joshtep5

9 minutes ago, joshtep5 said:

Yes! Apologies, I meant type. I’m guesses they are all glass but I’ve seen many calling them like actual names. Like a red yellow and blue one I have is called a Superman. I guess it may be like a nickname?

But yes I would like to figure out if they are corkscrew, swirl, patch, etc

16 minutes ago, wvrons said:

Design ?   I guess design might be type ? Corkscrew, swirl, patch, ribbon, patch & ribbon, hand made, machine made, etc. No machine made will have any initials. Machine made marbles were made at 250 per minute 24 hrs. a day 7 days a week on each machine, by many companies. There are billions of them.

Stone marbles.

Clay marbles.

Glass marbles.

Old vintage antique hand made marbles.

Transitional hand made marbles.

Machine made marbles. 

Furnace or tank modern contemporary made marbles.

Modern torch made marbles. 

Wooden marbles.

Bakelite marbles. 

Sewer tile marbles. 

Plastic marbles.

Plastic marbles.

All made in different countries.  

Yes! Apologies, I meant type. I’m guesses they are all glass but I’ve seen many calling them like actual names. Like a red yellow and blue one I have is called a Superman. I guess it may be like a nickname?

26 minutes ago, Chad G. said:

The ones signed w/ initials are more than likely U.S. torch work (their are hundreds if not a few thousand artists) of artists & the others foreign (maybe) at least you have a year and some initials to go on now, I've found I.D.'s on artists marbles like this completely by accident while looking at other mibs, I seen similar workmanship looked and lo and behold the same initials, not saying you'll ever find the makers, I still have several as yet unidentified signed glass. I like, I keep, doesn't matter to me weather it's signed or not, that's just "my personal" point of view as a collector.

That is the issue that I have been running into a lot. I search up the initials, or anything I can, and end up finding nothing. I have many more that have signatures but also hundreds of others that do not. Do any of the artists on these look familiar? Or would you be able to tell me the design of any of the others? I also have many others I can send you as well!

5 hours ago, Chad G. said:

At least some look like contemporary torch marbles to me. Could be Asian or U.S. made, not sure, do you have a size for them Joseph ?? and are there any initials etched (written) in either end of them ??

Hello! The second one has was looks to be a KB 96 on it, and the green and orange one (only green and orange no yellow blue green and orange) has a TP 96 on it. The rest I do not believe have any signatures. #1 is 3/4”, #2 is 1”, #3 is 1 3/16”, #4 (yellow and red) is 13/16”, #5 is 1”, #6 is 15/16”, #7 is 13/16”.

11 minutes ago, PittsburghMarbles said:

It was just a question…

 

? I said I was in North America?

4 minutes ago, PittsburghMarbles said:

I don’t know, there’s many on here way more knowledgeable than me though and maybe they’ll chime in. What part of the world are you in? Would probably help to know where you got these marbles, IE are you in europe, North America, S America etc? 

I am in North America!

5 minutes ago, PittsburghMarbles said:

Eh those all look modern to me. 

Is there any way I could find out what kind of design they are? Like manufacturer and design name? I know most of mine are modern.

Hello everyone!

Could anyone help me identify these marbles? I have inherited a very large collection from a lifelong marble collector who passed away and would like the figure out what kind of marbles these are. I also have hundreds of others ones I could also show. Please let me know if you can help me.

Thank you! :)