Coin Slot
Issue: 1979 September 055 - Page 11
Coin Slot Magazine - #055 - 1979 - September [International Arcade Museum]
WILL
TRADE
I'm looking for slot machine "paper" of any date, from really old to very new, including such items as adver
tising, direct mail pieces, spec sheets, catalogs and manuals and have the following to trade for the "paper".
Let's make a deal!
1. Slot Operator route ring, includes 30 to 50 keys from late model Watling 1947 "Coin" and later "Check
erboard" ROL-A-TOP Bells and a bunch of counter games on a marvelous large key ring, just as found
and used on Western Michigan routes around 1949.
2. As above with 30 to 50 keys, including some Mills keys in addition to the Watling ROL-A-TOP and coun
ter game keys, only this ring is not as large in the circular section, but has a hand handle bent into the wire.
3. About a dozen Mills keys from SILENT and MYSTERY Bells as well as Q.T/s and VEST POCKET ma
chines. Tags on keys identify most machines.
4. Mills LITTLE DREAM counter game from circa 1908 or so. This is a large machine in very good shape,
although it needs the front drawer lock, a standard hardware item.
5. Daval TIT TAT TOE that's all there but needs help. It's been weathered a lot but is intact minus only the
lock and key. Clean up, clean the reels and repaint and it'll be prime. This is a very clever game.
6. Plaster casting of art element from "Mills House", circa 1897. When Herbert S. Mills of the Mills Novelty
Company made money for the first time, he bought a fabulous and elegant home in Oak Park, Illinois,
called "Pleasant Home" (so named because it was on the corner of Pleasant Street and Home Avenue.)
The building still stands and is used as a Senior Citizens Center in Oak Park. The very elegant carved stone
trim and Tiffany glass windows all have the same design and pattern (with the art elements picked up by
Mills in machines made in the 1901-1910 period).
When vandals broke one of the stone circular pieces
Oak Park had the best stone piece recast in plaster, making 10 to preserve over the years for repairs. Only
4 got out, with the local bank president hanging one on his wall, 2 going to an antique collector, and this
one.
It's large, and heavy. Diameter is about 30", and weight is 44 pounds. The artwork in the circle is
marvelous, and this would make a terrific wall hanging for someone into Mills. You'll have to pick it up
as it won't ship.
7. Large roll top desk.
about 60" wide.
barn for years.
This piece needs help, but it doesn't need parts or pieces.
Desk is circa 1919 and
Base, roll, cubbyhole inserts and top are all there, but it's been weathered in a leaky
A very restorable piece.
But you'll have to pick it up as shipping is impossible.
8. Very old TWO DOOR BANK payout slot, circa 1893. But be warned, as this is either a nightmare or the
serious restorers dream.
Only part of the machine exists, but it's the key part. The remnants have been
rotted away and gnawed at by rats, but include the top half with the pinfield, glass (broken), cast iron
"bulldog collars" with spikes to prevent players from grabbing it to shake it," and best of all, the clockwork
(rusty, but all there) mechanism that reaches from the top to the door trips below. What's missing are
the base, cast iron double doors, trip mechanism and top coin entry casting.
But here's the kicker.
Only
3 or 4 of these machines are known, and they're in the $3,000-$4,000 class when restored. You'll get the
old patents that shows the missing mechanism parts with this, and if you borrow one of the existing ma
chines to make a new cabinet and recast the doors you'll have a real rarity.
9. Two cast iron base swivel wicker back ice cream parlor chairs that bolt to the floor, children's size. They
are as found and need restoration, but it won't take much.
stools are rare as hell.
around 1917.
The wicker seat and back ice cream parlor
These stand about 30" high, and the cast iron pedestals bolt to the floor.
Date is
Heavy, so prefer you pick up, but could be shipped, via UPS, in separate pieces.
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10. "U.S. Postage Stamps 10c" vertical column vender with a ABT coin slide.
No key, but a paper clip opens
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Any and all are available
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REPLY
RICHARD M. BUESCHEL
it up until you find a key that fits.
414 N. PROSPECT MANOR
MT. PROSPECT, IL 60056
(312) 253-0791
© The International Arcade Museum
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
WILL
TRADE
I'm looking for slot machine "paper" of any date, from really old to very new, including such items as adver
tising, direct mail pieces, spec sheets, catalogs and manuals and have the following to trade for the "paper".
