We lived directly across the road from the St. Marys Marble King factory and watched that wonderful building burn down. My brother and I would play on top of the piles of colored glass thinking we could find a diamond in those piles of glass.😄.....and might add that we were bare footed. Two tuff brothers. So enjoy your video's.
Jack, we lived above Quaker State in St. Marys. I wish I had all the marbles we shot in our slingshots back in the 70's. I still have about 30 bags of the Vitro Cat eyes dad kept
With you're identification videos you have filled a void In the hobby that was very much needed, I hope you will continue making these great marble videos, thank you for your efforts
Thank you John I appreciate it . Yes there’s plenty of more marbles videos to come. The editing process is slow so they take a lot of time. I hope to publish a new one this weekend. 🔵
Hey mate, I have to say I’ve never paid much attention to marbles. Not since I was a kid. But watching this has been a REAL eye opener!! Love your attention to detail. Who knew marbles had such character?! 😃
I love and collect marbles too. I watched my brothers play with these lovely Aggies and glasses! I adore these new cage style marbles with butte fles inside within a bubble!
@@ExtremelyBerry Babies who find and pick these shi y sparkly marbles will put them i. Their months and swallow them which blocks the passage way which suffocates even a toddler! My suggestion is to put your marbles in a locked up metal case with a.padlock on it to keep it he marbles from getting into the marbles. Surgery is required to remove the marble out of a child s throat or make your child vomit it up.
I had to watch it again...I learn something new with each viewing, thanks...Stephen I re watch all of them, grateful you take the time to educate people
When I was a kid these were the most common at the stores where I lived in the 60s or early 70s. I'm not really a marble collector but I don't throw them away either so I have a jar of mixed marble, I have a few cat eyes but not like I used to have. I have a very old antique marble clear manganese glass that got sun-purpled, it glows yellow under UV light, I found that one alongside where a narrow gauge railroad used to be in the late 1800s. I think that one came from a kid's slingshot.
@@stephenbahrmarbles I was looking for manganese glass bottles and I was finding a lot of them from mostly around 1880 to 1900. It was trash the litterbug culture had thrown off the train. Then this violet-colored marble just glowed and sparled in the sun. I was excited to find a it could be a 140-year-old kid's toy.
I am currently trying to identify my cat's eyes. Well... as a huge fan and collector of the strange, odd, rare or error marbles- I am having a tough time with cats eyes due to the amount of craziness i have...But, regarding maganese glass, i have 5 cats that-along with uv reactive cores on some yellow and all of the pink and white) glow greenish yellow like uranium glass, but the glass has no color ....So the hybrids must be vitro, and the white one must be vacor, right? Only problem is i dont think either company used mag...any ideas or input? (One is a blue caged with green glowing glass that is just amazing looking) also, any way to speed up the purple color?
Hi Shuru, the presence of manganese, cadmium and Uranium won’t help to sort the cats eyes by company as I am very certain those ingredients would have been used at one time or another by all of these vintage makers. You would really want to focus on the structure and glass colors first sorting, which becomes difficult when you collect the super odd models. Vitro pastel colors and hybrid color combos become pretty recognizable over time. Best of luck in your sorting and collecting!
@@shuruff904 This manganese glass marble must be a rare one. I can't find any examples of it online anywhere. It doesn't have any color it was clear glass that got sun purpled. It also has a lot of air bubbles like vintage glass had in those days.
Once again, another awesome video Stephen! Your knowledge inspires me. I never paid much attention to my cats eyes, but now I will. There special marbles too. They deserve the respect in every collector's eyes. Thanks again!😻
Hi Stephen thank you for your great education videos. I'm new to this addictive hobby. I just purchased a unopened bag of. Sharp shooter marbles, cat's eye's zebras. From Mexico 1984. Thanks again I'm really enjoying your videos cheers Cindy
Wanted to message you on your most recent video so you got it. I've never found explanations so in depth and it helps. I've been collecting since I was 8 and am now 31. I've got thousands to go through after taking notes on all your videos.
I remodel old homes from 1900 onward and occasionally find marbles. Just found 40 or so in a wall cavity that also had 1950 newspapers stuffed in various holes to keep the drafts out. Will probably seal them back up in the wall in a jar and a note from me as a time capsule for the next guy to find in 75 years.
Thanks for this informative video. I and a friend were avid marble diggers when we were younger and were always a bit disapointed when our "find" turned out to be "just another cat's eye". I had no idea that they were this interesting! I have just recently renewed my interest in marble hunting (my friend is passed away now) and I will definately be paying closer attention to the cat's eyes I find.
I say keep the marbles leave a couple with a note and a copy of today's newspaper next to the 1950s newspaper. I once met a demolisher who happened to be involved in The demolition of the San Francisco Chronicle and in hiS house had perfect newspapers from all the most important events in the last 50-60 years. This was 37 years ago but can still remember the faces of Elvis, John Kennedy, Princess Diana, the Challenger, Martin Luther King, it was like a time capsule still floating around in the Bay. The constant humidity in the Bay area kept the newspapers pristine like they were right off the press.
That's cool, I knew there were different companies that made them but I really had no idea there was that many different varieties of the cats eyes, I've probably got every one of those if I looked through my boxes of marbles that was left to me by my uncle. Need to do a video on master mades. I've been collecting marbles for about 16 years and I'm still learning about them, sifting through my boxes and finding hybrids that are very beautiful and difficult to find any info on them. I'm working my way up to a collection like what you have sir, there are no words for the collection you have, every time I watch your videos I'm in awe of what I see. I wished their were more people like you on youtube describing them.
