Questions for Marble Collectors

[Amorphous]

Marble makers and collectors HELP please. I just started working for Hobbydb, a website for hobby/collectors to input and manage their collection.

We would like to create a MARBLE category. What attributes are important to you? Color, maker, type of glass, millifiori, vortex, etc.

[PyroChixRock]

Artist
Type of glass - boro or soft glass, solid or hollow
Styles - list subcategories here such as vortex, eye marbles, space marbles, etc.

Color might be important to some but this is going to be hard to arrange. A lot of collectors don't know the names of the colors...and I often forget what I used as the artist. I try to list them on my website, mostly for myself and future reference, but it's been a crap shoot over the years. I'd skip this personally.

[Amorphous]

Artist
Type of glass - boro or soft glass, solid or hollow
Styles - list subcategories here such as vortex, eye marbles, space marbles, etc.

Color might be important to some but this is going to be hard to arrange. A lot of collectors don't know the names of the colors...and I often forget what I used as the artist. I try to list them on my website, mostly for myself and future reference, but it's been a crap shoot over the years. I'd skip this personally.

Great info, thanks Misha!

[Liquidsand]

Signature? Almost all marble makers sign their work nowadays I believe, but you could have a signed/unsigned category. Collectors might like to record the method of signing (ti pen or signature murrine), name or initials, and year.

[Amorphous]

Signature? Almost all marble makers sign their work nowadays I believe, but you could have a signed/unsigned category. Collectors might like to record the method of signing (ti pen or signature murrine), name or initials, and year.

great point!

[Amorphous]

for colors I believe the site will just list colors as people percieve them, not the glass type color. For example, a marble made with fume that looks green to the eye would get listed as "Green". Collectors can select as many colors as they need to describe the marble.

[Amorphous]

if you could only choose "Space" or "Galaxy" to describe those types of marbles, which is preferable?

[PyroChixRock]

Space, because some people call their marbles by "galaxy" or "universe" for example, and it's kinda what they are known for. "Space theme" covers anyone.