Coin Slot
Issue: 1982 May 087 - Page 43
Coin Slot Magazine - #087 - 1982 - May[International Arcade Museum]
Price Schedule:
Number
Model
Year
Manufactured
700
1940
9,498
800
1940
11,501
600
725
*750
1941
6,411
750E
*780
780E
850
850A
Parts
$
Fair
Condition
Good
Excellent
Restored
775
$1,400
$3,000
1,650
$3,800
900
3,800
4,000
750
925
1,800
4,000
4,500
700
1,100
2,800
4,700
5,500
$
11,976
1941-42
**2,000
1941-42
**7,000
1941
10,002
1,400
2,300
4,500
6,500
8,700
1941-42
456
1,100
2,000
4,400
7,000
8,500
*electrical j select models bring small premium
**estimated
in the process, and many collectors lack the local
expertise of a plater capable of quality work. Value
added: $200 to $650.
with the Wheel-'Em-ln, a perennial popularity, becoming
(10) Closely observe the lower most twenty inches
of the cabinet. Water damage appears as multiple
ripples in the cabinet veneer. Check the interior for
separating veneer at the base due to moisture and
reverted to an earlier name, becoming the Streets
Automatic Machine Company, and gradually developed
a complete range of arcade orientated machines.
In the meantime fortune, or more precisely Telefor-
rodent "hang outs."
tune, was to cast its gentle glow upon another branch
(11) Remember: A top dollar price tag must meet
those points plus; the mechanism must be clean
aluminum in color; coin system operable but connected
with a free play option; inside cabinet is preferred to
have original finish (proof of a clean original); clean
original interior paper is a plus factor; replaced grill
cloth is a plus factor; mechanism board is either an
excellent original finish or refinished; and most of all it
must operate properly. I will not say perfectly nor
flawlessly as nobody can promise your machine will
out-perform its original purpose. Each model should
come with a service manual. Not for looks, but for you
the owner to maintain, adjust, and oil your machine.
(12) A minimum warranty covering the sound sys
tem, credit system (secondary), and mechanism should
last 30 days. If within that period of time the jukebox
does not malfunction, you have found yourself an
investment that will provide entertainment even to the
Scrooges in the family.
Notes from Nic
one of the mainstays of the company. Once again
expansion became a key word. In 1957 the company
of the Streets family. In 1957 Harry Streets and his son
William Henry launched the Telefortune machine. It
was to prove one of the most popular automatic
fortune telling machines of recent years. In spirit it was
reminiscent of the qreat machines produced by the
Original Machine Manufacturers in the 1930's. In
essence, the Telefortune was an open fronted, Japan
ese oak, telephone booth, whereby a player, on insert
ing his money, could pick up the receiver and 'dial' his
fortune. A knowledgeable voice on the other end of the
receiver, that of a Master of Arts (Harry Streets, Jr, no
less,) would then proceed to inform the client of his
future prospects. The public, gullible as ever, lapped it
up. As a consequence the Telefortune was to prove
Harry Streets' biggest ever success.
For Walter, the booming years of the early 60}s were
to see the Streets Automatic Machine Company riding
high as one of the leading coin machine manufactur
ers However, the passing years had begun to take
their toll, and he found himself increasingly looking
forward to the day of his retirement far from the hustle
and bustle of daily activity. I n 1965 he sold out, leaving
to others the difficult task of upholding the company's
extensive track record.
Continued from page 39
of an automatic kiddie ride horse, the Stardust. It was
the first native machine on the market, and it precipi
tated an English boom in automatic kiddie rides. In the
following year the subsidiary company of Kiddy Rides
Ltd. was formed in order to market the Stardust.
