Christensen Iridescent Marbles

Group shots are preferred.

Christensen iridescent marbles.

More items from ebay. If you have just one or a few marbles you can send individual shots of each marble if you like. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann. Christensen son company operated in akron ohio from1904 until 1917.

Net bag of 25 asteroid glass mega marbles 24 players and 1 shooter iridescent slate blue w blue frit rare. Furthermore either type of glass may be regular or iridescent. If you have a large amount of marbles save yourself time by sorting your marbles into groups of 30 or 40. Akro marbles five color transparent popeye corkscrew.

Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process. 1 5 8 marble jody fine open core rainbow latticino. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod. The guinea pattern is a tiger stripe featuring three or more colors.

Christensen marbles have shear marks or cut lines on them from the marble making process. Martin christensen patented the first marble making machine. 5 out of 5 stars 16 16 reviews 120 00. Recognize valuable guinea marbles from the christensen agate company by their brilliant rare colors and specific pattern.

I will let you know if i need to see additional pictures of a certain marble or marbles. Unfollow purple marbles to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Christensen machines did not have automatic feed systems. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive.

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. 2 christensen 9 marbles burnsmarketplace. 1 1 4 marble shipwrecked studios iridescent bands.

Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. A group shot is fine also. Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s. It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market.

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