StevenJustSteven Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 So I recently became an owner of around 100 CAC’s all at once. I am noticing that many of them have what I would call “as made” or “manufacturer marks”. Please see attached photo for illustration. What I am wondering is, is this pretty common? I know several of my previously owned CAC’s had some of these marks as well. It just seems like over 50 percent of this lot has these marks. I plan to sell many of them but I wanted to make darn sure I’m not selling something that has been polished or is modern or anything else that could be going on with them that I am still unaware of. Just wanted to double check myself before making a terrible mistake and causing others distress. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 1 hour ago, StevenJustSteven said: Just wanted to double check myself before making a terrible mistake and causing others distress. This one is a CAC imho. Of course, I appreciate all opinions and hope to see some more. This one is as found with no polishing evident imho. The thing is--given the history, a lot of these killer CAC were found in a river (buckets full) and many were in mint condition as found. If you have 100 of these--post some more and I am glad to see what you have and give an estimation of the maker. Nice marble! Marble--On!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 51 minutes ago, akroorka said: The thing is--given the history, a lot of these killer CAC were found in a river (buckets full) and many were in mint condition as found. That's cool info . Thanks 👍🏼 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Marbles Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 2 hours ago, StevenJustSteven said: So I recently became an owner of around 100 CAC’s all at once. I am noticing that many of them have what I would call “as made” or “manufacturer marks”. Please see attached photo for illustration. What I am wondering is, is this pretty common? I know several of my previously owned CAC’s had some of these marks as well. It just seems like over 50 percent of this lot has these marks. I plan to sell many of them but I wanted to make darn sure I’m not selling something that has been polished or is modern or anything else that could be going on with them that I am still unaware of. Just wanted to double check myself before making a terrible mistake and causing others distress. 1) CAC 100%. Checks all my boxes for color, striations, pattern (flame) and surface. 2) Honest surface. No signs of polishing. 3) The “grooves” you are seeing is where the hot glass stream is surface cooling before it can meld to the previous glass gob. Imagine taking a wet spaghetti noodle and dropping it in your hand. 100% natural. 4) Love that salmon color with the dark olive!! Congrats!! -John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVacorFan Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 Cool swirls, good coverage, nice colours with a natural surface... What's not to love? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted July 6 Author Report Share Posted July 6 40 minutes ago, Shamrock Marbles said: 1) CAC 100%. Checks all my boxes for color, striations, pattern (flame) and surface. 2) Honest surface. No signs of polishing. 3) The “grooves” you are seeing is where the hot glass stream is surface cooling before it can meld to the previous glass gob. Imagine taking a wet spaghetti noodle and dropping it in your hand. 100% natural. 4) Love that salmon color with the dark olive!! Congrats!! -John 1 hour ago, akroorka said: This one is a CAC imho. Of course, I appreciate all opinions and hope to see some more. This one is as found with no polishing evident imho. The thing is--given the history, a lot of these killer CAC were found in a river (buckets full) and many were in mint condition as found. If you have 100 of these--post some more and I am glad to see what you have and give an estimation of the maker. Nice marble! Marble--On!! I’m sorry. I was unclear with my post. I was wanting to know if as made marks, like the ones I post examples of are common to find on a CAC. the lot im talking about were nothing but CAC’s. So knowing the maker is already done. IMG_0749.mov 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Marbles Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 33 minutes ago, StevenJustSteven said: I’m sorry. I was unclear with my post. I was wanting to know if as made marks, like the ones I post examples of are common to find on a CAC. the lot im talking about were nothing but CAC’s. So knowing the maker is already done. IMG_0749.mov No problem. So, I’m perfectly clear, can you articulate your definition of “as made marks”? Can you circle ⭕️ an “as made mark” on some photos to help us reply with an appropriate answer. Again, congrats! That is a lovely selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 18 hours ago, StevenJustSteven said: I was wanting to know if as made marks, like the ones I post examples of are common to find on a CAC. Folds, seams and as mades--(excluding blow holes) are not too common with CAC in my humble experience. Nice group! Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 Wow what a find....🤤 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted July 8 Report Share Posted July 8 On 7/6/2024 at 6:37 PM, StevenJustSteven said: So knowing the maker is already done. The one that is greenish and yellow--close to your thumb. I could only wish to have one--killer marble and colors for sure! Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted Sunday at 10:34 PM Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 10:34 PM On 7/7/2024 at 4:32 PM, Tommy said: Wow what a find....