Let's make a deal!
1. Slot Operator route ring, includes 30 to 50 keys from late model Watling 1947 "Coin" and later "Check
erboard" ROL-A-TOP Bells and a bunch of counter games on a marvelous large key ring, just as found
and used on Western Michigan routes around 1949.
2. As above with 30 to 50 keys, including some Mills keys in addition to the Watling ROL-A-TOP and coun
ter game keys, only this ring is not as large in the circular section, but has a hand handle bent into the wire.
3. About a dozen Mills keys from SILENT and MYSTERY Bells as well as Q.T/s and VEST POCKET ma
chines. Tags on keys identify most machines.
4. Mills LITTLE DREAM counter game from circa 1908 or so. This is a large machine in very good shape,
although it needs the front drawer lock, a standard hardware item.
5. Daval TIT TAT TOE that's all there but needs help. It's been weathered a lot but is intact minus only the
lock and key. Clean up, clean the reels and repaint and it'll be prime. This is a very clever game.
6. Plaster casting of art element from "Mills House", circa 1897. When Herbert S. Mills of the Mills Novelty
Company made money for the first time, he bought a fabulous and elegant home in Oak Park, Illinois,
called "Pleasant Home" (so named because it was on the corner of Pleasant Street and Home Avenue.)
The building still stands and is used as a Senior Citizens Center in Oak Park. The very elegant carved stone
trim and Tiffany glass windows all have the same design and pattern (with the art elements picked up by
Mills in machines made in the 1901-1910 period).
When vandals broke one of the stone circular pieces
Oak Park had the best stone piece recast in plaster, making 10 to preserve over the years for repairs. Only
4 got out, with the local bank president hanging one on his wall, 2 going to an antique collector, and this
one.
It's large, and heavy. Diameter is about 30", and weight is 44 pounds. The artwork in the circle is
marvelous, and this would make a terrific wall hanging for someone into Mills. You'll have to pick it up
as it won't ship.
7. Large roll top desk.
about 60" wide.
barn for years.
This piece needs help, but it doesn't need parts or pieces.
Desk is circa 1919 and
Base, roll, cubbyhole inserts and top are all there, but it's been weathered in a leaky
A very restorable piece.
But you'll have to pick it up as shipping is impossible.
8. Very old TWO DOOR BANK payout slot, circa 1893. But be warned, as this is either a nightmare or the
serious restorers dream.
Only part of the machine exists, but it's the key part. The remnants have been
rotted away and gnawed at by rats, but include the top half with the pinfield, glass (broken), cast iron
"bulldog collars" with spikes to prevent players from grabbing it to shake it," and best of all, the clockwork
(rusty, but all there) mechanism that reaches from the top to the door trips below. What's missing are
the base, cast iron double doors, trip mechanism and top coin entry casting.
But here's the kicker.
Only
3 or 4 of these machines are known, and they're in the $3,000-$4,000 class when restored. You'll get the
old patents that shows the missing mechanism parts with this, and if you borrow one of the existing ma
chines to make a new cabinet and recast the doors you'll have a real rarity.
9. Two cast iron base swivel wicker back ice cream parlor chairs that bolt to the floor, children's size. They
are as found and need restoration, but it won't take much.
stools are rare as hell.
around 1917.
The wicker seat and back ice cream parlor
These stand about 30" high, and the cast iron pedestals bolt to the floor.
Date is
Heavy, so prefer you pick up, but could be shipped, via UPS, in separate pieces.
.com
m
u
e
10. "U.S. Postage Stamps 10c" vertical column vender with a ABT coin slide.
No key, but a paper clip opens
:
rom -mus
f
d
e
de deal. Photos available for anything if you want, but send a buck
Any and all are available
a "paper"
oad for .a any
l
c
r
n
w development
for photos to o
expenses.
D cover
ww
w
/
/
:
http TO:
REPLY
RICHARD M. BUESCHEL
it up until you find a key that fits.
414 N. PROSPECT MANOR
MT. PROSPECT, IL 60056
(312) 253-0791
© The International Arcade Museum
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
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