Old Cat Eye Marbles

Common shapes are the number nine and the turkey head.

Old cat eye marbles. The cats eyes in signs were widely used for reflectorization until the late 1940 s when the stimsonite corp developed oval prismatic reflectors. As a rule of thumb vintage american cat s eyes tend to have very clear glass. Cat s eye marbles are still made today and they remain the most common type of toy marbles sold in the world but most of those sold are of poor quality with green tinted glass. Most new mass produced marbles are distinguished by an inner colored streak resembling a cat s eye this is a telltale sign that your marbles are not very old.

It muddles the mind because cat s eyes marbles were originally an attempted imitation of old handmade german swirls. Old marbles tend to exhibit complex inner streaks in glass marbles faded outer markings in solid colored or clay marbles and a light weight. The most common old cat eye marbles material is copper. The most popular color.

Six rare 13 16 1 japanese 6 vane 3 color cross cat s eye marbles. Now the reverse is happening. Cat s eye marbles marbles shown in standard finish but they are also available in iridescent and frosted finishes. Great deals on cat s eye toy marbles.

This is less an erudite treatise on cat s eyes than it is an expression of my enthusiasm i believe grounded in a fair measure of marble knowledge and with a mind towards economy. Fast free shipping on many items. Great deals on cat s eye toy marbles pre 1970. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about old cat eye marbles.

Learn to look for shapes in marbles. There are 67 old cat eye marbles for sale on etsy and they cost 39 59 on average. These glass spheres spelling out stop or the shape of a curve resembled cat s eyes at night. Fast free shipping on many items.

3 1 2 pounds of old cat eye marbles in collector box. It looks pretty awesome when light reflects off of the glass marbles. Check for vintage collectible marbles with shapes inside them.