Name: Marbles
Category: Toys & Games
Notes:
One of the classic playground games. We use to play this in the dirt flowerbeds in our primary school. You’d bring in your bag of marbles and make up various rules for basically how much you can hit your opponent’s marbles. The various styles of marble included names back in the day such as Windmills, Steelies, Oilies, Pearlies or Pearlers, Chinkies and Cats Eyes. One thing I remember most is actually going to toy shops to buy new ones and just seeing box after box of marbles and the noise of rifling through them.
Christine
Oct 8, 2014 -
I have the most varied collection of marbles, and just discovered in research, are quite valuable. However, I have a collector who is offering me .10 to .40 per marble, of which I just discovered are worth 50x+ that amount. How can I get in touch with a reputable collector that will inspect and willing to purchase?
Retromash
Oct 8, 2014 -
Hi Christine. That’s very interesting about your marble collection. I’m afraid I’m not much of an expert on marbles personally so might not be able to help too much. I’m wondering how you discovered in research that they are quite valuable? If your research is correct then hopefully those research avenues might let you find a collector or using the research information prove to the buyer how much they might be worth? Sorry I can’t be of more help. If I come across any marble experts or websites I will let you know.
Claire
Jun 3, 2017 -
What a shame that this end result is money. I wanted to see pictures of marbles and what they were called…… ergh. You’d never have had my pride and joy, monster slightly chipped pearlescent speckled oily…. I miss those beauties so much!
Jon
Dec 1, 2020 -
Not as gutted as me. I moved house 4 years ago and threw my 1980’s marbles collection in the bin. I had approx 40-60 marbles oilys cats eyes cant remember there names. I’m such am idiot. Not for the money but the nostalgia I miss
Retromash
Dec 1, 2020 -
Oh no. I think we all have similar regrets. Things we would go back and salvage from the bin if we had a second change.