Coin Slot

Issue: 1980 September 067

Coin Slot Magazine - #067 - 1980 - September [International Arcade Museum]
AUCTION
COIN MACHINES — TOOLS — PHONOGRAPHS
GLASSWARE AND CHOICE COLLECTABLE ITEMS
SUNDAY SEPT. 14TH AT 12:00 Noon
WAGON WHEEL AUCTION GALLERY
NIWOT, COLO.
LOCATED % WAY BETWEEN LONGMONT & BOULDER ON HWY 119
A fine selection of choice rare items. Plan to attend.
COIN OPERATED MACHINES: Seeburg MODEL L JUNIOR NICHELODEAN, in original condition and plays like
new; 1917 Mills 5$ FLOOR MODEL CANDY VENDOR SLOT MACHINE, Restored Excellent Condition; 1922 5$
Jenning's Oak Case Good; Mills CASTLE FRONT - 5$ Mills; CLUB ROYAL floor model - 5 COLUMBIA -5$; 10

Wizard Fortune Teller; Midland Jump Spark Cigar Lighter; Globe Gum Machine. Ships compass; 2 Brass
Microscopes; & Other Old Instruments;
TIFFANY LAMP
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LILY-3 LIGHT, IRIDESCENT AMBER FLORIFORM SHADES,
BRONZE BASE . . . SIGNED. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
MATCHED PAIR OF COLT-BISLEY 45 CAL. SINGLE-ACTION REVOLVERS CASED AND ENGRAVED BY BILL
JOHN OF TEXAS (VERY RARE)
I23V2" Bronze "Adventures" by Eutrope Bouret; Pair Royal Rudolstat Bisque Figurines, Excellent; 30" Terra Cotta
j Figurine.
I Model 10 National Cash Register, 6 Drawer With Claw Feet. Large Collection of Old Hand Tools of Every Kind &
I Description; Old Tool Boxes; Many Rare Tools, Impossible To List Them All. Brass Riverboat Whistle; Large Brass
I Fire Nozzle; Rare Tobacco Tins; Toys Including Collection of Toy Steam Engines, Cast Iron Toys & More. Old Guns
I Including Shotguns, Pistols, Rifles, Several Good Ones. Old Wooden Duck Decoys. Swords, Scales & Weights. Wood
I & Sons English Bowl & Pitcher Set, M int In Cobalt Blue & Red. Large Copper Candy Bucket. Fine Collection of Lamps
■ Of All Kinds. Stuffed Animals & Fowl. Phonographs & Old Radios. Oil Paintings, Prints & Excellent Frames.
I Glassware Including Old Cut Glass Knife Rests, Cruets, Vases, Ice Cream Tray, Pitchers, Nappies, Bowls, Compotes,
I Salt Dips, Tumblers, Very Rare Signed Libby Demonstration Piece, Many Signed Pieces; 8 Deer & Pine Goblets, Tray
l& Pitcher; Pressed Glass Pieces; Heisey; Rare Staffordshire Ladys Cuspidor; Porcelain Pieces; English Toby Jugs; I
[Coaching Days & Ways Vase; 9 Rosenthal Tea Cups & Saucers, 8 Coalport Ornate Plates all from Cheesebrough
I Estate; Steuben Tear Drop Wine Glass; Royal Crown Derby Imari Plates; Dresden; Milk Glass; Cranberry Pitcher &
■ Tumblers; Wavecrest Salt Shakers; Art Glass; Blue & White Historical Plates; 57 Pc Theo. Haviland Limoge China;
I Copper Luster Pitcher; Grape Pattern Glass Bread Plate; Flo Blue Cracker Jar; Collection Of Milk Pitchers Of All
I Kinds; Plus Much More. Silver Pieces Including Rare Victorian Shaving Swinging Mirror, Beveled Mirror By James W.
I Tufts Of Boston, Mass.; Ornate Victorian Coffee & Tea Set; Candelabrums; 9 Pcs Coffee Tea Service, Very Ornate;
[Water Pitchers; Victorian Double Calling Card Holder & More.
I INSPECTION - SATURDAY NOON TO 5:00 & SUNDAY 9:00 TO SALE TIME
■ AUCTIONEERS - Floyd Edmonds, Jim Powell
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Coin Slot Magazine - #067 - 1980 - September [International Arcade Museum]
COLLECTOR'S
REPORT
Sotheby Parke Bemet Coin-Operated Machine Auction
The
second
Sotheby
Parke Bernet coin
Mills Wizard Fortune Teller - $700.00
Mutoscope Cast Iron Flip Card - $1600.00
operated