Wow! I never realised just how much variety there is! 😲. We used to have names for 3 vane single colour marbles, and ones that thanks to your video I've learnt are called Amsterdam swirls (we called them China's) 3 vane single colour Marbles were known as Terryglow's, there were Clay's which were solid terracotta marbles, and Steeleys aka ball bearings. The larger size marbles were known as Dollickers.
@@stephenbahrmarbles Hi Stephen! I'm in Scotland and the common collective nickname for marbles were known as "Bools" and that probably stems from the French "Boule" . What I'd like to know since I was a wee boy is, how do they get those coloured vanes etc in there?
@@stephenbahrmarbles Thanks Stephen! I was always wondering how it was done! I'll check out the video! Another nickname for a type of marble which was a clear glass one was a "Glassie" or a "Cleary" and the marbles that were blue base clear glass were "Blueys" green ones were "Greenies".
Crystal Clear.. Trebol. Oh wow.. The marbles are like containers of pure art beauty in a small condensed size. If it was large size it would make amazing canvases spread out! 🖼
wow man........i love all history..........there was always the marbles i never put on the line.....Mr Stephen ....this is some great info....very interesting
Thanks Stephen, I have a neighbor that just purchased a sht.load of marbles, some of them are in a compartmentalized collection box,thanks for your information my friend
That's quite a Marble collection you got there behind you ! :-) WOW You could make a high resolution screen saver program, with 1K and 4K zooms of hundreds of your colorful marbles... beautiful hand sized artwork for endless screen saving ! :-)
I have a new since of respect for the cats eye . Good job 👍😎 very detailed and nuanced video my friend . I hope your doing well and have yourself a wonderful week 🌄 I'm going digging tomorrow 🎉
@@stephenbahrmarbles I found 2 different types of marbles this week Bottle digging. Good ones I suspect pre 1950 on both. Any feedback is always appreciated ...I'm still learning ✌️😎
I love your videos. I recently found a tin of marbles stashed under a piece of wooden floorboard (not sure if that is the name of it, it makes up the floor in the garage, old rotting wood) in the old garage. The house was built for the soldiers returning and setting up homes after WW2. Anyway after finding these marbles I've found myself trying to learn about them.. I had no idea how hard it was.. hard but extremely interesting:. And I've loved all your videos. Also, you must get this all the time, where did you get your display cases? Love your work. Brian
Wow Brian that sounds like a vintage time capsule, congratulations! I hope you’ve identified some of them . The wall display cases that I use are those old “printers” or “letterhead” trays that I sometimes find at flea markets or estate sales. Most all of the ones I’ve found need quite a bit of cleaning up from the old ink stains. Thank you for commenting on the video , I appreciate that you enjoy the content! I’ve got a good vid coming up soon in the next few days. I’m pretty excited about it :)
This is a great video and has spurred my interest in collecting cat's eyes. I have a couple of questions---were pink or purple cat's eyes ever made in larger numbers? Has gold stone ever been used with cat's eyes? I've only seen one or two pinkish cat's eyes and those seem to be extremely rare...Also, Thank you very much for your time and effort in making these videos!! I collect them in my online folders and use them as key references in my beginning studies of marbles. Best wishes to you and may all good things be yours!
Hi Randy Burks and thank you ! Yes purple and pink were used in larger numbers. Especially by Marble King and Vitro . I’m not sure of goldstone usage, but you can find some models with Aventurine. Thank you for watching all of the videos, plenty to digest when it comes to marbles , I hope you continue to enjoy the hobby! 🐱
i once had a misty cats eye like 30 years ago.. i wonder where it is now. i had nearly a thousand marbles between 1987 and 1990. some of them were amazing to look at. i was in Kent in the UK. when i moved to London in 1990 i never saw anyboby play so i guess I just stopped and ended up giving them away to my friends and cuzns.
Is there a lapis marble. I have one that "sparkles" under black light and is lapis blue. I also have many other marbles that have a "sparkle" under black light. Thanks
I've seen movies from the 1920s & 1930s with kids playing with glass marbles. I've read articles from the late 1800s mentioning kids playing with glass marbles.
@@stephenbahrmarbles Don't remember all the titles, but the kids on "Our Gang", AKA "The Little Rascals" regularly played with, handled, & exchanged marbles on the series.... even in the oldest ones.
Someone Mentioned your Site for a youtuber just starting.. I too have come to see what Beauties you have and to teach us.I am Blown away at many Video's You cover so much Information showing me How Absolutely Beautiful these are. My son is getting interested, he is 17 and I buy them at stores for him. I will look to any Sites you reccomend buying from..Have a GOD Blessed AMAZING Day.. 🤗🙏🙏🙏🕊
I think I might have a few cats eyes style marbles. Not sure where they were made though as I'm not well versed on all the manufacturers. Got my marbles from some place in Branson, Missouri a few years back.
