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M.F. Christensen: MINT(+) 21/32" OXBLOOD BRICK

Item# GM2386
These are some of the first marbles made in the United States. They are also some of the first to be made using machinery. The molten glass was gathered by hand, then fed to a shaping mechanism. Collectors later called marbles made by this process "transitionals," indicating a period during which the industry was transitioning from handmade to machine-made marbles. One of the first American companies to use this method was M.F. Christensen & Sons, who made this marble: almost pure OXBLOOD, nowadays known as the BRICK.
CONDITION: MINT(+) 9.7 The surface shows no sign of play or wear at all. Nor are there any as-made anomalies that I can find.
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Size 16.62mm or 0.654" at the equator.

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Price $125.00

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