Reselling Marbles
by Katy on October 18, 2025 · 2 comments
I wrote a couple weeks ago about a small bag of antique marbles that I picked up at a local consignment shop. (Shout out to Portland’s amazing Village Merchants!) I went head and put a couple of marble books on hold at the library and even joined a Marble Identification group on Facebook.
It’s not a lot of marbles, but it’s likely I should be able to get some decent money from these marbles on eBay. Here’s what left after setting the contemporary marbles aside.
Check it out, some even glow under black light!
I have a lot of random knowledge from years of being a thrifter, which is how I’m able to spot the treasures that sit alongside the mass produced Target crap. It fun to have an area to research, plus it means that I’ll be better armed to notice those items in future thrifting trips. There may not be any $100 marbles in this batch, but it’s still fun to figure that out!
Do you enjoy having random areas of knowledge? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Katy Wolk-Stanley
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I have two random areas of knowledge: salmon and polar bears. I could give an hour long talk on either one of these. Unfortunately, they are of zero help in terms of thrift shopping. I would rather know about marbles. It might also make me a more interesting dinner companion. I admire how many things you know the value of…hate ending sentences in a preposition, even though now I have read that the old rule has died.
I’d love to hear someone info dump on those two subjects — fascinating!