Over the years increasingly intricate and beautiful marbles have become available.
Marbles that are valuable.
Look for specific colors or styles.
Winning at marble collecting requires practice and knowledge and is not child s play.
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As a result collectors have become interested in finding rare or interesting examples.
The fine dust kicked up by the grinding machines used in the production process often gave the workers tuberculosis killing them young.
Find handmade marbles that contain swirls or opaque marbles that are machine made from a specific company.
Collecting marbles is a game and the person with the greatest skill is the winner.
Aggies for example are marbles made of agate while some alleys are made of alabaster.
Identifying rare marbles requires playing with the big boys by reading their books attending marble shows and shopping where you can engage in.
Look for large marbles and peewees because these usually are more valuable and often in better condition than playing marbles of 9 16 inch size.
There have a fairly morbid backstory.
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