Coin Slot Magazine - #012 - 1975 - October [International Arcade Museum]
To the collectors present, the record price brought by the Caille Roulette
reconfirmed the felling that gambling machine collecting is an aesthetic
hobby: appearance is more desirable than rarity in a machine. One only
has to look at the high prices brought by the relatively common, but very
attractive Jennings "Little Dukes or Watling Rol-A-Tops to have this feeling
confirmed.
Many other items were sold at the auction, far too many to detail. How
ever, as the last bidders filed out late Sunday afternoon, everyone agreed
that:
1.
Prices had stabilized for the later and more common items.
2.
Top prices were still being paid for the older, more unusual
and attractive pieces.
3.
Old arcade machines (pre-1920) are highly desirable and hard
4.
There will be more auctions like Harrahs and this one.
5.
Seller Roy Arrington and Auctioneer Don Britt made the auction
truly a memorable one.
6.
A good time was had by all.
7.
You should never draw to a stiff hand in Blackjack with the
to find.
dealer showing 6.
Note: I would like to thank Dick Bueschel for supplying me with some of the
historical information contained in this article. Like many other collectors
I look forward with great anticipation to DickTs forthcoming book from Ves
tal Press: LEMONS, CHERRIES & BELL-FRUIT-GUM.
Can you identify the machine on the
right ? It is made of wood and has a
bundle of tubes that revolve inside the
machine. These are made of brass. I
have placed 50? coins in the tubes,
which must not be what it was intended
for. By inserting a penny and pushing
it in a 50£ coin comes out of the lower
slot. It must have dispensed a waffer
type candy or could have been used for
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a coin changer, when they converted
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I doubt. Another possibility is that it
was used to vend some type of token.
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