Christensen Iridescent Marbles

Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process.

Christensen iridescent marbles.

Furthermore either type of glass may be regular or iridescent. Overall marbles from this company are rather dull though some new styles like the michelangelo are actually quite striking. Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. Unfollow purple marbles to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.

2 christensen 9 marbles burnsmarketplace. Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s. If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. 127 results for purple marbles save purple marbles to get e mail alerts and updates on your ebay feed.

Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann. Three mark matthews marbles excellent. Group shots are preferred. A group shot is fine also.

Net bag of 25 asteroid glass mega marbles 24 players and 1 shooter iridescent slate blue w blue frit rare. If you have just one or a few marbles you can send individual shots of each marble if you like. If you have a large amount of marbles save yourself time by sorting your marbles into groups of 30 or 40. Sammy s handmade green aventurine gold guinea 1 80 97.

The guinea pattern is a tiger stripe featuring three or more colors. 5 out of 5 stars 16 16 reviews 120 00. 5 out of 5 stars 1 311 1 311 reviews. During the 1990s vacor also produced a series of hand made marbles which were distributed through toys r us.

Christensen marbles have shear marks or cut lines on them from the marble making process. 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. Martin christensen patented the first marble making machine. Christensen machines did not have automatic feed systems.

Akro marbles five color transparent popeye corkscrew. More items from ebay. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod. It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market.

Recognize valuable guinea marbles from the christensen agate company by their brilliant rare colors and specific pattern. Christensen son company operated in akron ohio from1904 until 1917. Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive.