Agate Marbles
Agate is a colored variety of quartz that was hand-ground into marbles. They were a favorite of many marble players, especially as shooters because agates are denser than other marbles. This made it easier to knock the opponent’s marbles out of the ring. Most agates can be identified by the alternating light and dark bands that circle the marbles. The bands usually alternate red and white, brown and white, or grey and white, although a large variety of colors can be found, including black. Agate marbles are commonly called carnelians when they are reddish but without bands, striped carnelians when red and white banded and striped onyx when black or brown. (read more below listings)
Vintage Old Collectible Marbles Hand and machine made clay Glass Agate lot 1 $3.25 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 8m |
Vintage Old Collectible Marbles Hand and machine made clay Glass Agate lot 1 $6.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 3h 45m |
Vintage Old Collectible Marbles Hand and machine made clay Glass Agate lot 1 $5.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4h 19m |
Vintage Old Collectible Marbles Hand and machine made clay Glass Agate lot 1 $5.50 (8 Bids) Time Remaining: 4h 41m |
Akro Agate Blue Yellow Popeye Patch Moss Agate Marble $3.49 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 7h 40m |
22 Vintage Antique Swirl Agate Glass Marbles $13.94 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 7h 41m |
Stunning Akro Agate Corkscrew Marble Wet Mint Amazing Colors Pattern $5.49 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 45m |
Four Akro Agate Red Yellow Popeye Marbles 5 8 Mint Near Mint $21.71 (15 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 49m |
Akro Agate Sparkler Marble 3 4 $10.50 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 9h 16m |
Two Akro Agate Corkscrew Prize Name Blue Yellow Marbles 5 8 $4.25 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 9h 20m |
Vintage Pre 1970 Marbles 2 Vitro Agate Sweet Peas Akro Agate Corkscrew Shooters $11.50 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 9h 23m |
Vintage Pre 1970 Marble Akro Agate Yellow and Red Popeye Tri Onyx $1.50 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 9h 43m |
Lot of 16 Vintage Opaque Champion Agate Rose Line Swirl Marbles Purple LavendarA $1.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 11h 7m |
Vintage Marble Very cool Cats Eye Vitro Agate Minty $11.75 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 13h 46m |
Vintage Near Mint + Peltier Multi Color Rainbo Marble 5 8 Arko Agate Swirl $2.75 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 14h 1m |
VITRO Agate FRUIT COCKTAIL Patch Marble 5 8 Beautiful Colors $4.55 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 15h 7m |
11 MINT Akro Agate Corkscrew Marbles 35 64 11 16 NICE $11.00 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 15h 37m |
Akro Agate Superman Marble $33.00 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 15h 43m |
Very Interesting Agate Marble $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 16h 18m |
Akro Agate Opaque Lavender Translucent Red Corkscrew Marble 15 16 Mint + $9.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 16h 28m |
SWEET AKRO AGATE SILVER OXBLOOD MARBLE 5 8 MINT $15.99 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 16h 43m |
Hand-cut agates are generally found in banded and carnelian varieties. The banded varieties have distinct concentric rings and the sphere. They command a value that is about double the carnelian examples. Carnelians are a more uniform brownish-red color. Many agate marbles have subsurface moons because of their extensive use as shooters.
There are many machine-ground agates available. These are modern. Hand-cut agates have tiny facets on the surface. You can see the light dance on the surface if you look closely at the surface when turning the marble. There are also dyed agates available. Some of these are older, hand-cuts and some are modern. A chemical process is used to highlight the brightness of the natural colors. Usually they are found in green, blue, and black and occasionally in yellow.