Commissions and fees charged by the auction house are responsible for the lowered price.
Toy marble size chart.
Antique cane cut glass marbles though some speculate that glass spheres produced near ancient rome were used as marbles the earliest glass toy marbles were made in germany in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Marbles typically sell for 50 to 75 percent of the realized auction value when offered in a private sale.
Tip 1 use a caliper micrometer tool if available.
Watch for unusual sizes of marbles.
Two inches and larger and one half inch or less are sizes that may make an ordinary marble a rare one.
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.
To help determine what size to order please refer to our tips below.
In 1846 a glassworker in the town of lausche invented the marbelschere or marble scissors a tool that rounded a marble in one step.
Size examples 12mm is about 1 2 inch across very small 14mm is the size of a traditional chinese checker game 16mm is about the size of a dime the size of a player marble 25mm is about the size of a quarter the size of a shooter marble 35mm is about the size of a 50 cent piece 42mm is about the size of a silver dollar 50mm is about 2.
Bennington pottery marbles are brown or blue or a combination of brown and blue and are common in small sizes.
Erratum sheet for marbles.
Grade marbles with guidelines from the marble society of america.
A manufacturer of ceramic marbles.
A comparable marble is one of similar size color and quality made by the same manufacturer.
Brown got his start in the marble business as sam dyke s protégé and used a license to manufacture clay marbles obtained from dyke.
Write down the measurement.
Tips for sizing machine made marbles.
Smoking punch cigar advertising figure.
They have refused to put an erratum sheet in the book.
Most templates measure to 16ths of an inch.
This is important when buying and selling marbles as collectors base price on the size.
So here s a copy of one i produced.
Founder of the standard toy marble company in akron ohio in 1893.
Use the ruler in the image to make sure the printed image is scaled to life size.
He also obtained a license to use matthew lang s injection molding process to make porcelain marbles.
Lay a marble template on the tissue and try the marble in the different holes until you find the one closest to the size of the marble.
Deep cobalt blue with strong outer bands of yellow blue white purple green and orange.
This chart is printable and should be a close measurement guide.
Indian mag lite marble.