Any marble experts?

[goldencoin]

I found this marble while we were cleaning out my Great-Grandma's house in chicago. Any idea on age or value?

HH
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[imafishingnutt]

IT IS MARBLE.........
DOES THAT HELP.

 

[Iunno]

Anywhere between 1cent and 1,000,000$ depending on the i.q. of the person your trying to sell it to.

 

[mojjax]

It looks like an "Akro Agate" type . What diameter is it ? The bigger they are - the more they're worth .

 

[Montana Jim]

You can PM duffytrash - he is a marble expert...

 

[goldencoin]

It it the size of a normal marble....i really wanna know how old it is

HH
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[duffytrash]

i cant tell...... can you get a better pic...it could be akro or a m.f. christensen ...[with the '9' pattern on that one pole...also might be a peltier peerless patch....anyway its definately an old marble with the 30s beign the era of this mib...a picture outside in natural light with the camera on macro would help a lot...

 

[goldencoin]

heres some more pics

HH
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[duffytrash]

hmmmmm....the teal color has me a bit stymied.......ill do some research and get back .....i still say its from the 30s......definatly not post war...the maker could be 1 of 3 so ill ck and id it later this afternoon....

 

[Tubecity]

I'm really enjoying this post, never knew there was so much to find out
about marbles, such as makers, years, names & so on. Very interesting
& glad to be learning something new. Thanks.

 

[goldencoin]

if your finding this interesting, i have an entire jar of these in the storage unit from my grandpa...i think this is one of them

HH
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[duffytrash]

this looks like a slag type marble...imho...if you can find a flat seam on it id go with peltier....if where you see the flow of glass start...if theres a pontil thats been melted down[ around where you see the 9 shape in the glass then id go m.f. christensen this would be from the teens to the mid 20s...but the color is not typical of this type, but not unheard of...an akro slag would show a rounded cutoff bout the size and shape of your thumbnail....if you find no definate seam then champion agate...pennsboro wv 30s....the last place id put this marble is alley agate but their marbles are usually better defined with flame tips in the color glass.....most colllectors would class this a wv swirl and wait for a show to get a positive id by comparing the white glass with known examples....whew!!!!! i would still say pre ww 2 show me the rest gold!!!.....

 

[goldencoin]

wow, thats a lot of info thrown at someone who is as sharp as a marble.....i can find no seams or anything other than chips on the surface....this was probably my grandpa's so pre WWII sounds right. What would be an approx value out of curiosity? (Thanks a lot!)

HH
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[duffytrash]

couple bucks maybe....but thats not bad if ya got a couple hundred of em...lolol.....id stilll like to see those others....ive sold lotsa marbles for 200$ each.....and many are valued much higher...the machine mades are takin a surge on price....condition is key to the value....and eye appeal......if its purty with lotsa colors and much design theyre worth money.....

 

[goldencoin]

last time i looked they were mostly cat's eye with the swirel in them....a good size bottle of them...i'll make sure to post pics as soon as i find them....thanks for all the help


HH
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[duffytrash]

ya mean like these? http://cgi.ebay.com/3-Old-handmade-...goryZ772QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem th cateyes wernt invented til the 50s...these would fit the time frame of your grandpaps

 

[Tubecity]

Who would have thunk there was so much info on marbles. Are there any
sites on marble ID & if so can you post them. I just have to see more on this.
Thanks, good post.

 

[goldencoin]

ya mean like these? http://cgi.ebay.com/3-Old-handmade-...goryZ772QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem th cateyes wernt invented til the 50s...these would fit the time frame of your grandpaps

basically yes....you have to remember that it has been about a year since i saw them, and probably another until i see them again

HH
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