C.O.C.A. Times
Issue: 2012-March - Vol 11 Num 1 - Page 26
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s in the past, the semi-annual Antique Slot
Machine, Jukebox and Advertising Show
continues to be a family friendly event with
a mix of all ages on hand Nov. 12 and 13, in St.
Charles, Ill.
But, mostly adult serious buyers plunked down
$50 per person to shop the show early on Friday,
with more casual shoppers paying $7 admission
Saturday and Sunday.
Bargain hunters with flashlights scoured the
parking lot before dawn on Friday, well before the
doors opened for inside sales at 7a.m.
Even tall visitors had to look up at the 1940
Singing Towers AMI juke box shown by St. Joseph
Avenue Antiques, St. Joseph, Mo. Measuring 72
inches tall , the music maker was marked "sold" for
$9,500. Also selling at the same spot was a 1946
AMI "A" jukebox priced at $4,000.
Jimmy Thorpe of Thorpe Music, drove 17 hours
to Chicagoland from Rocky Mount, N.C., bringing
along a number of jukes including a restored Rock-
ola Model 1426 tagged at $5,495 and a 1950s AM]
Model 80 offered for $1,800.
Although John Johnston of Hawley, Pa., also of-
fered juke boxes, many stopped at this booth to ad-
mire, and play, a 6-foot 6-inch tall wood case 1950
Chicago Coin Basketball Champ machine, com-
plete with full figure player, priced at $6,200.
Among many coin-operated soda pop machines
seen at the show, two crowd favorites were shown
by Rich Pechuman of Northland Juke Boxes, North
Branch, Minn. The pair were an Ideal 1950s Or-
ange Crush for $3,900 and a Vendo early 1950s
Coke machine for $3,495. The dealer said he had
missed only two Chicago land shows out of 60 and
called the November event "Just great."
Folks looking for a complete set of all original
slot machines checked out the group of one cent
to one dollar 1948 Jennings Sun Chief floor model
slots offered by Alan Sax of Long Grove, Ill. All six
could be ready to play at your place for $40,000.
Golf collectors hovered around the oddball orig-
inal 9-foot-long 1920s coin operated putting green
machine recently discovered in an upstairs room of
a lodge in Saginaw, Mich., and trucked to the show
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s in the past, the semi-annual Antique Slot
Machine, Jukebox and Advertising Show
continues to be a family friendly event with
a mix of all ages on hand Nov. 12 and 13, in St.
Charles, Ill.
But, mostly adult serious buyers plunked down
$50 per person to shop the show early on Friday,
with more casual shoppers paying $7 admission
Saturday and Sunday.
Bargain hunters with flashlights scoured the
parking lot before dawn on Friday, well before the
doors opened for inside sales at 7a.m.
Even tall visitors had to look up at the 1940
Singing Towers AMI juke box shown by St. Joseph
Avenue Antiques, St. Joseph, Mo. Measuring 72
inches tall , the music maker was marked "sold" for
$9,500. Also selling at the same spot was a 1946
AMI "A" jukebox priced at $4,000.
Jimmy Thorpe of Thorpe Music, drove 17 hours
to Chicagoland from Rocky Mount, N.C., bringing
along a number of jukes including a restored Rock-
ola Model 1426 tagged at $5,495 and a 1950s AM]
Model 80 offered for $1,800.
Although John Johnston of Hawley, Pa., also of-
fered juke boxes, many stopped at this booth to ad-
mire, and play, a 6-foot 6-inch tall wood case 1950
Chicago Coin Basketball Champ machine, com-
plete with full figure player, priced at $6,200.
Among many coin-operated soda pop machines
seen at the show, two crowd favorites were shown
by Rich Pechuman of Northland Juke Boxes, North
Branch, Minn. The pair were an Ideal 1950s Or-
ange Crush for $3,900 and a Vendo early 1950s
Coke machine for $3,495. The dealer said he had
missed only two Chicago land shows out of 60 and
called the November event "Just great."
Folks looking for a complete set of all original
slot machines checked out the group of one cent
to one dollar 1948 Jennings Sun Chief floor model
slots offered by Alan Sax of Long Grove, Ill. All six
could be ready to play at your place for $40,000.
Golf collectors hovered around the oddball orig-
inal 9-foot-long 1920s coin operated putting green
machine recently discovered in an upstairs room of
a lodge in Saginaw, Mich., and trucked to the show
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Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).