Marvelous marbles. (marble collecting)

Country Living | May 1, 1998| | Copyright

What kids large and small should know about building a collection of aggies, chinas, commies, and swirls.

"Marbles," collector Bert Cohen says, "are 10,000 years old." And he should know. He owns more than 300,000 of them, including pieces from ancient Egypt and Rome, marbles from the Middle Ages, handmade 19th-century examples from Germany, and early machine-made marbles from the 1920s. His collection also features the largest inventory of contemporary marbles anywhere in the world.

The 65-year-old marble maven, who annually hosts marble tournaments and ...

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