In the 1950s I saw and collected glass marbles in the gutter. They were filthy but I washed them and I still have them. Their lustre has not fade away and when I leave the earth. They will be buried with me, I had soo much fun with them.
omg. ur channel is soo interesting. i never know there was that much knowledge with marbles!! ur message is very clear XD. i found u through eric wen's comments thou. nice to meet u too
i had a nine vein three color in blue glass with a pontil on it hand made.i have some in clear glass and some in green glass.i collected for a while and sold most to a collector from richmond kentucky
Hey! Im really new to collecting and your videos have been very helpful. When it comes to cats eyes made in asian countries what kind of time period did they use the blue/green tinted glass? I have a whole bunch of them and would love to give them a date. From my understanding modern marbles are much more clear glass with very little bubbles so ive been using slightly tinted glass and heaps of bubbles as a guide to age them. Thanks alot!
Hi Itsacher and thank you ! I believe Asian Cats Eyes first started producing in the early 1950’s. Dating them is difficult for me, as they all seem to have tinted green base no matter how old they are. Perhaps the vanes are fuller with the older ones , but beyond that, I don’t think I can reliably age them.
@stephenbahrmarbles thanks for the reply that's such a shame that it's hard to date them id love to give them some history but either way they are very pretty.
Thank you very much!! I've been searching for answers and finally your videos. One question, I have some, several that have a signature on them. How or where to look up these names? Thank yo
I've been trying to read them but I need to get a stronger magnifying glass. Also I have one that's yellow and it's got a curved pontil but the core looks like a C that the tips almost touch, any ideas?
Hello Steven I just watched your video and I've always tried to buy any old marbles at flea markets, garage sales, and you know the one tiny little store in a small town that has all the kick naks and oddities and other gems. Anyways it was awesome learning about different types but I feel like I still need to identify some of the other marbles in my collection. My question is this, are marbles like baseball cards where there are assigned values to certain kinds. Older ones worth more. Is their a typical price guide for marbles especially vintage marbles or am I off in thinking that's possible. How do guys like you assign value to certain marbles or what makes some more valuable than others. Thank you in advance if you have any information,?!?😊
Hi Josh and thank you for watching! There are no exact price guides for marbles. A lot of it has to do with the condition of the piece, it’s rairity and collectors trends . They all fluctuate a little but machine-made marble companies like Christensen and Peltier are usually higher priced and retain their value over time. The older German handmades are the most expensive in general. There’s alot of layers to it. I hope this helps somewhat.
I am very new to collecting and am using your videos for reference. I think most of the small collection I have are different varieties from vacor. I have a question on a couple of the cats eyes. They have the veins, but one is a light blueish color and in the light seems almost transparent or holographic? Does that make sense? Are they vacor? Thank you and thanks for the videos
Hi Wesley, it sounds like they might be error marbles, where some of the crucibles were clogged during production. You can email photos to me at sbahr@scarletknights.com and I could take a look. Thank you
Hi Stephen! Thank you so much for your reply! I just sent you two emails with photos attached. I really appriciate you taking a look! All my very best, Wesley@@stephenbahrmarbles
Christine Tailer showed me how to ID the difference between an Asian and American Cat eye. I have a bunch made Imperial most of them are caged cat eye and some are 4 vein. She also showed me the crimp on the pole
I think the most collectable are the Marble King St. Mary’s Cat’s Eyes, some of the hybrid Caged Cat’s Eyes and the hybrid Bogards . The Asians have a tainted green base.
I picked up some marbles at an antique store in a Mason jar and in the mix were some green Japanese cats eyes. I noticed that a couple of them had what appears to be a dark purple vein (3 vein). Also there is a clear glass 4 vein that is white with some pink and another clear glass 6 vein that is red, white and blue. I personally haven't seen these color/color combinations before. How common are they?
Thanks for that info! I actually just began collecting late last year, before that I was and still am an avid agate hunter. Thus my interest in marbles. I have thoroughly enjoyed and learned from your videos and look forward too more!
Hi love cats eyes becoming very collectable but you might like to know japan produced its first cats eyes way back in 1924 under duck brand cheers john
Well sir its been a year since i sent you a package from Colorado if you recieved it did you like the master marble i know the other two were beatup a bit but i sent them anyway .just wondering if you got them?
Hi Daniel , I apologize but honestly I can’t quite remember the package. Can you describe the Master ? The US mail has never failed me so I’m sure it made it and I want to thank you for mailing!
@@stephenbahrmarbles it was one of a set of four master marble co late thirties it was the blue opaque and had the distinguishable white u shaped swirl .I also sent a couple of other marbles and a small blue bottle and suggested that I could make you a lit display for some of your marbles.you had commented to me that nobody ever just gave you a rare model .when I didnt hear back I put the display on hold .I sent the package to New Jersey at the address you provided!
I'm sure you would remember it if it came I had wrapped it in black and white duct tape the reason I contacted you is I'm going back to where I found it and was hoping to maybe find the purple or agua or the white one to this set the 1939 license plate at this dump was the only clue that led me to discovering what the marble was.any way to make a long story short I was thinking about you and after a couple of years of not seeing your videos you popped up on my u tube feed just a week before I'm going to the dump if you didnt get it I'm sorry I boxed it real good when I sent it !
Hi Daniel, yes I did receive that package with the Big blue Master! Thank you so much! I do get a lot of marbles coming and going, but gifts like yours are rare so I appreciate it ! and I did save the explanation note. I will work that marble into a future video ✔️ Good luck with the next dig , I hope you score some other color combo Masters - they made some cool ones! 🔵
@@stephenbahrmarbles if I do have the good fortune to find one I'll send it your way and I'll subscribe so I get the video.correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed that the set was kind of rare and just putting it in a jar on the shelf isnt right so if I find anymore they will be yours .there was an odd green marble I believe I told you my dog dug up I sent it because it looked like a great one to have restored I'll keep in touch and I think I still have your address thanks agian
Good evening, Stephen! I have been picking up jars of marbles at various antique stores from time to time (I know it's a crapshoot but it's fun) and have landed some decent stuff. Among my finds was one of those 6 vein crossthroughs you spoke of. It's not the beach ball colors, red, white and blue instead. Still considered scarce? The veins are straight as an arrow through the middle too. Keeper?
