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Issue: 1979 May 051

Coin Slot Magazine - #051 - 1979 - May [International Arcade Museum]
I also have a 1940 Mills Cherry Front (slot ma
Dear Robert,
chine) with the case in excellent condition, but
Thanks for the check, but we're sending it back
so you can apply it to a copy of Dick Bueschel's
only 85% of the guts are inside it.
Could you tell
me what that might be worth?
"100 Collectible Slots.: . . Volume 2" (you can
get it ppd for $16.70 from COIN SLOT BOOKS).
Sincerely,
The answer to all of the questions are answered
in the book, with all of the state laws listed by
Bob Marvin
number.
Plus that, there's an address which you
can write to in order to obtain a copy of the laws
Dear Bob,
from each state, making "Slots . . . Volume 2"
a law-changing workbook.
You'll probably want
to show the book to your friend in the legislature
Nice bunch of stuff!
We can answer some of
the questions, but not all I'm afraid. For one thing
as it answers all of the questions about collectibility,
prices change so rapidly The Coin Slot doesn't dare
and contains a history of how the laws have been
set values. The price guides that are coming out do
changed state by state.
that job, and even when the prices change the com
efforts in Iowa.
Good luck to you in your
And if there are any other Iowa
readers out there that want to help Robert Anastasi
parative values based on condition remain much
the same.
in this fight, get in touch with him right away.
There's strength in numbers.
Your LUCKY HOROSCOPE just might be in
Ken Rubin's book "Drop Coin Here". We haven't
Dear Gil,
seen it yet, but it'll have arcade machines with a
companion price guide.
As for the "green" trade
I very much enjoyed your article on John Caler.
stimulator (your picture is a color poloroid so we
Your photo of him is the first I have ever seen
can't run it!), you ask about, that's the Shipman
though I've talked to him many times on the[
phone.
SPIN
IT from around 1940.
It'll be covered in
Dick Bueschel's Volume 2 Trade Stimulator book
scheduled for later in the year.
*
Perhaps more of these articles on other collec
tors or dealers would be of interest to your readers.
As for the Mills
CHERRY; it's in Dick's Volume 1 slots book, and
it sounds like it is in "incomplete" condition. The
"Price Guide Update" (available from Coin Slot
Best Wishes,
Books for $3.00) rates it at $500 to $850.
Bill Wagner
Hi There!
Have a problem.
Dear Bill,
Slot,
Glad you enjoyed the article, Bill.
have a floor model Mills
no.
is.
We will try
to do more of these human interest stories in the
future.
I
but don't know where the serial
If any readers have any suggestions along
I took the main works out and there is a paper
tag to the right, but it has been painted dark grey.
these lines, the Coin Slot would welcome them!
It is a jackpot type, and it has an Eagle (Blue)
facing left. When I bought it last July at an auction
Dear Coin Slot,
it had a card on it saying "1939 Exposition Model."
Could you please tell me approximately if pos
sible what the Lucky Horoscope might be worth?
I
Would like to trade in the upper coin slot sec
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http dispenses peanuts. Could you also
Is the middle machine in the picture, considered
tell me its approximate value?
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tion and get another one and trade mine in.
off and I had to take the rivets out.
having trouble with
I am also
the coins jamming up and
having to hand move the slide part in order for
the coins to pass thru.
Any
help you
can
give will be appreciated.
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Coin Slot Magazine - #051 - 1979 - May [International Arcade Museum]
This is a 5 cent model. I could use part no.MLB-
3914.
It is the back part of the top section.
Anything about the value or the exact age of
this machine I wish to know.
I'll send the serial
Upcoming Auction
no. if I can find it.
W and W Associates have announced that they
Many Thanks,
Robert Fosnot
will
Baker, Oregon
Gaming Machine Auction on June 30 and July 1
hold their second Antique Amusement and
at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California.
Dear Robert,
Hagen Stewart, spokesman for W and W Assoc
Kinda hard to tell what the machine is from
your description. The auction data is as you know
by now is somewhat hazy.
iates, said this sale will be even larger than the last
auction.
It's probably a Mills
CLUB BELL of 1938-1941 based on the Mills
EXTRAORDINARY, or the later postwar CLUB
ROYALE version. Best bet is for the prewar model
because of the eagle.
An
outstanding array of merchandise has al
ready been consigned for the upcoming auction.
Some items already consigned include a Caille
Double upright with music, completely restored,
The serial should be at the back, die stamped
a matched "His and Hers" Judge and Owl uprights
in the wood at the base of the mechanism cabinet,
but often that wears off. Value for the postwar
with music, all restored, a restored Peacock and
is about $1,400, but that's running.
to exist), a rare Mills scale, several music boxesc
The prewar
might go a little higher.
1015 jukeboxes, a rare Caille scale (only one known
including both Disc and cylinder types, an early
phonograph collection, a musical Grandfather clock,
As for the missing part, try running a classified
a Mills Dewey upright restored, several pieces of^
ad in THE COIN SLOT. You get it free if you're a
stained glass, a wide variety of trade stimulators
subscriber, during certain months (see the alpha
and advertising items, gumball machines and arcade
pieces.
betical schedule.)
Also consigned are several digger machines
and some beautiful antique furniture and architec
Dear Coin Slot:
tural antiques.
Could you please send me the number and date
Consignments are currently being accepted for
of the Ohio law (1978) that legalizes ownership of
the auction.
antique slot machines. Thank you.
offered will be limited by the auctioneers.
Sincerely Yours,
W. Wise
Further
92705.
The same question again and again, and that's
exciting.
information
on
the auction may be
obtained by calling or writing to W and W Assoc,
1632 S.
Dear Mr. Wise,
However, the actual number of items
E.
Skyline
Dr.,
Santa Ana, California
Telephone (714) 731-7919.
Cordially,
The laws are getting changed, and Ohio
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It answers a lot of questions and keeps any criticism
or legal problems at bay.
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