Christensen Iridescent Marbles

Overall marbles from this company are rather dull though some new styles like the michelangelo are actually quite striking.

Christensen iridescent marbles.

Most modern marbles come machine made and lack a pontil mark. Christensen son company operated in akron ohio from1904 until 1917. 5 out of 5 stars 1 311 1 311 reviews. If you have a large amount of marbles save yourself time by sorting your marbles into groups of 30 or 40.

Group shots are preferred. Most antique marbles are handmade and contain a pontil mark or a rough spot that indicates cutting from a can or glass pontil rod. Christensen marbles have shear marks or cut lines on them from the marble making process. 5 out of 5 stars 16 16 reviews 120 00.

Vintage marbles are only limited in number which is why they are more expensive. Akro marbles five color transparent popeye corkscrew. Antique and modern marbles differ in a few key ways including appearance quality perfection and manufacturing process. During the 1990s vacor also produced a series of hand made marbles which were distributed through toys r us.

Furthermore either type of glass may be regular or iridescent. If you want to start making them part of your collection you should know how to identify vintage marbles. Sammy s handmade green aventurine gold guinea 1 80 97. More items from ebay.

Three mark matthews marbles excellent. Recognize valuable guinea marbles from the christensen agate company by their brilliant rare colors and specific pattern. Christensen machines did not have automatic feed systems. 127 results for purple marbles save purple marbles to get e mail alerts and updates on your ebay feed.

Net bag of 25 asteroid glass mega marbles 24 players and 1 shooter iridescent slate blue w blue frit rare. It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market. 1 5 8 marble jody fine open core rainbow latticino. The guinea pattern is a tiger stripe featuring three or more colors.

Unfollow purple marbles to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Mass production of marbles started only in 1800 s. Martin christensen patented the first marble making machine. Watch this video summarizing a book on collecting antique marbles and identifying them by paul baumann.

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. 1 1 4 marble shipwrecked studios iridescent bands. A group shot is fine also.