I have marbles that were embedded into an old furniture my family built. Just started taken them out and they’re all 4 section cats eye marbles. Are these worth putting up to sell. They’re nice.
Thank you, I searched those and I found a caged cat's eye that looks just like mine😊. Played marbles as a kid and have no clue what they are all called lol.
My eyes aren't that good,any chance I can send you some pics and maybe get some info on them? My fiance and myself got done with a house cleanout and came across a a bunch of marbles. Some are cat eyes i was told. If I have something,I'd like to sell them if possible. Thank you and have a good night.
Well, Well...turns out your with marble connection too! Found that out because I posted pics of the aforementioned cats eye marble and someone mentioned your videos! Guess you will have to check out the pics 😉
How much would a collection of around 100 very old cats eye go for? Where could I sell them? I have a decent collection of antique marbles I’d like to get off my hands.
My age 71yr old from Scotland I just bought a packet of marbles just because I like the look of them my two grandsons just took a load of my marbles a few years ago ones I had since I was a boy
@@stephenbahrmarbles I had a box full of marbles ones I had when I was a boy but a few years ago my grandsons found my box I took all the nice ones they don't even play with them I bet my daughter ends up sticking them in the bin the children nowadays don't play anymore too busy on their mobiles paying games and on TH-cam I should try and get them playing marbles in mostly the cheaper marbles in Scotland
We lived directly across the road from the St. Marys Marble King factory and watched that wonderful building burn down. My brother and I would play on top of the piles of colored glass thinking we could find a diamond in those piles of glass.😄.....and might add that we were bare footed. Two tuff brothers. So enjoy your video's.
Wow Jack cool story! I would love to do a video with you! Thank you for sharing 🔵
Jack, we lived above Quaker State in St. Marys. I wish I had all the marbles we shot in our slingshots back in the 70's. I still have about 30 bags of the Vitro Cat eyes dad kept
With you're identification videos you have filled a void In the hobby that was very much needed, I hope you will continue making these great marble videos, thank you for your efforts
Thank you John I appreciate it . Yes there’s plenty of more marbles videos to come. The editing process is slow so they take a lot of time. I hope to publish a new one this weekend. 🔵
Hey mate, I have to say I’ve never paid much attention to marbles. Not since I was a kid.
But watching this has been a REAL eye opener!! Love your attention to detail. Who knew marbles had such character?!
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Now there’s an epic idea! If you ever have something you want us to film for you email us at theyvlog@outlook.com 😊
I love and collect marbles too. I watched my brothers play with these lovely Aggies and glasses! I adore these new cage style marbles with butte fles inside within a bubble!
Ooooo black and white cloud ones.
Are the crayon colors inside . I used to put my marbles in the oven to crack them and with cats eyes they split in hf!
@@ExtremelyBerry Babies who find and pick these shi y sparkly marbles will put them i. Their months and swallow them which blocks the passage way which suffocates even a toddler! My suggestion is to put your marbles in a locked up metal case with a.padlock on it to keep it he marbles from getting into the marbles. Surgery is required to remove the marble out of a child s throat or make your child vomit it up.
Super great work Mr Barr. Love these videos. Keep going if you can. Thank you!
Thank you Russ I appreciate it! Plenty more to come, please share them with your friends. 🔴
Beautiful ❤️ I was always fascinated by marbles and now the mystery unravels
Thank you Sylvanian 🔴
I had to watch it again...I learn something new with each viewing, thanks...Stephen I re watch all of them, grateful you take the time to educate people
Thanks Summer Rose ! I appreciate it 🔴
When I was a kid these were the most common at the stores where I lived in the 60s or early 70s. I'm not really a marble collector but I don't throw them away either so I have a jar of mixed marble, I have a few cat eyes but not like I used to have. I have a very old antique marble clear manganese glass that got sun-purpled, it glows yellow under UV light, I found that one alongside where a narrow gauge railroad used to be in the late 1800s. I think that one came from a kid's slingshot.
Cool stuff Troy, thanks for sharing. Many ended up as ammo for sure.
@@stephenbahrmarbles I was looking for manganese glass bottles and I was finding a lot of them from mostly around 1880 to 1900. It was trash the litterbug culture had thrown off the train. Then this violet-colored marble just glowed and sparled in the sun. I was excited to find a it could be a 140-year-old kid's toy.
I am currently trying to identify my cat's eyes. Well... as a huge fan and collector of the strange, odd, rare or error marbles- I am having a tough time with cats eyes due to the amount of craziness i have...But, regarding maganese glass, i have 5 cats that-along with uv reactive cores on some yellow and all of the pink and white) glow greenish yellow like uranium glass, but the glass has no color ....So the hybrids must be vitro, and the white one must be vacor, right? Only problem is i dont think either company used mag...any ideas or input? (One is a blue caged with green glowing glass that is just amazing looking) also, any way to speed up the purple color?
