Everett Grist s Big Book of Marbles Updated Values
- Author(s): Everett Grist
- Category: Toys, Dolls, Games & Puzzles
- Publisher: Collector Books
- Publish year: 1997
- ISBN: 9780891455400
- Number of Pages: 148
From the digs of Pompeii to the excavations at Colonial Williamsburg to the current Urban Archaeology Project in Baltimore, Maryland, one item stands out as being ubiquitous-the marble. Deliberately chipped stones forming neat globes have been unearthed at Stone Age excavations in Europe and Asia. Explorers coming to the New World found Amerinds playing with objects archaeologists now refer to as "game stones," but which basically were marbles.
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Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
Who Can You Trust?
The Manufacturers
Transparent Swirls
Onionskins and End of Day
Lutz
Peppermint, Clambroth,Indian and Banded Opaque
Mica, Solid Opaque, Cloud, Agates, Clay,Pottery, and Benningtons
China, Lined Crockery and Carpet Balls
Sulphide
Sulphide Marble Figures
Machine-Made Marbles and Boxes
New Comic-Type Marbles
Rarities
Marble Related Items
A Passing Thought
Christmas Cards
Snapshots of a Marble Auction
Glossary
Bibliography