Automatic Age

Issue: 1931 May

178
A u t o m a t ic A ge
E IG H T Y
R E B U IL T
DECA-
Disc Phonographs; Electrical­
ly Amplified; good working con­
dition; no junk; $ 100.00 each.
W isconsin Novelty Co., K au -
kauna, W is.
FOR SA L E — 4 A T L A S P E N N Y
Baseball machines; brand new,
still in original cartons, $7.50
each; guaranteed perfect. The
Block Co., 724 Roselawn Ave..
Pittsburgh, Pa.
FOR SALE — 1 N O R T H W E S T -
ern 5c 1-column Gum m a­
chine; 1 Fields 4-1 Fruit Reels,
1-5-10-25; 1 Baby Vender; 1
Nome Pistol Ball Gum Penny
Back target; 3 Lark machines,
ball gum attachment; 1 5- and
3-Jack machine; 2 1-and 3-Jack
machine; all in A - l condition;
trade for Advance or Norris
Peanut or Ball Gum machines.
Box P -2, Automatic Age.
FOR SA L E — A D V A N C E
Shockers, $5.00; Firefly Shock­
ers, $5.00; Regina Music Boxes,
with 12 tune sheets, $12.50;
Lark
Baseball,
$7.50;
Emco
Nerve Testers, $6.00; W izard
Fortune Tellers, $4.75; M uto-
scopes, with 5 reels, $25.00; A d ­
vance Post Cards, $5.00; Try
Skills, $3.00; Master targets,
No. 13, $9.50; Gottlieb Grippers,
$ 5 . 0 0 ; these machines are in
A - l condition, inside and out­
side. M. T. Daniels, 1027 U ni­
versity, W ichita, Kansas.
FOR SA L E — 29 B L U E BIRD
Tickle Gum venders, excellent
condition, $5.00 each. J. Camer­
on,
6243
S.
Elizabeth
St.,
Chicago.
FOUR M ILLS B A B Y
VEN­
ders, $9.00 each; 4 Three-
Jacks, $5.00 each; 1 Basket­
ball, $1.50; 1 five-cent Dice Gum
M ILLS A U T O M A T IC P H O N O ­ machine, $4.50; 1 Perfection Card
GRAPHS W IT H RECORD
machine, $12.00; 1 Jennings T o­
SELECTOR
day vender, $30.00; 1 Penny
Recent models; serial num­ Domino machine, $15.00, cost
bers 3000 and upwards. Have 15 $45.00; all machines used very
of these machines on hand, little; 1 Hercules Midget B ase­
good mechanical order and will ball, like new, $10.00; 1-3 de­
dispose of them at sacrifice posit, 5 % cash. Evans & Son
price. These machines located Specialty Company, Main and
at present time in Buffalo, N. Broadway, Geneva, Ohio.________
Y., and will be shown to any
interested buyer. This is an op­ N IN E lc T R IP -L -J A X , $10.00;
portunity for some quick act­
9 A. B. T. targets, $7.50;
ing, keen visioned operator who Gottlieb
Grippers,
$5.00,
8
can see a bargain and take ad­ months old, perfect; 9 Mills 5c,
vantage of it promptly. Your I Mills 25c Puritans, used 6
season is now opening and you months, $15.00; Blue Bird Dice,
should be able to use these $5.00; Mills Wizards, $4.00; 3
machines, especially at price we K. O. Fighters, $90.00; 5 W atling
offer them.
These
machines Scales, used 2 years, $60.00;
were repossessed, and have to Grandfather’s Clock, $75.00; 3
be sold. Someone's loss is your American
Sales
Quadrophone
gain. Get in touch with us im ­ Amplified victrolas, $175.00; 9
mediately for prices.
Basketball, $4.00; 7 Advance pic-
Mercantile Discount Corp.
pictures, $4.00; 4 Blue Bird Gum
110 S. Dearborn St.
pin, $7.50; 2 Mutoscope Strong
Chicago
-c Girls’s pictures, $30.00; 1 Hoot
Mon Golf, $85.00; Mills side ven­
der, $20.00; Jennings side, 5c,
$30.00; 2 Rolls skills, $2.50; we
want and will exchange for fac­
tory built 5c reserve Jack Pots,
Iron Claws, Filmascope Com ­
FOR SALE — M E T A L D ISPL A Y petitive Basketballs, 5c Pool
Stands, equipped with hooks Tables, Fields 4-Jacks, Fields
for 36 packages; will sell or ex­ and A. B. T. 5-Jacks. E. K . V.
change for machines. D. K os- Mach. Co., Dept. A , Pikeville,
tell,
2068
Ocean
Parkway, Ky.__________________________________
Brooklyn, N. Y.
