Marbles

[Hill Billy]

I have these marbles that were in a jar in my Grandmothers basement.When she passed away I kept the marbles.I have seen all of the discussions on marbles on this website and was wondering if any of these are worth keeping?Any comments on my marbles? HB

 

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[Ant]

The only one I think might be of interest is the 5th one from the left. Possibly the 2nd and 3rd but they look common too.

The cracked marbles are worthless in my opinion. To make them, heat them up in a pan and them place them in clod water. When you shoot a marble like that it cracks to pieces. We use to do that back in the early 60's.

 

[jglunt]

They all look like modern machine made glass marbles. The ones with real value are the handmade glass ones from the early part of the 20th century. The handmade ones will have a mark on them where the near molten "cane" was turned in a mold by forcing it into a round cup and then snipping it off with a pair of scissors (this is an oversimplification of a very complicated process) . I once sold a handmade marble on eBay for $700.00.

Jim

 

[DAYTONA TOM]

Hello those are mica marbles and actually worth some money. The are hand made and date back to 1860's. Also they have a rough spot called a pontiel If you put them on Ebay in groups of 3 with the starting price of $10.00 they may sell as high as $30.00. My wife has some on Ebay right now along with some other marbles. Good luck. Those are some nice marbles.

 

[cival war hunter 2 !]

May be 0.50 each.