Toy Marble Size Chart

In 1846 a glassworker in the town of lausche invented the marbelschere or marble scissors a tool that rounded a marble in one step.

Toy marble size chart. Smoking punch cigar advertising figure. Write down the measurement. Lay a marble template on the tissue and try the marble in the different holes until you find the one closest to the size of the marble. This is important when buying and selling marbles as collectors base price on the size.

Small and large marbles are peewees and shooters in marble terminology and they are scarcer than 5 8 inch marbles. Founder of the standard toy marble company in akron ohio in 1893. Tip 1 use a caliper micrometer tool if available. Deep cobalt blue with strong outer bands of yellow blue white purple green and orange.

Use a caliper to determine the size of a marble since size affects the price. Use the ruler in the image to make sure the printed image is scaled to life size. Indian mag lite marble. So here s a copy of one i produced.

Tips for sizing machine made marbles. Commissions and fees charged by the auction house are responsible for the lowered price. Most templates measure to 16ths of an inch. Watch for unusual sizes of marbles.

Identification and price guide 5th edition after i approved the final draft of the book the publisher changed two of the images without my consent. Size examples 12mm is about 1 2 inch across very small 14mm is the size of a traditional chinese checker game 16mm is about the size of a dime the size of a player marble 25mm is about the size of a quarter the size of a shooter marble 35mm is about the size of a 50 cent piece 42mm is about the size of a silver dollar 50mm is about 2. He also obtained a license to use matthew lang s injection molding process to make porcelain marbles. They have refused to put an erratum sheet in the book.

A comparable marble is one of similar size color and quality made by the same manufacturer. Marbles typically sell for 50 to 75 percent of the realized auction value when offered in a private sale. To help determine what size to order please refer to our tips below. Along with superb american toys and folk art the top selling toy was a spectacular circa 1885 william demuth co.

Grade marbles with guidelines from the marble society of america. Erratum sheet for marbles. Brown got his start in the marble business as sam dyke s protégé and used a license to manufacture clay marbles obtained from dyke. A manufacturer of ceramic marbles.

Two inches and larger and one half inch or less are sizes that may make an ordinary marble a rare one.