Hi Shuru, the presence of manganese, cadmium and Uranium won’t help to sort the cats eyes by company as I am very certain those ingredients would have been used at one time or another by all of these vintage makers. You would really want to focus on the structure and glass colors first sorting, which becomes difficult when you collect the super odd models. Vitro pastel colors and hybrid color combos become pretty recognizable over time. Best of luck in your sorting and collecting!
@@shuruff904 This manganese glass marble must be a rare one. I can't find any examples of it online anywhere. It doesn't have any color it was clear glass that got sun purpled. It also has a lot of air bubbles like vintage glass had in those days.
Once again, another awesome video Stephen! Your knowledge inspires me. I never paid much attention to my cats eyes, but now I will. There special marbles too. They deserve the respect in every collector's eyes. Thanks again!😻
Hi Stephen thank you for your great education videos. I'm new to this addictive hobby. I just purchased a unopened bag of. Sharp shooter marbles, cat's eye's zebras. From Mexico 1984. Thanks again I'm really enjoying your videos cheers Cindy
Thank you Cindy I appreciate it! Congrats on the Zebra bag ! I hope you find the hobby a world of fascination and wonder !
Thank you. 😊
Wanted to message you on your most recent video so you got it. I've never found explanations so in depth and it helps. I've been collecting since I was 8 and am now 31. I've got thousands to go through after taking notes on all your videos.
I remodel old homes from 1900 onward and occasionally find marbles. Just found 40 or so in a wall cavity that also had 1950 newspapers stuffed in various holes to keep the drafts out. Will probably seal them back up in the wall in a jar and a note from me as a time capsule for the next guy to find in 75 years.
Cool story madcow ! Hopefully the house won’t get demolished and the marbles are left in-found.
Thanks, educational for sure....learn a lots and will be making myself a playlist of your videos....great job
I love cat's eyes.. the combination of color and clear glass is so pretty!
I love the interesting forms inside the clear glass. Has a dimensionality that many opaque marbles lack.
Thanks for this informative video. I and a friend were avid marble diggers when we were younger and were always a bit disapointed when our "find" turned out to be "just another cat's eye". I had no idea that they were this interesting! I have just recently renewed my interest in marble hunting (my friend is passed away now) and I will definately be paying closer attention to the cat's eyes I find.
I say keep the marbles leave a couple with a note and a copy of today's newspaper next to the 1950s newspaper. I once met a demolisher who happened to be involved in The demolition of the San Francisco Chronicle and in hiS house had perfect newspapers from all the most important events in the last 50-60 years. This was 37 years ago but can still remember the faces of Elvis, John Kennedy, Princess Diana, the Challenger, Martin Luther King, it was like a time capsule still floating around in the Bay. The constant humidity in the Bay area kept the newspapers pristine like they were right off the press.
That's cool, I knew there were different companies that made them but I really had no idea there was that many different varieties of the cats eyes, I've probably got every one of those if I looked through my boxes of marbles that was left to me by my uncle. Need to do a video on master mades. I've been collecting marbles for about 16 years and I'm still learning about them, sifting through my boxes and finding hybrids that are very beautiful and difficult to find any info on them. I'm working my way up to a collection like what you have sir, there are no words for the collection you have, every time I watch your videos I'm in awe of what I see. I wished their were more people like you on youtube describing them.
Actually im 53 and have seen these marbles and looked for 1 i was interested in and found it on ebay thanks for your video.
Thanks for watching YO !⚫️
Wow! I never realised just how much variety there is! 😲. We used to have names for 3 vane single colour marbles, and ones that thanks to your video I've learnt are called Amsterdam swirls (we called them China's) 3 vane single colour Marbles were known as Terryglow's, there were Clay's which were solid terracotta marbles, and Steeleys aka ball bearings. The larger size marbles were known as Dollickers.
@@stephenbahrmarbles Hi Stephen! I'm in Scotland and the common collective nickname for marbles were known as "Bools" and that probably stems from the French "Boule" .
What I'd like to know since I was a wee boy is, how do they get those coloured vanes etc in there?
@@stephenbahrmarbles Thanks Stephen! I was always wondering how it was done! I'll check out the video! Another nickname for a type of marble which was a clear glass one was a "Glassie" or a "Cleary" and the marbles that were blue base clear glass were "Blueys" green ones were "Greenies".
Crystal Clear.. Trebol. Oh wow..
The marbles are like containers of pure art beauty in a small condensed size. If it was large size it would make amazing canvases spread out! 🖼
You are a wealth of knowledge and information. Thank you sir.
The marble king marbles are one of my favorite I have a pretty big collection around 400
wow man........i love all history..........there was always the marbles i never put on the line.....Mr Stephen ....this is some great info....very interesting
Very informative and helpful video, thank you
Thanks John , I you have a great weekend!
Thanks for video.
Thanks for watching Vivian 🔵
Thanks Stephen, I have a neighbor that just purchased a sht.load of marbles, some of them are in a compartmentalized collection box,thanks for your information my friend
That's quite a Marble collection you got there behind you ! :-) WOW
You could make a high resolution screen saver program, with 1K and 4K zooms of hundreds of your colorful marbles... beautiful hand sized artwork for endless screen saving ! :-)
Thanks Seejay !
hey! 👋🏻 saw your comment on Nick Nimmins video and decided to stop by! Awesome content! Keep crushing it ❤️!
