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Subjects: Marbles (Game objects) > Collectors and collecting > Catalogs.

Marbles (Game objects) > Collectors and collecting > Prices.

Art glass > Collectors and collecting > Catalogs.

Art glass > Collectors and collecting > Prices.
Published: Atglen, PA : Schiffer [2005]
Language: English
Main Author: Mark P. Block (-)
Item Description: "With value guide"--Cover.
Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-254) and index.
ISBN: 9780764322945

Concise history of glass
American studio glass movement
Contemporary marbles and the studio glass movement
The expanding world of contemporary marbles
More about marbles
Ancient and antique handmade marbles
American machine-made and foreign manufactured marbles
Collecting contemporary marbles, spheres, and orbs
Building your collection
Caring for your collection
Edition types
What contemporary works to collect
Regular stock or open edition production stock
Prototypes
Limited editions
Experimental works
The artist's mark
Trademark and copyright use
Crafting contemporary marbles, spheres, and orbs
Studio glass works
Decorative glass house works
Artist's/craftsman's work
The crafting process
Grading
Valuating
More about marbles, spheres, and orbs
Ancient, mineral and handmade non-glass marbles, spheres, and orbs
Handmade glass marbles, spheres, and orbs
Swirls
End-of-day
Lutz or aventurine glass
American machine-made and foreign manufactured glass marbles and contemporary works
Mimics, reproductions and repairs
"Novel and inventive" contemporary marbles
Spheres, and orbs
Millefiori and Murrini
Conclusion: in their own words
Artists/craftsmen of the contemporary marble movement.