”Marbles started as a sideline for us to train apprentices,” said Steven Maslach, whose art-glass studio in Greenbrae, Calif., produces 1,000 swirls a week.

Glass marbles are part of contemporary art, Stuckenberg said. The two orbs and more were part of a set Stuckenberg was hiding ahead of the "World's Biggest Treasure Hunt" kicking off July 1.

I just tried to call 911 but the memory of the doctor barking at me about the marbles inside of my body made my hands stop working. I am losing my grip on life as I type this.

The marbles sold for more than £15,000 when they went under the hammer. Credit: Auctioneum Ltd Two glass marbles used by an aviation engineer to invent World War Two's famous 'bouncing bomb' have ...

The 13-inch jar of marbles — to be sold April 15 at Hess Auction Group’s Conestoga Auction Co. in Manheim during a catalogued auction of antiques and Americana — has already exceeded its ...