machine auction was held at 3:30 P.M. on July 31st at the
Pollard Golf - $1600.00
Sun - Two Wheel Bicycle - $1500.00
Wurlitzer IX Nickelodeon - $5000.00
Caille Silent Sphinx - $1600.00
Caille 4 reel Superior - $1900.00
Buckley Bones - $4250.00
Watling Treasury - $5250.00
Watling Jefferson - $4000.00
main gallery. The auction drew a full house, consisting of
dealers, collectors and first time buyers. There were about
two hundred and twenty five machines; uprights, slots,
vending, music and arcade.
As Consultant to Sotheby, I tried to present to the public
a mixture of machines that would expose them to the field
of antique coin-operated devices.
The gathering of collectors and dealers has always been
a fun event. Exchanging ideas, viewing of newly un
covered machines and the ability of asking questions
All of the prices quoted do not include the 10% buyers
fee that is charged.
about problems, are exciting. The rarest machine was
All of those who attended the auction enjoyed seeing
placed on the cover, the Caille "Puritan" upright with its
friends again and that their field of interest was growing.
original shipping wooden crate, bearing its name. The
Puritan was consigned by its owner, having been in
storage for about fifty years. It was in an almost mint
I have started working on the next larger auction. The
date has been set for December 6,1980 at the new Sotheby
gallery located at 1334 York Avenue in New York City.
factory condition, one of the finest I have ever seen. It sold
Consignment must be sent there no later than September
for $11,500.00 to a new collector from the Philadelphia
15, 1980. Please contact me before you ship.
This auction will be held on a Saturday, which will allow
area.
Another upright was a Mills "On The Square" in an
unrestored condition, it sold for $9000.00, also to a new
California collector. That collector also bought a restored
Mills "Check Boy" for $5250.00.
A California collector purchased a fully restored Mills
cast iron "Operators Bell" for $6500.00. A fully restored
Pace "Paces Races" sold for $8500.00 with several bidders
trying to buy it. A new Texas buyer purchased a partially
restored Wurlitzer 1015 for $5250.00.
many more out of town collectors to come because of a
non-working day. The auction will be expanding info other
related itmes normally associated with machine collec
ting.
I hope that I will be hearing from many of you soon.
Sincerely
Melvin Getlan
100 North Central Avenue
Hartsdale, New York 10530
Some other prices of machines were:
914-428-2600
Groetchen Sparks - $475.00
Mills QT - $1300.00
Mills Puritan Trade Stimulator - $550.00
Masters 1$ BallGum - $200.00
Mills Poinsettia with skill stops - $2200.00
Caille Doughboy - $1300.00
Pace Comet - $1700.00
Mills Roman Head - $2800.00
Mills Vest Pocket - $350.00
Mills Extraordinary - $1700.00
Mills Futurity-$2100.00
Mills Bursting Cherry with side vendor - $2500.00
Mills Castle Front - $1700.00
Mills War Eagle - $3000.00
Jennings Operators Bell - $3000.00
Pace Skil Flip - $1900.00
Daval Chicago Club House - $475.00
Jennings Century Vendor - $1800.00
Mills Super Bell Lion - $1600.00
Watling Blue Seal - $2000.00
Bally Double Bell - $2500.00
Field's Baby Jacks - $1300.00
Mills Commercial - $2200.00
National Test Your Strength - $900.00
Wurlitzer 41 - $2300.00
Caille Superior - $2000.00
Jennings Little Duke - $2000.00
Mills Horse Head Bonus - $2100.00
Watling Rol A Top - $3750.00

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