Collecting Marbles A Beginner S Guide

The marble faq has basic information on the history of marbles and marble collecting.

Collecting marbles a beginner s guide.

His site was an invaluable resource to collectors on how to identify marbles reproductions and fakes and general knowledge for the beginner and expert alike on grading marbles and much more. Hobbyzeal s collection of marbles reveals some secrets on how to identify antique marbles for your collection. This section discusses these types and offers an image identification library. A beginner s guide has united both of rich s current hobbies.

Rich and lynn live in the kansas city area where one of their favorite pastimes is showing children fun ways to play with marbles from the old game of ringer to roller coasters contraptions. Today these vintage marbles are collected rather than played with. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. January 2 olathe ks.

A first of kind book on marble collecting for beginners interested in learning about how to identify and value old marbles. Affordable glass marbles were first made in the 19th century when a special pair of scissors that. There are a number of types of non glass marbles that collectors seek out. Jan 23 2013 collecting marbles.

These folks could tell you all about marbles back in the day. Learn how to recognize the classic marbles identify the nine basic marble features play the old game of ringer by richard maxwell. 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. Marbles have been made from non glass materials such as wood clay and stone for hundreds if not thousands of years.

Learn how to recognize the classic marbles identify the nine basic marble features play the old game of ringer. The online marble guide and the marble gallery are based on my book marbles. Home uncategorized a helpful guide to identify antique marbles. No one knows exactly when the first marbles were invented but they date back to the times of the ancient egyptians greeks and romans who played with marbles made of stone clay or polished nuts.

This first of kind book collecting marbles. It had over 700 000 visitors in the few years it was open and has been missed terribly since it went down.