02280cam a22002654a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000270008804000180011504200080013304300120014105000230015308200140017610000190019024500730020926000360028230000340031850400660035250513880041865000700180665000600187685600780193613979143OSt20160811094302.0050523s2005    paua     b    001 0 eng    a  2005015142  a076432294X (hardcover)  aDLCcDLCdDLC  apcc  an-us---00aNK6215b.B573 200500a796.22221 aBlock, Mark P.14aThe encyclopedia of modern marbles, spheres & orbs /cMark P. Block.  aAtglen, PA :bSchiffer,cc2005.  a256 p. :bcol. ill. ;c31 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [252]-254) and index.0 aConcise history of glass -- American studio glass movement -- Contemporary marbles and the studio glass movement -- The expanding world of contemporary marbles -- More about marbles -- Ancient and antique handmade marbles -- American machine-made and foreign manufactured marbles -- Collecting contemporary marbles, spheres, and orbs -- Building your collection -- Caring for your collection -- Edition types -- What contemporary works to collect -- Regular stock or open edition production stock -- Prototypes -- Limited editions -- Experimental works -- The artist's mark -- Trademark and copyright use -- Crafting contemporary marbles, spheres, and orbs -- Studio glass works -- Decorative glass house works -- Artist's/craftsman's work -- The crafting process -- Grading -- Valuating -- More about marbles, spheres, and orbs -- Ancient, mineral and handmade non-glass marbles, spheres, and orbs -- Handmade glass marbles, spheres, and orbs -- Swirls -- End-of-day -- Lutz or aventurine glass -- American machine-made and foreign manufactured glass marbles and contemporary works -- Mimics, reproductions and repairs -- "Novel and inventive" contemporary marbles -- Spheres, and orbs -- Millefiori and Murrini -- Conclusion: in their own words -- Artists/craftsmen of the contemporary marble movement -- Glossary of terms -- Associated value guide -- Select bibliography -- Index. 0aMarbles (Game objects)xCollectors and collectingzUnited States. 0aStudio glassxCollectors and collectingzUnited States.413Table of contentsuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0513/2005015142.html