Many people around the globe have come back to collecting glass marbles, the most common of marbles, in huge jars. Then clay, steel or agate. Some are even playing the game, ...

Identification and Values,” by Everett Grist, (Collector Books, 1983, $9.95). Another, ”The Collectors` Encyclopedia of Antique and Collectible Marbles,” by James Ridpath, is expected from ...

“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 … ...