Coin Slot Magazine - #084 - 1982 - February [International Arcade Museum]
and on the gooseneck. No other numbers are on the mech. There
is, however, an inspection sticker in the case with the number
3360, though this number does not appear anywhere else. As
Industry Novelty Co. only manufactured machines under that
name from late 1918 to, I believe, 1920, prior to becoming
Jennings, either number would appear to be feasible. As they
were revampers for many years, however, 3360 might simply
refer to production rather than manufacture of new machines.
The machine originally had a vendor and has two award cards,
one for Diamond J Mints and one for Primrose Peppermint
Gum, if that might be of help.
The operator, according to a plaque on the front, was the
Bradford Novelty Co. of San Jose, "Dealers in gum vendors,
Continued on page 12
FOR SALE:
1906 Caille CENTAUR.
Completely restored,
mint condition.
Plating—bronze finish
it is a twenty-five cent slot with an owl on the top and two owls on
$15,000.00.
the sides. It has wooden sides and the Serial No. is 106438. It
has a bell on the front center and on one side of the bell is the date
Serious inquiries only, please.
1776 and on the other side the date 1924. I, therefore, would
(512)476-0277,
assume that this is a 1924 Mills slot machine. I would appreciate
or (512) 476-2100
it if you could tell me if that is correct, what the slot is called (I
after 7:00 p.m. (512) 453-8538.
guess the owl has something to do with what it is called) and what
the value is. It is in fantastic shape and I just love it
Call Joe Silberstein
Austin, Texas.
Name withheld by request.
Dear Mr. Anon:
Delighted to hear from you,
and you certainly aren't
overstepping any bounds. The Coin Slot is a magazine for
antique coin machine and related artifact collectors, and we
Reproduction
SLOT
MACHINE
REEL STRIPS
and
AWARD
CARDS
are glad to hear from anybody.
Your letter andpicture arejust too interesting to shelve, so we
plan to share the information with our readers. As requested by
you, we are only too glad to withhold your name and area.
Many collectors in states that do not permit the collecting of
antique coin machines — sad to say there are still many that do
not — ask us to keep this confidence. So we do.
We think your machine is terrific, too. What you have is a
beautiful, practically mint condition Mills 1924 OPERATOR
BELL, 25 € play, serial 106,438. You'llfind itfully described
and illustrated in the Volume 4 "An Illustrated Price Guide to
the 100 Most Collectible Slot Machines" which is now being
written, and will bepublished approximately 9 months after the
appearance of volume 3 which is now at the printer. For
servicing the machine, you'll probably want Coin Slot Guide
No. 24, covering the Mills OPERATOR BELL machines
between 1918 and 1926.
Incidentally, your machine has a nickname. It's called the
"Owl", for the owl design castings on the top and front
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Send three stamps for information to:
DAVE EVANS
7999 Keller Road
&
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
0116 stamped on the front base, one side, the rear door, the key,
February 1982
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