Coin Slot Magazine - #079 - 1981 - September [International Arcade Museum]
STRAIGHT CHERRIES
Antique Amusements is sort of a Boot Hill for one-
armed bandits and related entertainment devices.
This White Plains shop has an amazing collection for
sale: Slot machines, pinball machines, old-fashioned,
brass cash registers, classic Wurlitzer jukeboxes —
most of them several decades old, and all in working
condition.
Antique Amusements
277 Mamaroneck Ave.
White Plains, New York
328-9044
Reprint of an article from Suburbia Today, One Gannett
Drive, White Plains, N.Y. 10604.
Owner Ira Warren, who's been collecting and selling
antique amusements for 10 years, calls them "toys for
adults." He picks up his wares from old penny arcades,
gambling joints and other collectors. It's an impressive
lot, with some impressive price tags.
The jukebox pictured here, which Warren says is the
classic Wurlitzer model of all time, and the one-arm
bandit, a replica of the original, both go for $4,500. He
also carries other Wurlitzers for $2,200, and slot
machines —dating back to the Roaring '20s —for
$1,200 and up. There is also a line of classic pinball
machines from the 1940s, '50s, '60s and 70s starting
at $550 and peaking at $1,600.
Warren says his staff will provide lifetime service for
the mechanisms of any amusement he sells; remem
ber, they all work. And he says the "toys" invariably
prove to be good investments. To prove his point,
Warren says he will agree in writing to buy back any
item he sells two years later for the original price,
provided it's still in good condition. "No one ever takes
me up on the offer," he says.
The store is usually open Wednesday through Sunday
from noon to 5:30 p.m. Appointments are suggested.
Oh, one other thing. New York State law, undera1979
amendment, permits possession of slot machines as
"antiques." But not for gambling purposes.
CORRECTION
In our August, 1981 issue of The Coin Slot we made a
mistake in the results from the Los Angelos Sotheby
Parke Benet Auction on page 23. We incorrectly named
the manufacturers of three of the items. Here are the
corrected results:
Item No. 11:
General Mdse. Co. SMI LIN' SAM (Repro)
Rockola WORLDSERIESPinball(counterseries)... $750
Item No. 14:
Manikin Vendor Co. BAKER BOY gumball
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We regret that an error was made in our classified ad
section in the August issue. We typed $1,150 in Rich
Youngman's as when it should have been $1,500. This
cost Rich time and money and we apologize. Please
check your ad copy when you receive the magazine
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and clarify yourselling price to prospective buyers if an
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error occurs.
We would also like to ask that you recheck your own
copy before sending it to us. We make every effort to
eliminate any errors, however, we occasionally receive
errors in the original copy (i.e. incorrect telephone
numbers or addresses) and we run the ad as it is
© September
The International
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