I think pennywise has all the lost marbles down drains in the road 😂
I have a new since of respect for the cats eye . Good job 👍😎 very detailed and nuanced video my friend . I hope your doing well and have yourself a wonderful week 🌄 I'm going digging tomorrow 🎉
@@stephenbahrmarbles I found 2 different types of marbles this week Bottle digging. Good ones I suspect pre 1950 on both. Any feedback is always appreciated ...I'm still learning ✌️😎
4 vains white and pink
this is the side of youtube i love
Wow - I keep learning from your outstanding youtube videos Thank you!
Hi Thank You for sharing.
Thanks Buck ! 🔵
This video takes me back however now is taking me another way. Like many probably would say I wish I had my own marbles
I really should have said I wish I had my old marbles because I had plenty.
Maybe it’s time to start up a new collection 😁
Boggard or heaton clear marble so light wisp of black uv turns it purple @ 15:18 time in video
Thank you for your time and space 💫
hey i have that and my uncle when we are kids from japan lol we have that mostly everything !!! ilove it as a kid in the past
Very cool. Most of these I have never seen.
I love your videos. I recently found a tin of marbles stashed under a piece of wooden floorboard (not sure if that is the name of it, it makes up the floor in the garage, old rotting wood) in the old garage. The house was built for the soldiers returning and setting up homes after WW2. Anyway after finding these marbles I've found myself trying to learn about them.. I had no idea how hard it was.. hard but extremely interesting:. And I've loved all your videos.
Also, you must get this all the time, where did you get your display cases?
Love your work.
Brian
Wow Brian that sounds like a vintage time capsule, congratulations! I hope you’ve identified some of them . The wall display cases that I use are those old “printers” or “letterhead” trays that I sometimes find at flea markets or estate sales. Most all of the ones I’ve found need quite a bit of cleaning up from the old ink stains. Thank you for commenting on the video , I appreciate that you enjoy the content! I’ve got a good vid coming up soon in the next few days. I’m pretty excited about it :)
Use a jewelry display case with a thick piece of foam to set each one into it s place. Hide it,!
Thanks again for the content
Thanks John and Happy Holidays to you !
This is a great video and has spurred my interest in collecting cat's eyes. I have a couple of questions---were pink or purple cat's eyes ever made in larger numbers? Has gold stone ever been used with cat's eyes? I've only seen one or two pinkish cat's eyes and those seem to be extremely rare...Also, Thank you very much for your time and effort in making these videos!! I collect them in my online folders and use them as key references in my beginning studies of marbles. Best wishes to you and may all good things be yours!
Hi Randy Burks and thank you ! Yes purple and pink were used in larger numbers. Especially by Marble King and Vitro . I’m not sure of goldstone usage, but you can find some models with Aventurine. Thank you for watching all of the videos, plenty to digest when it comes to marbles , I hope you continue to enjoy the hobby! 🐱
@@stephenbahrmarbles Thanks for the information. I will continue to look for them. best wishes---now back to studying marbles
Do they have Shooters in that group wonderful I wonder who made the large one's
A lot of marbles makers made large ones 🔵
i once had a misty cats eye like 30 years ago.. i wonder where it is now.
i had nearly a thousand marbles between 1987 and 1990.
some of them were amazing to look at.
i was in Kent in the UK.
when i moved to London in 1990 i never saw anyboby play so i guess I just stopped and ended up giving them away to my friends and cuzns.
Is there a lapis marble. I have one that "sparkles" under black light and is lapis blue. I also have many other marbles that have a "sparkle" under black light. Thanks
Thanks Travelerdavis , I will have to google “Lapis”
I didn't know Vacor was so important!!
I've seen movies from the 1920s & 1930s with kids playing with glass marbles. I've read articles from the late 1800s mentioning kids playing with glass marbles.
Hi PSK , do you know the titles of those old films with marbles scenes ?
@@stephenbahrmarbles Don't remember all the titles, but the kids on "Our Gang", AKA "The Little Rascals" regularly played with, handled, & exchanged marbles on the series.... even in the oldest ones.
Cool! I have some of these.
love your sharing
Someone Mentioned your Site for a youtuber just starting.. I too have come to see what Beauties you have and to teach us.I am Blown away at many Video's You cover so much Information showing me How Absolutely Beautiful these are. My son is getting interested, he is 17 and I buy them at stores for him. I will look to any Sites you reccomend buying from..Have a GOD Blessed AMAZING Day.. 🤗🙏🙏🙏🕊
Thank you Love the Lord ! I hope you both enjoy exploring all of the different marble makers, and these wonderful orbs of art we call marbles!
I think I might have a few cats eyes style marbles. Not sure where they were made though as I'm not well versed on all the manufacturers. Got my marbles from some place in Branson, Missouri a few years back.
In the 1950s I saw and collected glass marbles in the gutter. They were filthy but I washed them and I still have them. Their lustre has not fade away and when I leave the earth. They will be buried with me, I had soo much fun with them.
Awesome Hector . Glass holds up very well over time thank God . 🔵
omg. ur channel is soo interesting. i never know there was that much knowledge with marbles!! ur message is very clear XD. i found u through eric wen's comments thou. nice to meet u too
@@stephenbahrmarbles yea eric has such good insights for finding my niche and voice on youtube. thanks you so much for checking out
i had a nine vein three color in blue glass with a pontil on it hand made.i have some in clear glass and some in green glass.i collected for a while and sold most to a collector from richmond kentucky
Cool Lelon , thanks for sharing ! 🔵
I have a cage style catseye with the orange peel like surface. I've had a hard time identifying it, any ideas?
