Steph Posted August 23, 2007 Report Share Posted August 23, 2007 There are other Chrissie pix floating around. I started this with boxes I wasn't seeing in other threads. Here are a couple of lists of links to check, not updated on a regular basis, but there are some good things. Boxes could also appear in other sections such as "Gropper", "Jobber" or "Albright". Remember, link suggestions are welcome! Links: Original Packaging Links: Christensen Agate World's Best Guineas. Just the box, with Christensen Agate Co. credited as the manufacturer and Gropper as the distributor. Maybe from a Running Rabbit auction. (click to enlarge thumbnails) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 American Agates, 25 count box, size No. 1: (click to enlarge) (I think this is from a Running Rabbit auction.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Marbo Kangaroo Puzzler Game, with CAC swirls: (click to enlarge) (from a recent Marquee Marbles auction) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 100 count box of mostly swirls, with some question about whether the white marbles belong. Auctioned by Morphy. (click to enlarge) (source) A larger version posted by Galen: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Here's a sample of CAC Pastels. Pete's pix (or Block's?) of marbles which WERE Pete's but now are Ken's? Uh oh, that got complicated. LOL Anyway, pastels is a collectors name which sprang up so naturally and immediately from Block's literal description of them that it was thought to be Christensen's own name for the marbles. A related thread: Cac Pastels (I'm hoping to collect the best known Pastels pics here because I'm having difficulty accessing them at the archive.org site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Auction pix: (click to enlarge) same seller, looks like some of the same marbles. This might have been the seller who had lots of boxes with varying amounts of damage and maybe marbles spilling out. If some didn't sell first go, maybe they got rearranged. (no I'm not trying to out the seller! I think the mibs and boxes are authentic, even the clays! But I think some mix and match may possibly have occurred is all.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Here's another old favorite while I'm in the neighborhood. This was Patry's. Its collectors name appears to be "Orange Peel". (discussion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Speaking of classics, here are some turkeys. First is Galen's. Next is/are one(s) I think would qualify but won't mind if someone says "nope". Starting with just the one from an ebay auction listing. (click to enlarge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Diaper folds - another famous CAC structure. Some people avoid the term though and stick to descriptions such as "single seam". These photos appear to be Mandrakes'. See the resemblance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Here's a famous color combo / style, the Blue Lace. Here is a seamed version from a Marblealan auction. Would this also be called a "Striped Transparent"? Seems like it would but I am very hesitant to jump to conclusions about CAC's. :-) (click to enlarge) There is also a swirl version with the same colors of glass. I'll add a pic when I come across a suitable one. I'm not sure but I think that might have been a "mistake" to call the swirl a Blue Lace, but at the same time I think the terminology has caught on pretty firmly. Sorry, that's a fuzzy recollection of something I didn't quite understand as I read it the first time. So I'll have to fix this post when I learn the answer. If someone would care to add the correct story, that would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n2marbles Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Here's a sample of CAC Pastels. Pete's pix (or Block's?) of marbles which WERE Pete's but now are Ken's? Uh oh, that got complicated. LOL Anyway, pastels is a collectors name which sprang up so naturally and immediately from Block's literal description of them that it was thought to be Christensen's own name for the marbles. A related thread: Cac Pastels (I'm hoping to collect the best known Pastels pics here because I'm having difficulty accessing them at the archive.org site.) Is there a chance these marbles are ravenwoods?. I have a ravenswood box with same mibs?....Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted November 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 I believe those are Christensens. I can't remember exactly what the box said but I think the labelling was clear. Might have said both Gropper and Christensen. I definitely need to find the pix. Supposedly the mibs weren't all as swirly as these four look. Some had seams. Since so many companies made single color mibs, I wouldn't have a lot of faith in being able to identify one in the wild as Ravenswood or CAC or Alley or Champion or whoever. However, I have a diaperfold in blue which would fit right into that box. I'm completely convinced that mine is CAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 From a Morphy auction, May 13-15, 2010: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I LOVE MARBLES Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 A 4 color shooter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Thank you Scott. That's terrific. Any help in this area is MUCH appreciated. I have one box waiting to uploaded still, one Craig posted elsewhere and okayed for here. But that might be it for me for who knows how long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I LOVE MARBLES Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 I love the hand-gathered CAC striped opaques! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I LOVE MARBLES Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 & DITTO! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 4 sure!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Little box. Five 5/8" slags. https://morphyauctions.hibid.com/lot/17754888/christensen-assorted-agate-no--10-box-set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Original 100 count box with 2 missing from each row Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 And here is the Pastel Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 and some of the hardest to Find CACs, Hand Gathered Opaques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Those get me every time . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 By far my favorite type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarab Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I really like the picture of the 100 count swirls. Guineas are pretty too. What do I need books for? So many good things on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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