F IF T E E N
G E N U IN E
PEO
FOR SA L E — M E T A L D ISPLA Y
W hirl-W inds, slightly used;
Stands, equipped with hooks original
cartons,
guaranteed
for 36 packages; will sell or ex­ A - l , $6.50 each; no trade. S.
change for machines. D. K o s- Schuster, 1212 Corona, Denver,
tell,
2068
Ocean
Parkway, Colo.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
FOR S A L E — 1 B R O W N BO B BY FOR SA L E — 10 PEO W H IR L ­
Doughnut machine, or trade
W inds, good as new, $8.00
Advance
Electric
Shockers, each; inspection allowed; send
$5.00 each; 5c Puritian Mills deposit, balance C. O. D „ 2863
Bells, $15.00 each; 25c Puritian Mayfield Rd.. Cleveland, O.
iMills Bells, $15.00 each; 25c
Jack Pots, $40.00 each; 1 Mills FOR SA L E — 150 K ID D IE M U -
5c Bell, $30.00; 1 Mills 5c Jack
toscopes; retiring from busi­
Pot as it is, $25.00; 1-3 cash ness— these machines must be
with order, balance, C. O. D. sold at once; machines practic­
A. R. W atson, Box 53, Keokuk, ally new— all new feature reels
Iowa.
____________________ — equipped with coin meters;
guaranteed to be mechanically
T H IR T Y G A B E L A U TO M ATIC perfect; for quick sale— lots of
Entertainers at bargain prices, 5, $32.50 each; lots of 10, $30.00
other business forces me to sell; each; lots of 25, $27.50 each; lots
all have latest equipment in­ of 50, $24.50; term s: 1-3 cash
cluding
Amplifiers,
Speakers, with order, balance C. O. D.
etc. Address R. H. Ellison, 3127 W . W . Marcus, 142 Cambridge
Cass Ave., Detroit, Michigan.
Ave., Dayton, Ohio._____________
FOR SA L E B A R G A IN — 50
Seca small penny W eighing
Scales, good condition, $30.00
each; F. O. B. Brooklyn. A.
C u rt,
285
S ch e n e cta d y
A v e .,
Brooklyn. N. V.______________
F IF T Y B R A N D NM W, L A T ­
est model Monarch Tim ers; c o s t
$ 20 . 00 , one or all $15.00. W is ­
consin Novelty Co., Kaukauna,
W is.
May, 1931
FOR SA L E — 3 A D V A N C E
Cigarette machines; 1 month
old; like new. W rite or call
Chicago Specialty Co., 28 E.
FOR SA L E — 10 G O TTLIE B
Miniature Baseball machines;
perfect
condition;
used
few
weeks; each, $9.75; bargain; 1-3
cash with order, balance C. O. D.
The Block Co., 724 Roselawn
Ave.. Pittsburgh. Pa.___________
FOR
SA L E — 10
M A ST E R
nickel-penny machines, per­
fect condition, vends peanuts,
gum, marbles, each $5.00; cost
$8.50 new. The Block Co., 724
Roselawn Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
FOR
SA L E — 10 F IE L D ’ S 4-
.Tacks, account closed terri­
tory; used few weeks; perfect
condition;
each,
$12.50.
The
Block Co., 724 Roselawn Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
R E AD T H IS— S A V E M O N E Y
Mints 5 case lots, $6.25; Mints
23nd S t., C h ic a g o . V i c t o r y 0300.
10 c a s e lo ts , $6.00; M in t s 25 c a s e
lo ts , $5.75. F’r e s h s t o c k — a s s o r t e d
FOR SALE —
r o lls p e r c a s e . K. o . B . K a n s a s
100
SL IG H T LY
u s e d P e o W h i r l - W i n d s . $7.00
each; any quantity; 1-3 deposit.
M. L. Wilkinson, 24 Upland
H oa d , W a t e r t o w n .
M a s s.________
350 5 c C A N D Y V E N D IN G M A ­
N E V E R BE F O R E OFFE R ED
chines used and offered as
at these prices; brand new t h e y a re . V e n d s s a m e s iz e b o x
Peanut venders; fine 1 ooking, as Is used In "chicky" machine.
strong mechanism; lot of 25, B o x e s , $2.00 p e r 1,000. S e ll $2.50
$3.60; lot of 100, $3.50; limited each or trade for legitimate m a­
amount only; third cash, bal­ chines of any kind. D. W eiss,
ance on delivery. Novix Special­ 619 Nineteenth
St.,
Denver,
ties, 1193 Broadway, New York. Colo.
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flavors — highest Quality
—1000
City, Missouri. Save high freight
ra tes.
We
m a n u fa ctu re
M in ia ­
ture Pool Tables. Small size 25"
wide, 45" long, $35.00 complete.
Large size 29" wide, 5 2 " lo n g ,
$45.00 complete. W e use A d ­
vance Coin Slot— inch and half
co m p o s itio n
b a lls ,
e it h e r
num ­
bered or plain, “live rubber”
for cushion, and Include 4 cues.
Order from this ad, pay cash—
save money. B. & M. Sales Co.,
2763 W est 17th St., Oklahoma
City, Okla.
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