Toy Marble Size Chart

Erratum sheet for marbles.

Toy marble size chart.

He also obtained a license to use matthew lang s injection molding process to make porcelain marbles. Marbles typically sell for 50 to 75 percent of the realized auction value when offered in a private sale. 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. Write down the measurement.

Small and large marbles are peewees and shooters in marble terminology and they are scarcer than 5 8 inch marbles. 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. Deep cobalt blue with strong outer bands of yellow blue white purple green and orange. Along with superb american toys and folk art the top selling toy was a spectacular circa 1885 william demuth co.

This is important when buying and selling marbles as collectors base price on the size. To help determine what size to order please refer to our tips below. Most templates measure to 16ths of an inch. Brown got his start in the marble business as sam dyke s protégé and used a license to manufacture clay marbles obtained from dyke.

This chart is printable and should be a close measurement guide. Tip 1 use a caliper micrometer tool if available. Indian mag lite marble. Watch for unusual sizes of marbles.

In 1846 a glassworker in the town of lausche invented the marbelschere or marble scissors a tool that rounded a marble in one step. 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. They have refused to put an erratum sheet in the book. A comparable marble is one of similar size color and quality made by the same manufacturer.

A manufacturer of ceramic marbles. Use a caliper to determine the size of a marble since size affects the price. 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. Commissions and fees charged by the auction house are responsible for the lowered price.

Bennington pottery marbles are brown or blue or a combination of brown and blue and are common in small sizes. Tips for sizing machine made marbles. Grade marbles with guidelines from the marble society of america. So here s a copy of one i produced.

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