In 1954, aware as ever of prevailing American trends,
om
m.c
Congratulations to Nic Costa and his
wife on the birth of their first child —
"a little girl named Gallia!"
he began the manufacture of the Rifle Range, a 6d
operated shooting machine, which was to enjoy, along
:
rom -museu
f
d
e
e
load .arcad
n
w
Do //www
:
http
DES MOINES, IOWA 50311 • (515) 981-4019 or 981-0245
© The International Arcade Museum
May, 1982
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
THE COIN SLOT-
Price Schedule:
Number
Model
Year
Manufactured
700
1940
9,498
800
1940
11,501
600
725
*750
1941
6,411
750E
*780
780E
850
850A
Parts
$
Fair
Condition
Good
Excellent
Restored
775
$1,400
$3,000
1,650
$3,800
900
3,800
4,000
750
925
1,800
4,000
4,500
700
1,100
2,800
4,700
5,500
$
11,976
1941-42
**2,000
1941-42
**7,000
1941
10,002
1,400
2,300
4,500
6,500
8,700
1941-42
456
1,100
2,000
4,400
7,000
8,500
*electrical j select models bring small premium
**estimated
in the process, and many collectors lack the local
expertise of a plater capable of quality work. Value
added: $200 to $650.
with the Wheel-'Em-ln, a perennial popularity, becoming
(10) Closely observe the lower most twenty inches
of the cabinet. Water damage appears as multiple
ripples in the cabinet veneer. Check the interior for
separating veneer at the base due to moisture and
reverted to an earlier name, becoming the Streets
Automatic Machine Company, and gradually developed
a complete range of arcade orientated machines.
In the meantime fortune, or more precisely Telefor-
rodent "hang outs."
tune, was to cast its gentle glow upon another branch
(11) Remember: A top dollar price tag must meet
those points plus; the mechanism must be clean
aluminum in color; coin system operable but connected
with a free play option; inside cabinet is preferred to
have original finish (proof of a clean original); clean
original interior paper is a plus factor; replaced grill
cloth is a plus factor; mechanism board is either an
excellent original finish or refinished; and most of all it
must operate properly. I will not say perfectly nor
flawlessly as nobody can promise your machine will
out-perform its original purpose. Each model should
come with a service manual. Not for looks, but for you
the owner to maintain, adjust, and oil your machine.
(12) A minimum warranty covering the sound sys
tem, credit system (secondary), and mechanism should
last 30 days. If within that period of time the jukebox
does not malfunction, you have found yourself an
investment that will provide entertainment even to the
Scrooges in the family.
Notes from Nic
one of the mainstays of the company. Once again
expansion became a key word. In 1957 the company
of the Streets family. In 1957 Harry Streets and his son
William Henry launched the Telefortune machine. It
was to prove one of the most popular automatic
fortune telling machines of recent years. In spirit it was
reminiscent of the qreat machines produced by the
Original Machine Manufacturers in the 1930's. In
essence, the Telefortune was an open fronted, Japan
ese oak, telephone booth, whereby a player, on insert
ing his money, could pick up the receiver and 'dial' his
fortune. A knowledgeable voice on the other end of the
receiver, that of a Master of Arts (Harry Streets, Jr, no
less,) would then proceed to inform the client of his
future prospects. The public, gullible as ever, lapped it
up. As a consequence the Telefortune was to prove
Harry Streets' biggest ever success.
For Walter, the booming years of the early 60}s were
to see the Streets Automatic Machine Company riding
high as one of the leading coin machine manufactur
ers However, the passing years had begun to take
their toll, and he found himself increasingly looking
forward to the day of his retirement far from the hustle
and bustle of daily activity. I n 1965 he sold out, leaving
to others the difficult task of upholding the company's
extensive track record.
Continued from page 39
of an automatic kiddie ride horse, the Stardust. It was
the first native machine on the market, and it precipi
tated an English boom in automatic kiddie rides. In the
following year the subsidiary company of Kiddy Rides
Ltd. was formed in order to market the Stardust.
In 1954, aware as ever of prevailing American trends,
om
m.c
Congratulations to Nic Costa and his
wife on the birth of their first child —
"a little girl named Gallia!"
he began the manufacture of the Rifle Range, a 6d
operated shooting machine, which was to enjoy, along
:
rom -museu
f
d
e
e
load .arcad
n
w
Do //www
:
http
DES MOINES, IOWA 50311 • (515) 981-4019 or 981-0245
© The International Arcade Museum
May, 1982
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
THE COIN SLOT-
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