That sounds like a Vacor De Mexico trait, they did make a caged style cats eye.
Hey! Im really new to collecting and your videos have been very helpful. When it comes to cats eyes made in asian countries what kind of time period did they use the blue/green tinted glass? I have a whole bunch of them and would love to give them a date. From my understanding modern marbles are much more clear glass with very little bubbles so ive been using slightly tinted glass and heaps of bubbles as a guide to age them. Thanks alot!
Hi Itsacher and thank you ! I believe Asian Cats Eyes first started producing in the early 1950’s. Dating them is difficult for me, as they all seem to have tinted green base no matter how old they are. Perhaps the vanes are fuller with the older ones , but beyond that, I don’t think I can reliably age them.
@stephenbahrmarbles thanks for the reply that's such a shame that it's hard to date them id love to give them some history but either way they are very pretty.
Thank you very much!! I've been searching for answers and finally your videos. One question, I have some, several that have a signature on them. How or where to look up these names? Thank yo
I've been trying to read them but I need to get a stronger magnifying glass. Also I have one that's yellow and it's got a curved pontil but the core looks like a C that the tips almost touch, any ideas?
Hello Steven I just watched your video and I've always tried to buy any old marbles at flea markets, garage sales, and you know the one tiny little store in a small town that has all the kick naks and oddities and other gems. Anyways it was awesome learning about different types but I feel like I still need to identify some of the other marbles in my collection. My question is this, are marbles like baseball cards where there are assigned values to certain kinds. Older ones worth more. Is their a typical price guide for marbles especially vintage marbles or am I off in thinking that's possible. How do guys like you assign value to certain marbles or what makes some more valuable than others. Thank you in advance if you have any information,?!?😊
Hi Josh and thank you for watching! There are no exact price guides for marbles. A lot of it has to do with the condition of the piece, it’s rairity and collectors trends . They all fluctuate a little but machine-made marble companies like Christensen and Peltier are usually higher priced and retain their value over time. The older German handmades are the most expensive in general. There’s alot of layers to it. I hope this helps somewhat.
I am very new to collecting and am using your videos for reference. I think most of the small collection I have are different varieties from vacor. I have a question on a couple of the cats eyes. They have the veins, but one is a light blueish color and in the light seems almost transparent or holographic? Does that make sense? Are they vacor? Thank you and thanks for the videos
Hi Duke , I would have to see the marble. You can email me photos at : sbahr@scarletknights.com thanks for watching the videos!
I have a few marbles with one single vein. All clear with a light peach colour vein. Could someone help me to know what they are? Thanks!
Hi Wesley, it sounds like they might be error marbles, where some of the crucibles were clogged during production. You can email photos to me at sbahr@scarletknights.com and I could take a look. Thank you
Hi Stephen! Thank you so much for your reply! I just sent you two emails with photos attached. I really appriciate you taking a look! All my very best, Wesley@@stephenbahrmarbles
I have several marbles I think are vintage were could I send a picture of them for identification
i have 34 clear nine lined catseyes and 20 in green glass.i am trying to find what they are worth now/are wet mint/
Thank you Stephen! Now I know some of my cats are cooler than I previously thought. Thanks to all those that contributed as well.
Christine Tailer showed me how to ID the difference between an Asian and American Cat eye. I have a bunch made Imperial most of them are caged cat eye and some are 4 vein. She also showed me the crimp on the pole
She’s a terrific collector! would love to do a video with her someday.
@@stephenbahrmarbles Hopefully we will meet for that some day. Feel free to send a friend request if you want
I have several caged cats eye marbles with only four fingers near the surface with vitro like colors. Did vitro make any with just four?
Hi Lori , I would think they’re more likely Asian but maybe Vitro. Send photos to sbahr@scarletknights.com if you want and I can take a look.
I have a lot of cat eyes from the 50s where can I get an idea what they are worth and maybe sell them?
Which cats eyes are the best to collect and is the green Japanese or the clear US marble the better of the two?
I think the most collectable are the Marble King St. Mary’s Cat’s Eyes, some of the hybrid Caged Cat’s Eyes and the hybrid Bogards . The Asians have a tainted green base.
Is it vein or vane? I posted pics and used the word vein and was corrected saying it's vane. Also is it Cat Eye, Cats eye or Cat Eyes?
Hi Barry, vane and cat’s eye are the correct textbook spellings.
I picked up some marbles at an antique store in a Mason jar and in the mix were some green Japanese cats eyes. I noticed that a couple of them had what appears to be a dark purple vein (3 vein). Also there is a clear glass 4 vein that is white with some pink and another clear glass 6 vein that is red, white and blue. I personally haven't seen these color/color combinations before. How common are they?
Thanks for that info! I actually just began collecting late last year, before that I was and still am an avid agate hunter. Thus my interest in marbles. I have thoroughly enjoyed and learned from your videos and look forward too more!
Hi love cats eyes becoming very collectable but you might like to know japan produced its first cats eyes way back in 1924 under duck brand cheers john
Well sir its been a year since i sent you a package from Colorado if you recieved it did you like the master marble i know the other two were beatup a bit but i sent them anyway .just wondering if you got them?
Hi Daniel , I apologize but honestly I can’t quite remember the package. Can you describe the Master ? The US mail has never failed me so I’m sure it made it and I want to thank you for mailing!
