marbles

[tech125]

650 Marbles! update

Arrived at the estate sale at 7am, there were 10 people in front of me, the first person was there at 5:30am.
I guess nobody else wanted the marbles because I walked in and asked for them and they were in 13 separate sealed bags of 50 marbles each for $10 a bag for a total of $130.Since it was the first day of a two day sale they didnt want to deal too much so i would up paying $110 for 650 marbles(I havent counted them all) or so which
brings the price to about .17 cents a piece.

The first thing I noticed is they are dirty and in need of a good cleaning with soap and water.I tried to group them by color and shape/pattern as best i could for the pictures.I know only a little about marbles but there
are a bunch of "banana" shapes in clear glass ones.There were no picture marble prints like tom mix or kayo by peltier...It will take me a long while to clean sort identify and get these ready for sale, so any comments are welcome.Marbles are addictive,there are so many color variations that I think I lost my marbles in buying these.....

p.s. I took pictures very fast and they dont always reflect the true beauty of some of these...

 

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[duffytrash]

those are good old marbles....get em as cheap as you can....you can point out defects and damage.....im sure theres a gem in that box....if your new- look for pretty.....but damage is the thing.....i wouldnt go over 100$ and if they offer that deal from there.....i usually pay 10-12$ a quart for lot marbles.....

 

[tech125]

Thanks Duffy, your info was exactly what I was looking for. Prices at estate sales around here are pretty
high so now I know what my maximum would be for that lot....

 

[duffytrash]

in your area there would be lots of peltier marbles as they were made in ill....you could do a google search on those and get an idea of what to look for....good luck if you get em...stuff like that is what i hunt......you could also google marble king marbles and vitro agate....

 

[Keppy]

Did you get them and if so what did you have to pay... Or did they want to much

 

[tech125]

Keppy, the sale is Friday......is this a good book for marbles?
http://www.landofmarbles.com/b079.html

 

[duffytrash]

a better one is american machine made marbles by six, johnson and mensler.....ill look for it and post a link....

 

[duffytrash]

here it is....Land Of Marbles: American Machine-Made Marbles (Dean Six, Susie Metzler, Michael Johnson)....

 

[Keppy]

Keppy, the sale is Friday......is this a good book for marbles?
Land Of Marbles: Marbles ID & Price Guide, 5th ed.

...tech125..... I could not tell you... For i never got in to marbles.. I know nothing about them.... Or there books on them ..Sorry for not being able to help...

 

[tech125]

I was able to purchase this lot of marbles, please see updated photos

 

[duffytrash]

looks like you did ok with them.....i like em and would like to search thru them.....