Vintage and Antique Marbles

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. companies like Christensen, Peltier Glass, Akro Agate, and Vitro Agate. Many collectors obsess over old marbles because they remember playing with them as children. The game, marbles, originated in the Netherlands during the 1500s and 1600s. To make playing pieces for...Continue Reading