Vintage fortune teller machines sell for thousands of dollars. New ones are being made today and can cost $9,000 or more. Q: I was given a child’s rocking chair more than 40 years ago.

Vintage fortune teller machines sell for thousands of dollars. New ones are being made today and can cost $9,000 or more. Q: I was given a child’s rocking chair more than 40 years ago.

Fortune tellers have been popular for centuries. In the United States, many 20th-century amusement parks had fortune teller machines that enticed customers.

Vintage fortune teller machines sell for thousands of dollars. New ones are being made today and can cost $9,000 or more. Q: I was given a child's rocking chair more than 40 years ago.

An antique Gypsy fortune teller machine sat for decades in this Virginia City, Mont., restaurant, which now is receiving a multimillion dollar offers from curators including magician David ...

Host Scott Simon speaks with antique arcade machine collector John Papa about the Gypsy — a fortune-telling machine that is said to be worth millions of dollars. Gypsy currently resides at the ...