@@stephenbahrmarbles it was one of a set of four master marble co late thirties it was the blue opaque and had the distinguishable white u shaped swirl .I also sent a couple of other marbles and a small blue bottle and suggested that I could make you a lit display for some of your marbles.you had commented to me that nobody ever just gave you a rare model .when I didnt hear back I put the display on hold .I sent the package to New Jersey at the address you provided!
I'm sure you would remember it if it came I had wrapped it in black and white duct tape the reason I contacted you is I'm going back to where I found it and was hoping to maybe find the purple or agua or the white one to this set the 1939 license plate at this dump was the only clue that led me to discovering what the marble was.any way to make a long story short I was thinking about you and after a couple of years of not seeing your videos you popped up on my u tube feed just a week before I'm going to the dump if you didnt get it I'm sorry I boxed it real good when I sent it !
Hi Daniel, yes I did receive that package with the Big blue Master! Thank you so much! I do get a lot of marbles coming and going, but gifts like yours are rare so I appreciate it ! and I did save the explanation note. I will work that marble into a future video ✔️ Good luck with the next dig , I hope you score some other color combo Masters - they made some cool ones! 🔵
@@stephenbahrmarbles if I do have the good fortune to find one I'll send it your way and I'll subscribe so I get the video.correct me if I'm wrong but it seemed that the set was kind of rare and just putting it in a jar on the shelf isnt right so if I find anymore they will be yours .there was an odd green marble I believe I told you my dog dug up I sent it because it looked like a great one to have restored I'll keep in touch and I think I still have your address thanks agian
Good evening, Stephen! I have been picking up jars of marbles at various antique stores from time to time (I know it's a crapshoot but it's fun) and have landed some decent stuff. Among my finds was one of those 6 vein crossthroughs you spoke of. It's not the beach ball colors, red, white and blue instead. Still considered scarce? The veins are straight as an arrow through the middle too. Keeper?
Clear base glass I should say too
Where are you located? I would love to have you look at all my marbles!
I have marbles that were embedded into an old furniture my family built. Just started taken them out and they’re all 4 section cats eye marbles. Are these worth putting up to sell. They’re nice.
@@stephenbahrmarbles thanks it does. I’m going to keep them forever ... I love them . Thanks brother
Do the bubbles inside make a value difference?
Not really no, some people do like them slot though.
Where did you get your display shelves?
I get my wooden wall displays at Flea markets, they’re old printer press trays .
I got marbles from the Goodwill! 😊
Congratulations! Welcome to the hobby!
Hey Stephen I have a clear marble with the eight outside veins but they are white, not multicolored. Is it a catseye?
Thank you, I searched those and I found a caged cat's eye that looks just like mine😊. Played marbles as a kid and have no clue what they are all called lol.
My eyes aren't that good,any chance I can send you some pics and maybe get some info on them? My fiance and myself got done with a house cleanout and came across a a bunch of marbles. Some are cat eyes i was told. If I have something,I'd like to sell them if possible. Thank you and have a good night.
Can we still purchase the world of cats eye marbles?
Yes Koby , it is a mainstream publication that you should be able to find on the internet 🟢
Well, Well...turns out your with marble connection too! Found that out because I posted pics of the aforementioned cats eye marble and someone mentioned your videos! Guess you will have to check out the pics 😉
I'm under William on there too so you know
Was hoping for more information regarding manufacturing processes. Still an interesting video. L8R G8R. :-)
How much would a collection of around 100 very old cats eye go for? Where could I sell them? I have a decent collection of antique marbles I’d like to get off my hands.
Stephen Bahr Thanks for the tip brotha
My age 71yr old from Scotland I just bought a packet of marbles just because I like the look of them my two grandsons just took a load of my marbles a few years ago ones I had since I was a boy
Nice Alex ! I wonder what kind of marbles are sold in Scotland?
@@stephenbahrmarbles I had a box full of marbles ones I had when I was a boy but a few years ago my grandsons found my box I took all the nice ones they don't even play with them I bet my daughter ends up sticking them in the bin the children nowadays don't play anymore too busy on their mobiles paying games and on TH-cam I should try and get them playing marbles in mostly the cheaper marbles in Scotland
Right , the kids love their mobiles nowadays for sure!
Nice job
Than you Jaec, Happy New Year!
I'm surprised that the marble king 4 color 4 vein and the mimic weren't mentioned, aussom great video though
Good point John! I’ll have to dive in to the marble kings and Vitros a little further.
I love love love your marble collection. I want to eat them.
Hey dude are black crystals rare?
Hello Stephen! 🤗
Hi Hydrolized ! 🔵⚪️
I had clear solid colors and cat eyes
I have some marbles I bug them up in our back yard I know I played with them back in the days I'm 51 I played with them when I was 8
Awesome Juan ! Pretty cool that you still have them.
i had a few of the caged style too.....didnt know at the time the names of the styles
The Clearer the shooter the less air bubbles in it the better price you always got for them
I have a collection of the st mary's marbles
Good
Stephen I havent forgotten your package I'm slow as molasses in winter I promise I'll get it to you before turkey day sorry Colorado dan!
Harga berapa mister?
Wunderschön mögen die Kinder Weltweite...............! Vielen Dank
White and pink
Bravo 👍🏽
4 vains white with one pink
Sounds cool ! Do you know who produced it ?
😊
Wie Sie als Farben drin geschwommen können.................................