What Is A Guinea Marble

Red semi opaque base with electric yellow striping and spotting.

What is a guinea marble.

See sold price 6 bids. Make offer vintage marble. Sell a similar item. The rare and beautiful guinea marbles even individually can fetch hundreds of dollars each.

A fake marble surface is often as aesthetically pleasing as a real one but it s important to be able to identify the difference so as not to pay the price of real marble when you re getting a considerably cheaper fake. Welcome to your online resource for glass marbles marble shows books clubs and collectors. Vintage marble alley christensen cac terrific opaque brown red swirl. The guinea pattern is a tiger stripe featuring three or more colors.

Estimate 200 300 feb 7 2015. It is one of the most prized vintage marbles on the collector market. Ask a question follow auctioneer. Made in the 1930s the blue and amber based guineas pictured measure 9 16.

For machine made marbles in their original packaging this set is the holy grail for most marble collectors. More auctions from this auctioneer. Values for christensen agate red devil guinea marble. Very rare christensen marble.

Occasionally you will also see these flecks inside the marble particularly in seamed examples guinea cobra. Nm 21 32 christensen agate cac aqua slag one killer old mib. At one inch in diameter this marble came from a group of three that were almost certainly prototypes of the christensen agate guinea marble style that today is one of the most collectible. Christensen guinea circa 1930s guineas are arguably the most recognizable marble made by christensen agate.

This christensen agate guinea marble the largest example known to exist sold recently for us 2 627 99. It s a natural form of rock from the earth so its colors and patterns are unique. We have been told that the name guinea originated because the marble colors looked like the heads of the guinea cocks that ran around the factory yard. It is an original 25 ct.

The most common base color is clear followed by cobalt and then amber. Box of christensen agate world s best guineas. One of the finest materials to use in building is marble. Discover items you ll love.

Nm 21 32 christensen agate cac aqua slag one killer old mib. Similar items from this auctioneer.