blueknight7

Yes, its orange when you look through it.

These agate marbles could very possibility be from my grandfather. He was born in 1872. I am sure if he had any marbles, they would have been given to the boys, when they were old enough to use them. So, that could date them back 140+ years. I just don't remember if dad told me if any were from my grandfather. Too many years, and too many wars to remember back that far.

Here is a close up of that aggies. There are 4 of them. The ruler is for size.

Always loved that old leather bag. One of my earliest memories. And I am not telling about how old. But, Sputnik had not been launched, we got one channel on the black and white tv, and Howdy Doody and the Mickey Mouse Clubs were the shows to watch.

Thank you for the comments. I don't believe any of my 1950's-60's era marbles got in there. So, those should all be the older marbles. Yes, as he told me, marbles was a serious sport during lunch, at country schools. Eat fast and get the games started. I believe he also said, recess ended up being marble competitions too. Yes, he did teach me how to shoot marbles. But, he normally handed me, my head. My 1950's-60's glass marbles would not stand up to the rocks he was shooting. He did have trouble with that big deep red swirl shooter. And my hands were quite a bit larger than his. So, i took command of that one. That one, would move marbles. What I always thought was interesting was the weight difference of his marbles and my 50-60's era marbles. My marbles were like being a middleweight boxer, going in against a heavy weight. Yeah, I could push them around some. But, never get the knockout. When dad shot, it was like everything was running for the edge of the ring.

Seventh set of pictures. That is the end of the collection.

Sixth set of pictures.

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Second set of pictures.

Ok, Will attach the first set to closeups. As I said, they have been reduced in size not to overload the server.

Hello, I have a number of marbles that were my father's. He was born in 1913, and he passed in 2005. So, he had a very long life. Since he, his older brother, by 1 1/2 years, and younger sister lived on a farm in eastern Kansas, other than chores there was not too much to entertain kids. So, marbles and mumblypeg, with a pocket knife, were the games of choice. Especially, when you lived 7 miles from town. I believe he told me, he started playing marbles when he was six or seven years old. I think I have 26 marbles, and the original leather pouch that he carried them in. The leather bag, has a 3/4" slice in it, but otherwise perfect condition. My children, all grown and gone, do not know, or care to know anything about these marbles. I am not into collecting marbles, as I am a 30 year, retired, Law Enforcement officer, there is other things that i devote my time to. I believe these marbles need to go to someone that cares and appreciates the antiques that they actually are. Many of them are strikingly beautiful. I would like to submit them here, for the members to see, and possibility identify and evaluate. I have photographed them all individually, but, as a whole too. That will be the first submission, that I will post. If anyone is more interested, I will post them in numbers of 4 and 5. The pictures have all been resized, to where they won't overload the server. I suppose my two favorites, are his shooter, and the cat's eye. I don't think they are too bad of a collection, from a kid that came from a dirt farm in eastern Kansas in the early 1900's. Thank you in advance, for your assistance, and interest in this. Respectully, blueknight7