sampsonmtngeneralstore Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 hello I have had some of these marbles for quite some time and would love some help identifying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Hello. Welcome. These look mostly modern, where "modern" means "made after 1970". There are Asian cat's eyes in the tall jar. Most of the larger marbles appear to be Jabo Classics. Jabo is a company in Ohio which mostly makes industrial marbles but would used to have a couple of runs of play marbles every year. Starting around 1991. Some of the smaller ones look like Jabo Classics also. (The smaller one on the left in the last photo is a Jabo Classic.) The speckled ones are likely from Asia, or they could be from Mexico. Most of the ones with three thin stripes are from Asia. We often call that style "Imperial" because the Imperial Toy Co. sold them. In those in your hand, the two reddish ones closest to the middle look like they could possibly have a chance of being older. More views might help. In the jar on the right I spy one large-ish marble with red and green bands. That one might be from about 1960. Mighte be a Marble King Rainbow Red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleDawg86 Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 hello I have had some of these marbles for quite some time and would love some help identifying them. Glad to see you found your way here! - Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampsonmtngeneralstore Posted November 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 thanks for the reply ill see if I can get a better photo of the one you are referring to. and thanks for the referral marble dawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampsonmtngeneralstore Posted November 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I believe this is the one you are referring to it kind of looks damaged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampsonmtngeneralstore Posted November 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 also as my username implies I have recently started a old timey general store "genre" to bring some oldey BUT goodey times back to my community so these marbles may end up for sale, any recommendations on how to display and possibly a price I should be looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 The middle one in the new photos is a Vitro All-Red. Sometimes called a Blackline All-Red because later All-Reds would have a patch of color on either end without the brown band in between them. Still going with Marble King Rainbo Red for the marble on the right. Both of those could be from the late 1950's, with the Marble King possibly from the early 1960's. The marble on the left mostly looks like a Jabo Classic. But hard to say. The condition issues make it look like it might be a little older. At the same time, condition issues detract from value. As to value, from what I have seen these are all fairly common marbles. Maybe you put them in a quart jar marked with $20 or $25. Or pint jars labeled $10 or $15 or even $20 if you're feeling lucky and it's a nice jar. I think that would be more than you could get for them on ebay. But if you have the shelf space for them, you can wait for a buyer. Jabos and other modern marbles can of course be disappointing to people who are looking for vintage marbles. However, Jabo has developed a following in recent years. There are people who would treat them as collectible. Not vintage. But worth having some as part of marble history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I still would be interested in seeing more views of this marble if you think you can find it again: For future reference, with vintage marbles, even one chip could reduce the value by more than half. So if you get more marbles and think you might have some vintage ones be careful about sloshing them around. (I had that thought when I pictured you maybe rolling the marbles around trying to find this one that I'm asking about. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampsonmtngeneralstore Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 these marbles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampsonmtngeneralstore Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 oh and once again thanks for the help and the patience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Those could be the ones. I can't tell what those are. They were a slightly smaller size than the ones I was sure were Jabo. So, I still don't know. Could still be Jabo. Or could be older swirls. Hmmm. Not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleDawg86 Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 Look jabo to me... I'll do some digging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarbleDawg86 Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 here are a couple of photos courtesy of Rich Shelby's website, santasbling.com. These are early examples of what were known as Jabo Classics.... You may see the resemblences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nantucketdink Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 The shooters in question are JABOs from the later 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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