I have a small basket full of antique clay marbles that I love and so do my granddaughters. It’s the uneven shapes and the colors — dark-blue cobalt, brown or red glazes — that have attracted me to ...

Do kids still play marbles? If memory serves, we drew a big circle in the dirt and used a shooter marble to knock smaller marbles out of the circle. The phrase “play for keeps” comes from the practice ...

Many of our ancestors arrived from overseas with little more than the clothes on their backs and a dream under their hat. The immigrants arrived from across the ocean carrying their worldly ...

The other day whilst rummaging in the attic I came across two small boxes. On opening them, I found a collection of pretty marbles of various sizes. They belonged to my son when he was young and, ah, ...

Bright light glittered off the shiny surface. It had rained hard the night before and the beautiful old marble, lost a half century ago from some young child's collection, was again exposed. Joining a ...

There may have been some questions in the past but I’d like to put those aside. I have not “lost all my marbles.” As a matter of fact, during the transition from Stately Willard Manor to Stately ...

There are a million marbles for you to view at the one-of-a-kind marble museum in York. Lee Batterton is the owner of the marble museum. He says when he was a kid, he was a pretty good shot with ...

If you’ve held onto old marbles from childhood or stumbled across a dusty jar in the attic, you might be wondering if they’re worth anything. Not all old marbles have high value, but certain handmade, ...

Marbles have entertained children since ancient Egyptian times and continue to do so today. The difference today is that there are as many, if not more, adults coveting marbles as there are children ...

Marbles tournaments have been held at the Jersey Shore almost as long as marbles have been mass produced. This year’s installment begins today and runs through Thursday at Wildwood Avenue and the ...