”When I showed people the marbles I kept in my jewelry box, they laughed,” said Beverly Brule, of Marble Collectors Unlimited in Northboro, Mass. ”A couple of years ago, when you asked an antiques ...

“When I showed people the marbles I kept in my jewelry box, they laughed,” said Beverly Brule, of Marble Collectors Unlimited in Northboro, Mass. “A couple of years ago, when you asked an antique ...

I have a small basket full of antique clay marbles that I love and so do my granddaughters. It’s the uneven shapes and the colors — dark-blue cobalt, brown or red glazes — that have attracted me to ...

If you've held onto old marbles from childhood or stumbled across a dusty jar in the attic, you might be wondering if they're worth anything. Not all old marbles have high value, but certain handmade, ...

With timing as precise as his collector’s eye and as practiced as the flick of a shooter’s thumb, Bert Cohen could turn his longtime passion for marbles into a one-liner fit for a stand-up act. “You ...

FINDLAY – A marble is a small spherical toy usually made of colored glass, once prized by boys, now prized by collectors and those steeped in nostalgia. During the Great Depression, boys played a game ...

Do kids still play marbles? If memory serves, we drew a big circle in the dirt and used a shooter marble to knock smaller marbles out of the circle. The phrase “play for keeps” comes from the practice ...

Question: Some years ago, I bought a box of old marbles at a yard sale. You listed a pair of collectible "sulphide" marbles in a recent column. I would appreciate information about them as well as ...

If you’ve held onto old marbles from childhood or stumbled across a dusty jar in the attic, you might be wondering if they’re worth anything. Not all old marbles have high value, but certain handmade, ...