Do kids still play marbles? If memory serves, we drew a big circle in the dirt and used a shooter marble to knock smaller marbles out of the circle. The phrase “play for keeps” comes from the practice ...

If you’ve held onto old marbles from childhood or stumbled across a dusty jar in the attic, you might be wondering if they’re worth anything. Not all old marbles have high value, but certain handmade, ...

”When I showed people the marbles I kept in my jewelry box, they laughed,” said Beverly Brule, of Marble Collectors Unlimited in Northboro, Mass. ”A couple of years ago, when you asked an antiques ...

Did you know that marbles are considered one of today's top collectibles? Many people around the globe have come back to collecting glass marbles, the most common of marbles, in huge jars. Then clay, ...

I have a small basket full of antique clay marbles that I love and so do my granddaughters. It’s the uneven shapes and the colors — dark-blue cobalt, brown or red glazes — that have attracted me to ...

Some of life’s greatest pleasures come to us as children and never really leave. A fresh box of 64 crayons would still have the power to draw smiles from adults of a certain stripe, as would this jar ...

Some of life’s greatest pleasures come to us as children and never really leave. A fresh box of 64 crayons would still have the power to draw smiles from adults of a certain stripe, as would this jar ...

Marbles have entertained children since ancient Egyptian times and continue to do so today. The difference today is that there are as many, if not more, adults coveting marbles as there are children ...