The most valuable marbles are pre-1950's. Collectors are looking for marbles made in the late 1900's through the 1940's.

Why? It was about 1950 that the Japanese started making the cat-eye style marbles. These popular marbles were very cheap to buy and put most of the remaining marble companies in the U.S.A. out of business.

Sort your marbles into groups.

Quickly eliminate marbles of little value by taking out all solid color game marbles, transparent clear glass marbles of any color and all of the cat-eye style marbles.

Now your kid's will have some marbles to play with!

Click here to see pictures of some of the newer style marbles that are of little value to collectors of vintage marbles.

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How do I know if my marbles are old?

Let's first determine where the marbles came from. Do you know about their history? Are they from a grandparent or relative or did you get them at an auction?

The age of the person you get them from will help right away. A 65 year old would have marbles from the early 50's, a 75 year old from the early 40's, etc.

If you get marbles from an auction, it can be much more difficult to figure out. Most of the time the marbles will be old, we just aren't sure how old Auctioneers will sometimes 'seed' an auction with Ball jars containing new marbles and call them vintage at the sale. Many have fallen for this and overpaid for brand new marbles.

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I know my marbles are old, is condition important?

Yes, condition is key to the overall value of a marble. Marbles are antique toys made of glass or clay. Like any glass antique, whether a plate or a marble, chips, breaks, etc. lower the final value significantly.

This can be a real issue with marbles since they were kid's toys meant to be played with. The majority of marbles will have some damage. Collectors want mint marbles or as close to that as can be found. Marbles in poor condition will be of little value even if they are very valuable in mint condition.

I'm still not sure, can you help me?

If you have a few marbles you need some help with, we are always happy to try and help you out at no cost. Simply email a digital image to us so we can give you a more accurate description of the marbles.

If you have a large amount of marbles, do this first: Sort your marbles into groups.

Quickly eliminate marbles of little value by taking out all solid color game marbles, transparent clear glass marbles of any color and all of the cat-eye style marbles.

I don't need pictures of individual marbles at first. Just take group shots of 30 or 40 marbles together.

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Here's a few examples of marbles you can sort out of your groups. These have very little value. Solid color game marbles, clearie marbles, cat-eye marbles and crackle glass marbles. (Marbles that were heated then rapidly cooled to make them crack.)

Click here to see pictures of some of the newer style marbles that are of little value to collectors of vintage marbles.

New  Marble Pictures