Christensen Iridescent Marbles

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Christensen iridescent marbles.

Three mark matthews marbles excellent. Overall marbles from this company are rather dull though some new styles like the michelangelo are actually quite striking. If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. The guinea pattern is a tiger stripe featuring three or more colors.

Akro marbles five color transparent popeye corkscrew. Christensen marbles have shear marks or cut lines on them from the marble making process. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod. Furthermore either type of glass may be regular or iridescent.

Christensen son company operated in akron ohio from1904 until 1917. 5 out of 5 stars 1 311 1 311 reviews. If you have just one or a few marbles you can send individual shots of each marble if you like. Unfollow purple marbles to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.

1 1 4 marble shipwrecked studios iridescent bands. Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. Martin christensen patented the first marble making machine. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive.

Recognize valuable guinea marbles from the christensen agate company by their brilliant rare colors and specific pattern. 127 results for purple marbles save purple marbles to get e mail alerts and updates on your ebay feed. It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market. I will let you know if i need to see additional pictures of a certain marble or marbles.

Group shots are preferred. 1 5 8 marble jody fine open core rainbow latticino. Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s. During the 1990s vacor also produced a series of hand made marbles which were distributed through toys r us.

If you have a large amount of marbles save yourself time by sorting your marbles into groups of 30 or 40. A group shot is fine also. Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process. More items from ebay.

Christensen machines did not have automatic feed systems. Sammy s handmade green aventurine gold guinea 1 80 97. 5 out of 5 stars 16 16 reviews 120 00.