12 Marbles You Never Knew Were Worth A Fortune (You Might Own One)

A German onionskin marble that looked like any other old toy sold for $19,200 at auction. Most jars like that get donated, dumped, or handed to a clearance man for pocket change. This countdown runs 12 to 1 through the old marbles that are secretly worth a fortune, ordered by how likely you are to actually own one. Akro Agate corkscrews and Popeyes out of Clarksburg, Peltier National Line Rainbos from Ottawa, Illinois, hand-cut German latticinio swirls, clambroth, end-of-day Joseph's Coat, onionskins, Indian swirls, Lutz, sulphides with a ceramic figure sealed inside, and the two American machine-made grails at number two and number one: Peltier comics and the Christensen Agate guinea. Each one gets the same treatment: what it is, the tell that separates it from a common playing marble, a real sold price, and a short checklist you can run on your own jar tonight.