Christensen Iridescent Marbles

Christensen marbles have shear marks or cut lines on them from the marble making process.

Christensen iridescent marbles.

Christensen son company operated in akron ohio from1904 until 1917. If you have just one or a few marbles you can send individual shots of each marble if you like. Make offer 56 rare handmade glass marbles lot yolk amber honey rootbeer butterscotch swirl rare large 2 130 inch green sulphide look air trap 3 marble w free ship. Furthermore either type of glass may be regular or iridescent.

127 results for purple marbles save purple marbles to get e mail alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Recognize valuable guinea marbles from the christensen agate company by their brilliant rare colors and specific pattern. 1 5 8 marble jody fine open core rainbow latticino. More items from ebay.

Christensen machines did not have automatic feed systems. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive. If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s.

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A group shot is fine also. Sammy s handmade green aventurine gold guinea 1 80 97. The guinea pattern is a tiger stripe featuring three or more colors. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann.

Overall marbles from this company are rather dull though some new styles like the michelangelo are actually quite striking. It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod. Three mark matthews marbles excellent.

If you have a large amount of marbles save yourself time by sorting your marbles into groups of 30 or 40. 5 out of 5 stars 1 311 1 311 reviews. Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process. Net bag of 25 asteroid glass mega marbles 24 players and 1 shooter iridescent slate blue w blue frit rare.

During the 1990s vacor also produced a series of hand made marbles which were distributed through toys r us. Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. Akro marbles five color transparent popeye corkscrew.