BuckEye Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Hello marble friends I have a very important question for all of you. How do go by telling if one of your marbles is CAC? 1. Go by others pics 2. I found that most to all CAC white, baby blue and pale green will fluoresce wildly 3. Definite separation of colors 4. Glass feel with orange peel exterior sometimes 5. Learn from others This is where I need your help as I am always learning. The marble I am posting I assumed was Alley, but it also fluoresces and was wondering about your thoughts............before you make a call, check out my second post which contains a VERY helpful picture I found of all CAC marbles halves dug from the site. You can find mine in three places including the "top row" in the middle. I APPOLOGIZE if this picture is someone's who didnt want it posted and I will remove it if anyone wants......but it is just so helpful I thought everyone would like to see it. It might belong to Bill Tow? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 sorry its kind of small ill work on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Here are a few similar marbles that I am pretty confident are Alley. They glow too. And the base and striping colors look a bit different than the one you show, IMHO. -Ric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 The minty/pistachio-y green corner of my dug Pennsboro Alley box fluoresces nicely. If I understand correctly, some of Ravenswood's pale greens will also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 So how does everyone tell apart their CAC's. Give me some tips please C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelnmarbleous Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Ric i gotta ask what that mib is in your Avatar that thing is awesome ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I'm not saying it is but Ric's Avatar has such an excellence to it that it could almost pass as a Mike Barton marble! David Chamberlain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semdot Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I mostly go by colors first and patterns second, but you could use a common ebay strategy and just call all of your marbles CAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Cute! David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn691500 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 i think you have just about all the means to tell in your post, maybe the orange peel effect might be ok on the hand gathers earlier types but the best way i know is to humbly just throw it out there for others to talk about,, you have what others will prolly never have and thats chards from digs, thats a pretty good way of matching up what you have,, btw, that tray is the bomb, ide love to have a tray like that for id'ing,,, i once bought a gel candle at a show once that had cac pieces in it, very cool candle,, good luck on your quest,,bj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Those green and brown you think are Alley's could be Ravenswood. My friends that know Alley ID'ed mine as either one. It seems that Alley and Ravenswood used the same cullet and made similar marbles. I have mine in the Alley box. Edna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Buckeye, your green and black marble that fluoresces could be CAC pistachio. Edna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feelnmarbleous Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 I'm not saying it is but Ric's Avatar has such an excellence to it that it could almost pass as a Mike Barton marble! David Chamberlain Could it be a Jabo Foxfire ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kokoken Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Simple question, difficult answer. I still get surprised and I had the benefit of tutelage by the late, great Les Jones. He had the best eye I have ever run across for costruction, pattern and colors. Still, I don't think any single person has seen all the variety that Christensen Agate produced. Attending the New Philly show is the best way to start, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Could it be a Jabo Foxfire ? .... no .... bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Buckeye, your green and black marble that fluoresces could be CAC pistachio. Edna I think what people for a long time called the CAC pistachio (with black, sometimes flames,on glow-like-heck green) are now usually ID'd as Alley -- Anybody have any good reasons for thinking either way? Just curious, Ann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Ric i gotta ask what that mib is in your Avatar that thing is awesome! Hey Kevin, To the best of my knowledge, it's a Ravenswood. Not mint by any stretch, but a killer nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Those green and brown you think are Alley's could be Ravenswood. My friends that know Alley ID'ed mine as either one. It seems that Alley and Ravenswood used the same cullet and made similar marbles. I have mine in the Alley box. Edna Hey Edna, Here's the only one that wound up in my Ravenswood box. And in hand (maybe even in pics), you can discern differences from the others I posted. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean they were produced by different companies, but it also doesn't suggest that they were produced by the same one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn691500 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 just a quick note to say the very first original post, that marble, pelt did make a light green and black pearless patch in them colors, i have only one but i wouldnt rule that first one out as it being a pelt,,,bj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted July 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Simple question, difficult answer. I still get surprised and I had the benefit of tutelage by the late, great Les Jones. He had the best eye I have ever run across for costruction, pattern and colors. Still, I don't think any single person has seen all the variety that Christensen Agate produced. Attending the New Philly show is the best way to start, IMHO. Thanks Ken, I always try to go to the new philly and columbus show and try to pick Brian Estepp's brain without annoying him too much. Otherwise I walk around the show and try and learn before buying. Maybe ill see you there! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Hey Craig, In my opinion, there really is no substitute for good mentors and in-hand experience. I also think there will always be marbles that can be honestly ID'd as "either or", and I'm O.K. with that. But then, I collect WV swirls, so if I weren't O.K. with that, I would probably be institutionalized by now. And not to change the subject, but I would like to know if anybody has CACs with a fluorescent base similar to the one you showed initially. If so, I would really like to see some photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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