snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Oct 23, 2013 20:38:58 GMT -5
Since these are glass,thought it would be suitable to put these on here.Another of many things I've collected and hoarded over the years.Somebody on here asked if I ever wanted to sell some to let them know,but cant remember who.I have a pint of these for sale,154 marbles total From all the marble books and research,these are probably from the 1930's to 1940's.So many companies made them back then,but that gets into a long story. $25 shipped,us,paypal The pint jar is on the left,doesn't go with them.  I have some dispayed in antique canning jars  Some beautiful glass in these  snuffy |
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kaldorlon
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Post by kaldorlon on Oct 23, 2013 21:23:34 GMT -5
Snuffy,
my father's old marbles from the 20s/30s brought $3k at auction about 11 years ago...I was flabbergasted.
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Post by Pat on Oct 23, 2013 21:24:50 GMT -5
As a kid in the 1940s, i played marbles. It was fun. Used to play jacks , too. I wasn't so good at marbles, but i was a whiz at jacks. That 's a good looking collection. Good thing you still have all yours!  |
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Oct 23, 2013 21:26:44 GMT -5
I think I still have some old glass marbles. I might have an actual aggie, too, but I don't remember. They're all buried somewhere in the house.
Modern marbles just don't have the same appeal.
Chuck
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Post by snuffy on Oct 23, 2013 21:33:31 GMT -5
Snuffy, my father's old marbles from the 20s/30s brought $3k at auction about 11 years ago...I was flabbergasted. Some are worth a lot of money.I bought these at an antique auction.About 90% of the marbles produced back in the years aren't identified by which company made them,according to my books.But the early ones that are can be valuable. snuffy |
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Post by snuffy on Oct 23, 2013 21:35:55 GMT -5
As a kid in the 1940s, i played marbles. It was fun. Used to play jacks , too. I wasn't so good at marbles, but i was a whiz at jacks. That 's a good looking collection. Good thing you still have all yours! Sometimes I wonder if I still have all mine,Pat!  snuffy |
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Post by Haleysdream on Oct 23, 2013 21:36:01 GMT -5
Nice , love them.
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 23, 2013 21:44:48 GMT -5
I take it you collect old canning jars too. I have a few with the wire bail and glass top. Got a bunch of marbles stashed too. My mother saved my old marbles from the 40's & 50's.
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Post by snuffy on Oct 23, 2013 21:48:14 GMT -5
I take it you collect old canning jars too. I have a few with the wire bail and glass top. Got a bunch of marbles stashed too. My mother saved my old marbles from the 40's & 50's. Don,I always said I collected everything but dollars.Finally figured out you just cant collect everything.A shed packed,a pickers dream!What I didn't keep was my large collection of baseball cards in the mid '50s.Passed around several cousins,then burned by ones father,just junk he said. I guess if everybody kept them,wouldnt be worth much! snuffy |
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 23, 2013 21:59:00 GMT -5
Nice! When I was a kid I collected old marbles and we played marbles for hours. I still have my favorite aggie somewhere too, I think. Used to be my favorite as it has a neat bullseye design. I expect my folks gave away or more likely, threw away the old Marble collection along with my comics that were worth a small fortune. Serves me right for daring to store stuff in their house when I was first married and lived in a tiny place. They gave away all my old metal cars, trains and such too and some of them were really nice. My pop had no respect for collectibles (*L* Junk by his definition) at all. Then later, I used to save those I dug up while digging old bottles. Think I sold most my old marbles I found that way when I had some garage sales before I moved. Some of the older types were really works of art with fancy stringers inside etc. Really neat items to collect.....Mel
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 23, 2013 21:59:05 GMT -5
Yup, basement full of old bottles, old fashioned meat grinders, coffee mills, antique car tools, old railroad lanterns and rocks. And that's just my stuff. Most of the basement is filled with my wife's stuff. And then there's my shed.(An old 1 car garage).
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Post by phil on Oct 24, 2013 10:04:08 GMT -5
Where'd you auction them? I have probably 500 or 600 old marbles from the 40's including a few old old clay marbles that were my grand uncles that I'd like to convert to cash at those kind of auction prices....
Thanks!
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Post by snuffy on Oct 24, 2013 10:29:05 GMT -5
Where'd you auction them? I have probably 500 or 600 old marbles from the 40's including a few old old clay marbles that were my grand uncles that I'd like to convert to cash at those kind of auction prices.... Thanks! Phil,years back there was an antique auction in a town near me,every Tuesday night.Dealers and individuals.They are gone now.Think I went 32 weeks in a row,afraid I would miss something.Find out if there are any antique auctions in your area.Take a few to gauge interest.Good luck! Get a good marble book with lots of pics to see if you have any real valuable ones.If ya got any sulfide marbles,great!   snuffy |
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 24, 2013 10:48:36 GMT -5
Loved marbles as a kid.still have a shooter and some other in my collection...A year or so ago,someone from Texas send me a bag of marbles(from the forum).....
My collection is small,but its just right...Thumbs up
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Post by kaldorlon on Oct 24, 2013 14:42:53 GMT -5
I auctioned mine at a marble show. Think that is the best place to put them in front of the right collectors with money.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 24, 2013 15:28:02 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that, snuffy. I have a one gallon fish bowl full of them, from all different times and places. But I can see a few in that photo that I have! Will have to get them out and take a look.
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Post by phil on Oct 24, 2013 21:27:33 GMT -5
Thanks. What's a sulfide marble? The ones in the pics?
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Post by snuffy on Oct 24, 2013 21:58:14 GMT -5
Thanks. What's a sulfide marble? The ones in the pics? They were made with figures inside.I've only seen one in person,an elderly lady had it,it was her fathers.  snuffy |
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Post by phil on Oct 25, 2013 10:24:55 GMT -5
Thanks! I've lots of clay ones, catseye's, colored glass, white with swirls, and lord knows. I haven't looked at them in many years, will have to open the big leather bag and look I guess.
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