Need Help With Marbles

[trdhrdr007]

I posted this on the Garage Sale forum where I usually hang out without any success. I picked up about 1/3 of a gallon ziplock bag of marbles last year from the estate of an older guy that had lots of toys his kids had. I'm fairly sure these are from the 60's or 70's. I'm in the resale biz & don't know anything about marbles. I don't even know what to call these. Any help would be appreciated especially names. The really big marble came from a box lot at another sale. I suspect it might have been a good one before some idiot used it for a hammer. Does it have any value in the condition it's in? Here are a few pics of a sample of what I have.

 

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[cheese]

You have some good old marbles there... lots of vitros, master brushed patches, some Alley shooters, and a big beat up German handmade. The handmade is beat badly and the value is really low in comparison to what it once was, but it's still the most valuable of the lot. It might be worth $10 in that condition. If not, I'll give you that much for it anyway. Most of the rest of those are from the 1940s to the 60s or so. The blue and yellow Alley is probably the next in value... guessing $7 to $10. I think the rest are $3.00 and under marbles.

 

[The Badger]

i have found many marbles in my digs and had to buy a book (Everett Grist's) Big Book of Marbles it helps but there are sooo many different ones it takes a while to zero in on identification you could also try a site called Running Rabbit video auctions which deal in Marbles Running Rabbit Auction Videos, Update - General Marble & Glass Chat - Marble Connection hope this helps

 

[trdhrdr007]

Thanks for the help. I was pretty sure the large one was German but didn't know if it was worth anything due to condition. Will check out the link this weekend. I'm thinking I'll group these into lots of similar types & run auctions.

 

[cheese]

Joemarbles.com Home Page is a good place to learn and ID marbles as well.