Mechanical Memories Magazine

Issue: 2009-September - Issue 37

Coventry '09
Yes, it's the big one! Now firmly established as the biggest annual slotties event in the
UK, I can confirm the Central England Vintage Coin-Op Show and Auction will be at
the Coundon Social Club, Coventry, on 29 th November. For those of you new to the
magazine, this event is presented by Jeremy Clapham and myself, and is therefore run
'by collectors for collectors' and is the one Sunday in the year you cannot afford to
miss! Full details and entry forms will be included in the October magazine, so start
sorting out your lots and get ready to fill in those forms .
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Dates for your diary
Bonhams Mechanical Music & Collectables Sale 29 th September
Knowle, Nr Coventry
Bonhams Collection of Early Technology Sale 30 th September
Knights bridge
Jukebox Madness 10 th & 11 th October
Kempton Park Racecourse
Joby Carter's Fairground & Circus Auction 25 th October
White Waltham, Berkshire
Bonhams Fine Mechanical Music Sale 10 th November
Knights bridge
MMM Vintage Slot Collectors' Show & Auction 29 th November
Coventry
Don't forget - if you know of any event which would be of interest to readers of
the magazine, please let me know so that I can include details in these pages.
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Anatomy of a Clown
Part II
By John Peterson
If your memory is superior to mine , (not much of a challenge, I will admit,) please
forgive me while I recap our story up to this point. At the end of Anatomy of a Clown,
part I, I was awaiting delivery of my latest love, a Bajazzo or clown catching game that
I purchased in an Ebay auction. The game was non-working but advertised as being
complete - maybe - and with several features that began to make me think, after I had
already made the successful bid, that the game was not original. Two items in particular
that caused the most doubt were the hinges that definitely had something funky going
on, and the domed top to the case, a feature that I had never, ever seen on a clown
catcher. My concern was that I had purchased a composite game, one where the original
door and mechanism had been added to a much later (and incorrect) case.
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