Marbles Collecting Guides

The marble collectors handbook by robert s.

Marbles collecting guides.

If you know one you may want to get their help. Alan you will be missed. Note that unscrupulous dealers have. Mel morrison and carl terison marble collectors handbook.

The online marble guide and the marble gallery are based on my book marbles. Marbles have been valued by collectors for nearly 100 years. Block with over 500 pictures of different marbles is an excellent guide to refer to. Over the years increasingly intricate and beautiful marbles have become available.

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 are important. Hand made non glass marbles. Small updates and changes to pictures new names for marbles etc.

Will be made to try and keep it current. Click on the links to go to each page. This will always remain here as a memorial to alans legacy. Although marbles can be affordable for all collector budgets avid collectors know that prices can range into the thousands of dollars.

Today s collectible marbles are from the late 1800s and newer. There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out. Identification price guide. They have refused to put an erratum sheet in the book.

Erratum sheet for marbles. If not thousands of years. Identification and price guide 5th edition after i approved the final draft of the book the publisher changed two of the images without my consent. Marble identification and.

They have refused to put an erratum sheet in the book. Moreover you may check on books that specialize on antique marbles. As a result collectors have become interested in finding rare or interesting examples. Marble collecting is all about displaying specific colored marbles.

Usually they are machine made or contemporary. Hand made glass marbles. Erratum sheet for marbles. Identifying glass marbles would you like to write for us.

Not all marbles are glass so recognize crockery benningtons stoneware china agates and even wooden marbles. Christensen and son company. As with any other collectible there is no substitute for knowledge of the subject. This may be a little challenging for new collectors but experienced collectors would be able to tell the difference.

Identification and price guide 5th edition after i approved the final draft of the book the publisher changed two of the images without my consent.