Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #012 - 1975 - October [International Arcade Museum]
Rarer 3-reel slots did command higher prices. A restored 5? Watting Gold
Seal Vendor with fortune-telling reels brought $1,050 and a nice unrestored
1 ever, a magnificent 25? Mills Roman Head slot with skill buttons and Gold
Award commanded only $800. Two Jennings Chiefs in their original shipping
crated sold for $550 and $1, 050, a very large price difference for two essen
tially identical machines.
Several other gambling machines were sold.
These included a Watting Bro
wnie Jackpot, in beautiful condition, for $1, 275; a working example of the
rare and desirable Mills Dice Machine for a very reasonable $1, 500; and a
Caille l£ Puritan 5-reel poker machine for $1,150. Several PaceTs Races
were sold at prices ranging from $375 (very rough) to $1, 500 (restored).
Baker!s Pacers were also sold at similar prices.
Unrestored Mills Vest
Pockets in good, working condition sold at prices ranging from $175 to $225.
Cash pay pinballs from the 30fs and 40!s sold at prices around $250. Free
play (no cash pay) pinballs of similar vintage sold around $175. A beautiful,
like-new Jennings 1$ Silver Moon console slot went for $650, while a 25 Pace!s Reels console was knocked down at $475 and a Mills Extraordinary
Club Console sold for $750. A turn-of-the-Century Fairest Wheel (cigar trade
stimulator) sold for a high, though not unreasonable, $525. A nice Mills
Success 5-reel poker machine on a pedestal sold for $675. A unique and
attractive prototype machine, the "Tap-It, " went for $900.A beautiful Charles
Fey "Skill Draw" poker game was bid up to $450.
Several amusement and music coin-operated machines were sold at the auc
tion: in general, the prices on these were relatively high, reflecting the great
popularity of these machines. A western Electric A-Roll Nickelodeon in un
restored, working condition sold for $2, 950.
An Empress "A " Roll Player Piano in unrestored, working condition went for
$1, 200. A very unusual Caille coin operated cylinder music box on a pedestal
in unrestored, working condition sold for a respectable $1, 200. A lovely et
ched glass and brass Mansfield pepsin gum dispenser sold quickly for $325*
A very unusual drugstore clock that dispensed tokens sold for $900. A 1903
Watting Metal Scale with engraved glass was knocked down for $400. A 1940
vintage mechanical Gypsy palm-reading fortune teller sold for $400.
This was
followed by an unrestored clamshell Mutoscope on stand at$850. A lovely
small drop card viewer on a cast iron base was sold at a very reasonable $475.
An Imp Cigarette reel machine went for $125, a normal price. One of the
most unusual machines of the auction was next sold: A Caille Rubber Neck
Lung Tester essentially complete but in unrestored condition. After vigorous
bidding it sold for an unexpected $3,100.
The balance of the music machines were what the crowd had been waiting
for, and they were not to be disappointed.
A Mills Troubador Juke Box in
excellent condition sold for $2, 000, followed by a Seeburg Player Piano with
art glass for $1, 500. This was followed by a Peerless player piano with art
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the Wurlitzer 950 in excellent condition, at $2,700. The final music piece
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