of marbles traces back to ancient china and marbles were also found in the great pyramids of egypt. Marbles have been valued by collectors for nearly 100 years.

Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive. Today these vintage marbles are collected rather than played with.