C.O.C.A. Times
Issue: 2003-November - Vol 3 Num 9 - Page 30
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I'm down to the last TALES OF THE HUNT. Please send me your tale, along with a photo or two, and we
will continue with future TALES OF THE HUNT. Without YOUR story this feature will die. I'm sure we
all enjoy these stories of "FINDS; but they can only be printed here for all to enjoy if YOU send in your
TALE OF THE HUNT. Send to: Jack Freund, P. 0. Box 4, Springfield WI 53176.
You also can email stories and photos to: jbgum@msn.com
Our first tale is submitted by Roger Smith of Parkville MO.
It is a tale of DECISIONS, DECISIONS, and DECISIONS
My story unfolds almost thirty years ago, when I was still in school still dati ng my wife. We were walking
to dinner in our neighborhood on the near north side of Chicago and spotted a glass-domed object in the
window of an antique shop.
It appeared to be a coin-operated vendor of some sort and piqued our curiosity. At the
time, I probably had fewer than five machines in my embryonic collection, but the col-
lecting passion was present, if unrecognized. We went in and asked the owner if we
could see the object.
The machine was an ADVANCE MATCH VENDOR with a small crack at the base of
the globe, a minor ding near the top, and a missing cash box. It appeared to be working
and the owner was asking $20 or $25 for it. We thought long and hard. That was a lot
for us to spend at that time, and we didn't really have a collection (or so we thought).
We thanked the lady and went to dinner. Discussion about the machine occupied most
of dinner and in the end we went back and bought the machine for $15.
What changed our minds and motivated us to spend that large amount of money? We were driven by the
clear vision that this machine had to be rescued from the owner ( or someone similar) because, you see, she
had told us, "You know, you could just drill a hole in the top and make it into a lamp."
We still proudly own this machine.
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sted_!_J_!_~_re~_nd_u_u_N_T
_ _ _ _ )
I'm down to the last TALES OF THE HUNT. Please send me your tale, along with a photo or two, and we
will continue with future TALES OF THE HUNT. Without YOUR story this feature will die. I'm sure we
all enjoy these stories of "FINDS; but they can only be printed here for all to enjoy if YOU send in your
TALE OF THE HUNT. Send to: Jack Freund, P. 0. Box 4, Springfield WI 53176.
You also can email stories and photos to: jbgum@msn.com
Our first tale is submitted by Roger Smith of Parkville MO.
It is a tale of DECISIONS, DECISIONS, and DECISIONS
My story unfolds almost thirty years ago, when I was still in school still dati ng my wife. We were walking
to dinner in our neighborhood on the near north side of Chicago and spotted a glass-domed object in the
window of an antique shop.
It appeared to be a coin-operated vendor of some sort and piqued our curiosity. At the
time, I probably had fewer than five machines in my embryonic collection, but the col-
lecting passion was present, if unrecognized. We went in and asked the owner if we
could see the object.
The machine was an ADVANCE MATCH VENDOR with a small crack at the base of
the globe, a minor ding near the top, and a missing cash box. It appeared to be working
and the owner was asking $20 or $25 for it. We thought long and hard. That was a lot
for us to spend at that time, and we didn't really have a collection (or so we thought).
We thanked the lady and went to dinner. Discussion about the machine occupied most
of dinner and in the end we went back and bought the machine for $15.
What changed our minds and motivated us to spend that large amount of money? We were driven by the
clear vision that this machine had to be rescued from the owner ( or someone similar) because, you see, she
had told us, "You know, you could just drill a hole in the top and make it into a lamp."
We still proudly own this machine.
SUPPORT C.O.C.A Send Us Your Ads & Articles .....
also CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE: www.coinoPclub.ors
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Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).