Odds & Ends

In our travels we often come across items that are related to marbles or that we find interesting, this page will be an ever growing collection of these items and any History we may have on the pieces.

The newer items will be farther down the list, click here to start at the bottom of the page

	Plastic Marble Stands Cones: 1 1/4" base, 3/4" tall , 5/8 top Med. Ring: 1" x 1/2" tall Large Ring: 1 5/8" x 1/2" $1.00 each Sm. Ring: 5/8" x 1/4" 4 for $1.00
These were distributed by Marble King for a number of years, their authenticity has been verified by Beri Fox, manager & owner of Marble King. $6.00 each
	Just some common 9/16" clays we picked up near Lodi, NY about 10 years ago. Assortment of 10 marbles $8.00
These came from the old storage buildings at Champion Agate in Pennsboro,WV. Each contains 20 Cat Eye and Patch style marbles. $7.00 each Champion 5's (below) Most of these have five 7/8" clearies, a few packages have one marble that is an Old Fashion style. $5.00 each
	Sets of 60 Chinese Checker marbles packaged by Champion Agate Co. for Copp Clark Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Headers were printed on a lighter weight slick paper which did not hold up well, they have many creases. Most likely from the mid to late 1960's. $6.00 each
Star Trek DS9 marbles by Spectra Star dated 1993. Has Cisco, Kira, Chief O'Brien, Odo and Quark. Has a couple of small folds in the packaging, otherwise good condition. $15.00
These red boxes were what the marble companies would send to the stores that bought their marbles, it was then up to the individual merchant to decide how many marbles they wanted to put in for 10 cents. These boxes were never used, are still folded flat and most still have the cardboard that was die cut and would normally be punched out so you could see the marbles inside. They are in excellent condition. $5.00 each
	These (left and below) also came from the storage building at Champion Agate that burned down a few years ago. It was an interesting place, originally an old factory it had a stream that ran under it and at one point a section of floor had fallen through. Instead of fixing it they piled boxes of marbles on the ground and planks across them, as the lower boxes disintegrated they piled more boxes on top of them. This area became known as "The Pit" and in the Spring of 1991 a group of people bought the rights to dig it out. They shoveled them out into 55 gal. drums, most of the marbles were rejects of some kind, solid colors and clearies but there were a few interesting looking ones as well.
Hand blown Candlestick with marble in the stem. Made by Teign Vally Glass in England. $45.00 ea.
	3" cobalt blue & white hollow ceramic Carpet Ball. $15.00
10 count Cat Eye Marbles packaged by Heaton Agate Co. of Cairo, WV. It has the seam down the middle back of the plastic bag. Most are in fairly good condition. $7.00 each	These next items (left and below) came from the personal collection of Mr. Jim Ridpath, president and founder of the National Marble Club of America. He recently moved and needed to scale back on the over 4.5 Million marbles in his collection, he invited us up and gave us an interesting assortment of packaged and loose marbles. 4 count Gladding Vitro 7/8" - 1" Cat Eye "Tournament Shooters" many contain hybrids. Headers have some folds but most have held up well. $6.00 each
Front and back (right) of bags.
	Mr. Ridpath had a huge old water jug that stood about 2' tall and 11" diameter, this was filled with 3 layers of marbles these Gladding-Vitro Cat Eyes were the middle layer. He said he filled the jar in the mid 50's, the marbles are in excellent condition and nearly half are hybrids. Prices pending.
Found this at an Antique store in Ohio.	Mar-Bo-Gun made by the Cardinal Rubber Company, Barberton, OH. Good overall condition, some stress seen in plastic but no cracks, minimal scuffing. $20.00

These 3 shots show different views of the Attack on America" marbles made for the WV Red Cross after 9/11. $5.00 ea. Below are the front and back views of some of the limited edition (500) packaged sets that were made up. The are numbered and initialed. $10.00 set

	Hallmark Special Edition ceramic Ornament from 1997. Duane Unruh did the original sculpture inspired by Norman Rockwell's Saturday Evening Post cover from Sept. 2,1939. $25.00
Marble Necklace A coil of silver toned metal forms a cage that you can place a 7/8" marble in and wear it. The black cord is adjustable from choker length to mid chest. They come with a marble. $4.00 each
	Bracelets made from glass cane. $35.00 each These are for relitively small wrists, they are approx. 2 1/2" x 3" with an opening of approx. 1 1/4"
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