BuckEye Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 This appears to me that it is like a remelt or a torched marble, but also 12 people seem to disagree. There is not even one cut mark. Opinions? http://cgi.ebay.com/Marbles-MINT-19-32- ... 58871ad78e Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted April 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 http://cgi.ebay.com/Marbles-MINT-19-32-CHRISTENSEN-AMBER-GUINEA-CYCLONE_W0QQitemZ380223805326QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMarbles?hash=item58871ad78e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbboy Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Not a Chrissy pro but I don't think I would bid on it. It does look a little funky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 I don't know these are not me strength but take a look on pg. 138 of Bob Block's "Collecting Early Machine-Made Marbles (The M.F. Christensen & Son Co. and Christensen Agate Company" (2003). There's one there that is the spittin' image and it even has those splotches of powder blue. Joe Bob says, "Check it out!" David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Pretty crappy pictures for sure. The mottling in the color splotches has me worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 My guineas have pretty solid coloration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Remelt IMO and he has had a couple of them lately IMO. Not saying he knows but there are some givaways. On some of the pics you can see all the small surface bubble pops that one can sometimes find on remelts. This is just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 He's a reputable dealer, but his specialty seems to primarily be antique mibs. Don't think I'd take a flyer on this one either . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTAndrea Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 I agree with Galen's observation, having once purchased a 3/4" guinea years ago that turned out to be reworked or torched. Fortunately I got my money back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I LOVE MARBLES Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Also agree remelt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 I think that we each one of us have in our mind our own idea of what a Guinea is suppose to look like. Often the major collections completely blow away those misconceptions. And the examples shown in books often do the same thing. I'm not saying that Bob didn't have a fake slip into his book COLLECTING EARLY MACHINE-MADE MARBLES (2003) but as I mentioned above if you go to page 138 you will not only see the spittin' image of this marble but others of the same style. Also I viewed all the eBay views of this marble and can't figure how anyone could determine one way or the other that there were multiple surface bubble pops. Mind you, I'm not defending this marble I'm just providing some fairly solid reference information that appears to go against most of the opinions in this Thread. Guineas are most definitely not one of my strengths. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Marble books are my last source of reference. I haven't cracked any of mine open in quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david Chamberlain Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 Huh? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 If you are saying "huh" to my post, let me explain......the books are full of mis-info, especially the older ones. And you can only do so much with a photo. Handling marbles and marble shows is a way better learning tool for me. Your mileage may vary, and I am sure it does. If books blow your skirt up, thats cool by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordiskul Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 A nice example of A REMELT.....bank on it Dustin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Wrong, Dustin. Strictly an average example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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