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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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Coin Slot Magazine - #067 - 1980 - September [International Arcade Museum]
PACE AUCTION RESULTS
Your letters indicated that you wanted to see the results on the
Pace Auction in Chicago. Here is the list:
Lot #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Name
Amount
Rol-A-Top
50 Trade Stimulator
50 Columbia
Change Machine
Razor Blade Dispenser
Cigar Box
Sparky Trade Stimulator
Race Horse Wheel
Table Model Mutoscoscope
O-Leto Point Game
10 Match Dispenser
Ash Tray
Roulette Wheel & Cloth
National Cash Register
Slot Machine Stand
Small Roulette Wheel
500 Jennings
Lock
3,000.00
110.00
400.00
75.00
20.00
40.00
90.00
30.00
200.00
200.00
60.00
10.00
50.00
170.00
100.00
20.00
650.00
95.00
19
20
21
22
10* Bingo Bell
Game Table
Comet Trade Stimulator
Fortune Teller
900.00
175.00
60.00
95.00
23
24
Reel 21
Hockey Machine
210.00
75.00
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
10 Trade Stimulator
Baseball Machine
10 Jennings Lucky Hunter
Pinball Machine
50 Mills Castle Front
Toy Car
Wall Cabinet
HammsSign
525.00
50.00
750.00
80.00
750.00
100.00
160.00
70.00
190.00
200.00
130.00
35.00
37
38
Aquarium
50 Scramball
65.00
70.00
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
10 Jennings Bingo Bell
50 Jennings Totday
Wood Zeno Display Case
Whistle Cooler
Wood Zeno Display Case
10 Card Machine
700.00
1,075.00
300.00
400.00
375.00
200.00
Wall Telephone
250Hightop
450.00
1,100.00
46
47
48
50
51
52
53
54
57
56
58
59
61
62
63
64
65
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
Lighter Fluid Dispenser
Reel 21 Black Jack Game
10 Jennings Trade Stimulator
10 Trade Stimulator
10 Shock Machine
Double Gumball Machine
Dice Game
250 Grand Bahams
Shoe Shine Stand
Box Lot
130.00
50.00
170.00
1,000.00
80.00
15.00
110.00
1,150.00
775.00
60.00
220.00
130.00
900.00
Bevel Glass Door
10 Drop
10 Cherry Front
10 Match Dispenser
Airplane Fan
Advert Picture
10 Cherry Front
Bally Pinball
Icecream Sign
50 Castle Front
Cash Register
Trade Stimulator Tic Tac Toe
Candy Bar Dispenser
Double Gumball Machine
Testing Machine
"Test Your Romantic Ability"
Medal Stamping
Climax Peanut
Box of Tubes
Planters Peanut Roaster
Coin Toss
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450.00
40.00
1,250.00
300.00
160.00
35.00
55.00
70.00
185.00
225.00
30.00
750.00
225.00
77
250 Jennings
78
10 Strength Tester
1,100.00
79
80
81
82
83
84
Punching Bag
.
Coin Changer
50 Console Slot
50 Today Vendor
Trade Stimulator Star Advert
50 Cowbay Carved Slot
550.00
550.00
325.00
900.00
850.00
2,300.00
85
86
87
Dice Machine
100 Bandit
Display Case Brown & Halet
130.00
2,300.00
60.00
88
89
Advert Ice Cream Tray
50 Jennings
40.00
1,500.00
40.00
90
10 Trade Stimulator
85.00
91
92
93
Record Player
Small Dice Machine
Box of Sheet Music
20.00
25.00
20.00
94
95
Walk Light
Advert Sign
97
110.00
225.00
Dixie Cup Dispenser
50.00
98
99
100
101
Watch fob Stand
Oak Home Bar
Electric Shock Machine
Regina Music Box 27" Changer
103
104
105
106
107
108
R
10 Regina Music Box
10 Regina Music Box
Music Box
15 1/2 Reggina Music Box
8 Tune Swiss Music Box
109
110
111A
111
111D
112 & 113
114
Playphon
Edison Phonograh
Symphonian Music Box
Imperial Symphonian Music Box
Kalliope Music Box
Graphophones
Graphophone
115
Edison Standard
115A
Box of Phonograph Rolls
116
Phonograph Horn
117
Edison Phonograph
118
Phonograph Horn
119
120
121
122
123
Edison Cylinder Phonograph
Amberola Cylinder
Amberola Cylinder Phonograph
Music Box - Bells
Music Box - Bells
124
125
125A
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
133A
134
135
136
137
138
138A
Music Box - Bells.
Music Box
Cylinder Music Box
Upright Phono
Sho Shine Stand
Walnut Home Bar
H.P. Window
Lead Shade
Lead Shade
Half Dome
Wurlitzer 1015 Juke Box
RolaMonica
Wurlitzer 780
Brass Halltree
Wurlitzer 1015
Sphinx
Wurlitzer 1400
Wurlitzer 750
138C
138D
139
140
143
142
141
144
145
146
147
148
148A
149
Wurlitzer 110
Seeburg Juke Box
Cigar Case
Wurlitzer 71
Wurlitzer 1015
Stoplight
Wurlitzer 1015
10 Scale
Rockola 1426
Fire Hydrant.
50 Highboy
Wurlitzer 1100
Wall Boy Selector
Barber Pole
138B
90.00
650.00
3,100.00
9,000.00
4,100.00
1,750.00
1,900.00
60.00
1,300.00
600.00
1,550.00
5,300.00
1,400.00
1,100.00
350.00
4,300.00
2,150.00
475.00
32.50
50.00
300.00
50.00
400.00
200.00
170.00
700.00
500.00
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Wurlitzer 750
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575.00
150.00
110.00
350.00
1,700.00
1,200.00
150.00
4,000.00
500.00
525.00
3,000.00
70.00
3,000.00
80.00
4,150.00
.150.00
6,500.00
1,500.00
1,775.00
900.00
85.00
150.00
1,700.00
1,550.00
175.00
1,350.00
70.00
350.00
55.00
575.00
1,050.00
70.00
130.00
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