🤤 Well the find cost me 6k but it was worth it in the end. So far I’ve cleared just under $14k with maybe 15 left from 94. It has been a huge blessing. Hard to let them go. I’ll compromise several of the higher priced ones and post shortly. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted Monday at 12:31 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 12:31 AM I think Christensen had very good quality control. Blow holes occur, but not too common, in my experience. “Cold roll” marks not that unusual, but not more common than other companies, in my experience. I have around 250 CACs in my collection. Hope that helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted Monday at 02:14 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 02:14 AM 3 hours ago, StevenJustSteven said: Well the find cost me 6k but it was worth it in the end. So far I’ve cleared just under $14k with maybe 15 left from 94. It has been a huge blessing. Hard to let them go. I’ll compromise several of the higher priced ones and post shortly. Cool idk if I can afford the big money I don't have many C.A.C .like those lol....only wild finds ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMarbles Posted Monday at 10:35 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:35 AM 12 hours ago, StevenJustSteven said: Well the find cost me 6k but it was worth it in the end. So far I’ve cleared just under $14k with maybe 15 left from 94. It has been a huge blessing. Hard to let them go. I’ll compromise several of the higher priced ones and post shortly. How are you selling these? Do you have a ebay site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMarbles Posted Monday at 11:45 AM Report Share Posted Monday at 11:45 AM 12 hours ago, StevenJustSteven said: Well the find cost me 6k but it was worth it in the end. So far I’ve cleared just under $14k with maybe 15 left from 94. It has been a huge blessing. Hard to let them go. I’ll compromise several of the higher priced ones and post shortly. How are you selling these? Do you have a ebay site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted Monday at 07:06 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 07:06 PM 6 hours ago, VaMarbles said: How are you selling these? Do you have a ebay site? Facebook groups. Many Facebook groups has guidelines for auctioning, trading, buying and selling. I sold them as BINs. If you one Facebook, the group marblecollectors: buy, sell identify and look my name up StevenCamp would will be able to find all that sold and the price their sold for. I was lucky enough to do well. If I would have auctioned them I would have made a fraction of the price. Here is just a few from what I sold from July to present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted Monday at 07:10 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 07:10 PM 7 hours ago, VaMarbles said: How are you selling these? Do you have a ebay site? I will mention this. I do wish I would have sold them in a place that would have allowed me to build a presence. Like building repor through having an actual landing place for people to buy from me. Like an eBay, Etsy etc. Whenever someone buys from me I have nothing to proof my quality because there is no way to capture reviews or data logs (how many I’ve sold, and/or examples of previously sold items. Those things are detrimental for the long haul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted Monday at 07:13 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 07:13 PM 16 hours ago, Tommy said: Cool idk if I can afford the big money I don't have many C.A.C .like those lol....only wild finds ... Tommy in all honesty, I didn’t have the money for it either. It was a very huge risk on my part. The photos for the auction was good enough to tell they were atleast in near mint condition but the photos weren’t good enough to tell that they ultimately were mostly wet mint. All being atleast mint. I was in a desperate place and it ended up working out for me. Truely a one in a lifetime chance. I’m grateful it worked out for me. It could have really went terribly wrong. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted Monday at 07:18 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 07:18 PM 16 hours ago, Tommy said: Cool idk if I can afford the big money I don't have many C.A.C .like those lol....only wild finds ... IMG_0749.mov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJustSteven Posted Monday at 07:21 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 07:21 PM On 7/8/2024 at 3:27 PM, akroorka said: The one that is greenish and yellow--close to your thumb. I could only wish to have one--killer marble and colors for sure! Marble--On!! Here’s another one that I received that is so incredible. This one was one of the hardest to let go of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted Monday at 08:37 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 08:37 PM Great unusual CAC swirl!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted Monday at 10:03 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:03 PM 2 hours ago, StevenJustSteven said: This one was one of the hardest to let go of. LOL there is always seller’s remorse—which is better than buyer’s remorse for sure. I am too old school to have been involved with your auctions—just e-bay here—no social media (good for me more than likely). I appreciate the fact that you thought that you were doing was right ---and that it worked out as a profit. The folks around here only wish that they had a chance like this—as do I. Sadly—because of the sparkle—this one may be misconstrued as a Jabo Contract. I will give my opinion as did @Carowill—CAC—all day long—pretty cool! The colors are all there. Marble—On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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