Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years.
Antique clay marble values.
Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that.
These marbles were the easiest to produce and millions still exist.
Marble condition the number of chips or cracks in it affects the value of it.
Unfortunately clay marbles do not have nearly the eye appeal of any other marbles and therefore are the least collectible of any marble.
Steelies are metal marbles normally made for industrial use and are fairly common.
Older clay handmade marbles are simple and lack decoration.
Prices for these may be less than 50.
Christensen agate cac vhtf blue lace swirl absolutely stunning rare marble.
Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games.
Clay marbles are the most common old marble that you will find.
Solid core swirl marbles made in 1998 surprisingly have a value of 25 to 40 each.
There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out.
Clay marbles were often glazed or painted which makes the clay marbles more susceptible to damage than other marbles.
This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library.
16mm goldfish glass mega marble players 5 8th inch translucent orange rare.