Coin Slot Magazine - #V8N5 - 1983 - January [International Arcade Museum]
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The highlight
of his life
The Coin Slot;
I would like two copies of your
October Issue of The Coin Slot I am
the wife of John W. Sampson, or I
should say I'm the widow of him. He
passed away January 24th, 1982.
He would have been 90 years old
on October 8,'82. That story would
have been the highlight of his life.
I'm sure sorry that he never got to
see and read it I was through most
of that era of his life. We were wedd
37 years January 8/82.
Mrs John W. Sampson
Dear Mrs Sampson;
How very nice to hear from you,
and how saddened we were to hear
that the world of coin machines had
lost John W. Sampson. It was our
joy to know him at all, and thrilling to
hear that our story would be the
highlight of his life. We can assure
you that he will be remembered.
The Editor
The original
CRISS CROSS
job of restoring it It was a rusty, ugly
thing when I owned it. Mr. Sampson
was not the revamper on the machine
The revamper will write you later
about it The machine was used in
Dane Harris' Vapors Dinner Club.
My wife and I made the Canton
Dear Ball & Associates;
Thanks to your letter about the
Cross Breed CRISS CROSS we are
beginning to fill out an amazing and
little known corner of slot machine
history. We were thrilled to see the
Flea Market in Texas last month. I
bought four slots (COLUMBIA,
EXPORT CHIEF, Buckley and Mills
BLACK CHERRY) and a Wurlitzer
1080. The 1080 is a 45RPM convert
with a 2900 unit and a wall box. The
cabinet is mint with original glass.
Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa
condition, for there it was, in the
dark olive green mentioned in our
never sounded so good on new 45
records.
I'm enclosing some shots of the
gang at the flea market: Lee Burks,
Dallas; Kerry Holder, Missouri; Joe
Raney, Texas; Cris Garrett, Arkansas;
Steve Cregert, Kansas; I ran out of
time or would of had a pic of Elmer
Cummings of Iowa. He had a load
that looked like it was from a museum.
I pulled out some of the old copies
of The Coin Slot the other night and
the articles were very interesting. I
had forgotten about them. How about
reprinting some of the old articles
for the new subscribers to read?
Keep up the good work Your mag
is excellent
Best Regards,
Ball and Associates
Keeney CRISS CROSS in its original
cover story.
You intrigue us with the mention
that it wasn't John W. Sampson that
revamped the machine, but another
Little Rock revamper. We can hardly
wait to hear from him.
Thanks for the suggestion for re
running some of our old articles.
Our circulation has grown so fast
and so far in the last year that a lot
of our new readers haven't seen
some of these stories. We're think
ing about rerunning some of them,
and we're glad to hear that a reader
thinks it's a good idea.
The Editor
To settle an estate
Dear Editor,
I came across your name and ad
dress in a book of collectibles at a
library in Ironwood, Michigan. I de
cided to write to you in hopes that
maybe you could help us out
We have in our possession a 5$
slot machine, which is dated 1927.
Its serial number is 8077 J.
We need information on this ma
chine in order to settle an estate.
Could you please inform us as to
the value of the machine and what
it would sell for today.
Enclosed is a picture of the ma
Dear Editor;
Some ramblings from Arkansas
on this and that
On your cover story in the October
issue: I am enclosing the original
photo of the CRISS CROSS as it
looked when Tom and Jeff bought it
chine. The original color of orange
has been repainted blue at some
from me in 1981. They did a terrific
time.
Pat Rack Antiques and Steve Cregert
of Topeka, KS.
We would very much appreciate
any information that you could pos
sibly give us on this machine. The
make of the machine is a Pace.
Thank you for your time and at
tention.
Mra Gerald Costelic
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Hot Springs. Sold to St. Louis Slot
Machine Company in 1981.
Lee Burks from Rockwell, TX.
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Dear Mrs. Costelic;
Glad to hear you found us in the
library.
Your machine is the Pace BANTAM
JAK-POT, probably around 1929 or
early 1930 production.
As for value, we are sending a
xerox of page 48 of the Revised
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