Antique Cats Eye Marble

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Antique cats eye marble.

Judith miller in buy keep or sell. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. Vintage caged cat s eye toy marbles lot of 13 5 8 one color caged cat s eye red blue yellow caged 8 7 6 5 vanes clear iridescent cdickinsonvintage from shop cdickinsonvintage. Mary s 4 vein cats eye shooter 15 16 stunning cross thru vintage clear glass marbles lot 7lbs around 200pcs blue cat s eye 13 16ths 39 95.

Companies like christensen peltier glass akro agate and vitro agate. Vintage cage and cats eye marble assortment whateversells4me. The older bubbly master marble translucent 1 color cat s and later 11 16 3 vein master glass and gladding vitro cage cat s eyes most common in the late 1960s to early 1980s are among the easiest american made cat s eyes to identify. Cat s eye marbles were not popular in america until japanese marble manufacturers introduced them in large quantities following the end of wwii.

Favorite add to 30 vintage cat eye marble that includes 1 large shooter marble. Many of the cat s eye marbles you ll find are recent imports that contain poor quality glass with fine bubbles and will not build a valuable collection. A collector is more likely to find value in machine made marbles that are opaque too. Note that unscrupulous dealers have been known to reproduce marbles and sell them as old or antique.

Suggests looking for solitaire boards avoiding marbles such as cat s eyes that were mass produced after the 1960s and look for the original packaging. Vintage cat s eye marbles typically possess a clear glass base with no greenish tint and feature a blue red white yellow or green stripe. Vitro agate hybrid cat s eye pulled seam vintage marble 9 16 nm hawkeyespicks. Antique glass marbles are highly collectible from handmade examples by german glassmakers of the 1800s to vintage marbles made by machine in the early 20th century by u s.

Lot of 500 cats eye marbles 6 lbs glass 5 8 16mm bulk wholesale new toy. The rarer the marble the more valuable it is likely to be. They were cheaper and mass produced. 4 5 out of 5 stars.

Make offer marble king hybrid st. 5 out of 5 stars 248 248 reviews 15 00. As a rule of thumb vintage american cat s eyes tend to have very clear glass.