Marbles

	Akro Agate Price Guide Rev. 2nd Ed. - 0966174712 This is the revised 2nd edition price guide to the Hardy's volume The Complete Line of The Akro Agate Co. and is being listed separately for those who already have the main book. Note that the book references back to the main book and to benefit from this book you should own the first. The book brings values current through 1998. It also provides additional photographs and color and size information, as well as advice about reproductions and other issues relevant to the collector. It i... $11.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Collecting Early Machine-made Marbles: The M.F. Christensen & Son Company & Christensen Agate Company - 0764318276 With this book, readers will discover machine-made marbles from the early 1900s to the 1930s that revolutionized the glass marble industry. Over 700 beautiful color photos display marbles produced by both Ohio-based companies, M.F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company. Among the examples displayed are bricks, cobras, guineas, opaques, slags, single pontil slags, swirls, and hand-gathered swirls. Additionally, early slag marbles known as "transitionals" are featured. = = The... $18.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Glass Collector's Digest December/January 1990, Vol. III, No. 4 - GCD198906 The December/January 1990 (Vol. III, No. 4) feature articles were: Lights of Christmas Past by Keith & Uni Marbutt Gillinder & Sons: Generations of Excellence by Sylvia D. Szymanski - Much of this article is devoted to pieces produced for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. Photos show fair pieces as the centennial bread tray with Washington in center, a Constitution Bread tray and Centennial Exhibition (frosted) slipper. Also discussed are well known Gillinder pre... $5.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Glass Collector's Digest December/January 1997, Vol. IX, No. 4 - GCD199606 Historical Mugs by Walt Adams. Author Adams examines 16 historical pattern glass mugs, little monuments he refers to them. Black and white photos of each are provided. Included is the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company's Independence Hall Mug, Gillander & Sons Liberty Bell mug with snake handle, Hobbs, Brockunier & Company's Centennial Star Band mugs made for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876, a Garfield Memorial toys mug by Adams & Company, as well as Adams & Company's Marty... $5.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Glass Collector's Digest June/July 1989, Vol. III, No. 1 - GCD198903 The June/July 1989 (Vol. III, No. 1) feature articles were: Tiffany by Margaret Holland: This survey of L.C. Tiffany glassware depicts both the exacting nature of the man and the procedures employed in its unique glass creations. Eight B&W photos, and one in color show flower form vases, lava glass, agate glass, and millefiori vases among others. H.C Fry Glass Company by The H.C. Fry Glass Society: The variety of glass types produced by Fry Glass are discussed and depicted... $5.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Complete Line of The Akro Agate Co. - PUB68 The Complete Line of The Akro Agate Co. by Roger and Claudia Hardy is considered to be the definitive volume regarding this prolific producer of marbles and children toy dishes. Extremely well-researched, the authors interviewed employees, reviewed countless documents and publications, and even conducted numerous digs on the former company grounds. As a result of the Hardys diligence, The Complete Line of The Akro Agate Co. contains much information that is not available elsewhe... $25.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Complete Line of The Akro Agate Co. with Price Guide - PUB273 The Complete Line of The Akro Agate Co. by Roger and Claudia Hardy is considered to be the definitive volume regarding this prolific producer of marbles and child's toy dishes. Extremely well-researched, the authors interviewed employees, reviewed countless documents and publications, and even conducted numerous digs on the former company grounds. As a result of the Hardy s diligence, The Complete Line of The Akro Agate Co. contains much information that is not available elsewhe... $33.50     View Details Add To Cart