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Marble collectors pay the highest prices for glass and sulphide marbles. The game of marbles has been popular since the days of the ancient Romans. American children were able to buy ready-made marbles by the mid-eighteenth century. Dutch glazed clay marbles were least expensive. Glazed pottery marbles, attributed to the Bennington potteries in Vermont, were of a better quality. Marbles made of pink marble were also available by the 1830s. Glass marbles seem to have been made later. By 1880, Samuel C. Dyke of South Akron, Ohio, was making clay marbles and The National Onyx Marble Company was making marbles of onyx. The Navarre Glass Marble Company of Navarre, Ohio, and M. B. Mishler of Ravenna, Ohio, made glass marbles. Ohio remained the center of the marble industry, and the Akron-made Akro Agate brand became nationally known. Interesting types of marbles include the Venetian swirl, with ribbons of colored glass inside clear glass, and End of Day, with flecks of colored glass in them. Other pieces made by Akro Agate are listed in the Akro Agate category. Sulphides are glass marbles with frosted white figures in the center.
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| Image | Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | | Marble | Swirl | Divided Ribbon Green Base White Red Blue Yellow 1 21/32 In. | 2011 | | | Marble | Swirl | Peppermint Green Lines Inside Blue Band 3/4 In. | 2011 | | | Marble | Swirl | Red Yellow & Black Outer White Core 7/8 In. | 2011 | | | Marble | Swirl | Ribbon Core Orange Yellow 1 7/16 In. | 2011 | | | Marble | Swirl | Solid Core Tri Level Dark Green 2nd Stage Yellow Red 1 7/8 In. | 2011 | | | Marble | Swirl | Yellow & Red White Core Pontil 1 1/4 In. | 2011 | | | Marble | Swirl | Yellow Swirl Core Green & Blue Outer Bands White Borders Pontils 1 3/8 In. | 2011 |  | Marble | End Of The Day | Cloud,Multicolor,Single Pontil,Open Window Top,2 1/8 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Marble | Onionskin | Multicolor,1 1/2 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Marble | Sulphide | Boy On Rocking Horse,Blowing Horn,Pontil,1 5/8 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Marble | Sulphide | Hen,Painted,Green Nest,Cobalt Blue Wings,1 1/8 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Marble | Swirl | Barber Pole,Solid Core,Yellow Latticinio Lines,1 13/16 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Marble | Swirl | Peppermint,3 Red Bands,7/8 In. Illustrated | 2011 |  | Marble | Latticinio | Aqua, Oxblood, White Swirl, 27/32 In. , Illustrated | 2010 |  | Marble | Latticinio | Red Jelly Core, Yellow Swirl, Red, White, Green Yellow Bands, 11/16 In. , Illustrated | 2010 |  | Marble | Latticinio | White Core, Aqua Case, Red, White, 29/32 In. , Illustrated | 2010 |  | Marble | Onionskin | Mica, Blue, Red, Yellow, White, 2 1/4 In., Illustrated | 2010 |  | Marble | Sulfide | Dog, Lavender Tint, Early 20Th Century, 2 In., Illustrated | 2010 | | | Marble | Clambroth | White Line, Deep Amethyst, 1 15/16 In. | 2010 | | | Marble | Gutta-Percha | 1 11/16 In. | 2010 | | | Marble | Joseph’s Coat | 1 15/32 In. | 2010 | | | Marble | Joseph’s Coat | England, 13/16 In. | 2010 | | | Marble | Joseph’s Coat | Swirl, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green Swirls, Aventurine, England, 25/32 In. | 2010 | | | Marble | Latticinio | Orange, White, Ribbon Swirl, 27/32 In. | 2010 | | | Marble | Latticinio | Red, Orange, Olive, Blue, Gray & White Swirls, 1 1/16 In. | 2010 |
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