Jabo Land Marbles

A few marble companies remain in the united states today including marble king and jabo inc.

Jabo land marbles. There are still a few companies mass producing toy marbles. Marbles are simply little spherical balls used by children and adults to play a range of games. A while back our friend ben wrote a post called we ve lost our marbles about how the great tradition of american toy marble making has almost become a lost art. By bghedtodd mar 11.

Very first message board for the toy glass jabo collector. Glasfirma formerly vacor de mexico. January 14 2009 posted by ourfriendben in uncategorized wit and wisdom. You will be amazed at what you will learn at these events.

Jabo made somewhere between 150 200 of these marbles and reportedly less than 10 have the lutz in the red glass it s usually in the brown. With dave mccullough s help and sammy houge s glass dale simmons ran the actual marbles for this historic run. Most marbles however are manufactured in mexico and china. Rare marbles from the jabo 2008 2010 experimental runs.

Below are examples of some new marbles. March 26th 28th 2008 jabo sammy hogue run marbles were run on the 5 8 machine sammy sparkles and on the 3 4 machine sammy s big brother. Jabo marbles and more auburn california. You can buy them one at a time ten at a time or by the pound.

We make it easy for you to buy marbles. Jabo land visit here to keep up with the latest of jabo s creations. Promoting marble collecting buying and playing. Very first message board for the toy glass jabo collector.

The internet is a great resource for learning about marbles however there are two other invaluable resources that you shouldn t overlook. No one knows exactly when the first marbles were invented but they date back to the times of the ancient egyptians greeks and romans who played with marbles made of stone clay or polished nuts. This was the first of many more of what came to be known as the. Marblesmarbles is a very small company dedicated to providing an excellent variety of marbles with a great array of colors and sizes for the purpose of putting smiles on faces.

David mccullough jabo marbles machine made marbles marble collecting marbles toy marbles trackback. While these are all very colorful and beautiful marbles they hold no particular value to collectors other than current face value. Holding a marble in your hand and talking to someone who knows about them is without a doubt the best way to learn. Post mar 11 2011 6 2011 03 12t00 34 and the rarest jabo s of them all.