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Collecting Early Machine Made Marbles from the M.F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company
Robert Block
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Description for Collecting Early Machine Made Marbles from the M.F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 737 color photos. BIC Classification: WCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 610.
With this book, readers will discover machine made marbles from the early 1900s to the 1930s that revolutionized the glass marble industry. Over 700 beautiful color photos display marbles produced by both Ohio-based companies, M. F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company. Among the examples displayed are bricks, cobras, guineas, opaques, slags, single pontil slags, swirls, and hand-gathered swirls. Additionally, early slag marbles known as "transitionals" are featured. The text includes histories of these two important glass marble companies, descriptions of their various marble types, and their methods of manufacture. Values for the marbles displayed are found in ... Read more
With this book, readers will discover machine made marbles from the early 1900s to the 1930s that revolutionized the glass marble industry. Over 700 beautiful color photos display marbles produced by both Ohio-based companies, M. F. Christensen & Son Company and Christensen Agate Company. Among the examples displayed are bricks, cobras, guineas, opaques, slags, single pontil slags, swirls, and hand-gathered swirls. Additionally, early slag marbles known as "transitionals" are featured. The text includes histories of these two important glass marble companies, descriptions of their various marble types, and their methods of manufacture. Values for the marbles displayed are found in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
610g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764318276
SKU
V9780764318276
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Ref
99-2
About Robert Block
Robert Block has been collecting, appraising, dealing with, and writing about marbles for over a decade.
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