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Christensen agate marble seams.
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The guinea pattern is a tiger stripe featuring three or more colors.
Christensen agate marble extremely htf cyclone marble 0 629.
On exception is called a diaper fold in these there will be a single seam and this will form an indention into the marble into which the swirls extend.
Vintage christensen agate cac electric orange transparent marble 4 0.
The marble is a combination of oxblood red and either opaque white opaque black or both.
Seamed examples are known as striped opaques or striped transparents.
The pattern meets at two opposing seams and forms the highly sought after diaper fold pattern seen in the third picture.
Christensen agate marbles can exhibit either two seams on opposite sides of the marble a single seam e g a diaper fold or no seam.
Some of the clubs offer newsletters.
Greatly reduced prices for marbles with id numbers marked in green yellow.
The master marble company formed in 1930 following the departure of several key employees from akro agate.
There is very little known about the techniques the company actually used to produce marbles so it is unclear if different machinery produced each type of marble some christensen agate marbles are hand gathered.
It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market.
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Israel set up their fledgling company in anmoore west virginia and began producing marbles almost immediately perhaps first from an akro.
Vintage christensen agate cac.
Christensen son company marble is the brick.
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Often serious collectors will contribute articles to these newsletters that have insights and information that you won t find anywhere else.
The christensen agate company was only in business for a couple of years and didn t produce all that many marbles to begin with but their patterns were distinctive and their colors fabulous making them some of the most.
Recognize valuable guinea marbles from the christensen agate company by their brilliant rare colors and specific pattern.
The second thing to consider is the marble clubs by joining and supporting these clubs you are apt to run into some of the most knowledgeable marble people in the world.
One last note about christensen agate swirls is their lack of seams.
