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Also, I'm in eastern Massachusetts, (about 20 minutes from Providence, RI) if you know of any marble collectors in my area. Thanks.

I posted a photo in the "Members" gallery titled Old marble collection sampler. This is merely a sampling of the collection. Any opinions would be appreciated. Besides sentimental could they be of any value? If so, how should I care for/ display them? They are currently in a canvas sack.

Hello, My father, who is 88, recently gave me his childhood marble collection. There are hundreds of marbles of various sizes and colors. His father gave him many of these marbles and he died in 1932, so the collection, I guess, is fairly old. Many are quite beautiful and the collection has me somewhat intrigued. I don't know anything about marbles, so I poked around a few websites to see what I could learn and I found it surprisingly daunting. Would anyone be kind enough to suggest how I should go about figuring out exactly what I have here? Thanks in advance!