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Thanks for those pictures, Rockola. Do post 'em all if you feel inclined - that was one of the few slot machine auctions I didn't attend.

pennymachines wrote: ↑Tue May 09, 2017 6:45 pm Do post 'em all if you feel inclined

Especially the empty spot where The Bumper was supposed to be.

Hi PM, Part 2
Hi all yes the Bumper i say no more..................
Anyway old pictures of auctions always hurt if you can't remember why you didn't buy a slot you still want now many years later, and you wonder who has it now and will it come up for sale.
Help is at hand very often i took pictures of why i didn't buy this auction had many bandits that were recreations pretty but not going to increase in value or collectabillity.
Buyer beware at any auction,we had a good day bought nothing tea was disgusting cold and a long long way from London.
Faces not shown to protect the guilty.
Part 3 coming soon.
Pete

Colwyn Per Auction Part 3
More to come
Pete

Part 4

Casting damage on the Jennings Little Duke you've gotta be careful.

Pete

Part 5
That's all for now enjoy,i'm going back to the archive.
I remember going to an auction at some pub in the midlands the had a crazy publican,i know i have a few pictures of the slots on offer.
Happy collecting you can never have enough slots.
Pete

rockola wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2017 8:50 am
I remember going to an auction at some pub in the midlands the had a crazy publican,i know i have a few pictures of the slots on offer.

Pete

....... name your price ......

Priceless, problem is there are a lot of faces that could be on the run and don't want their pics shown................
Nice picture of the 2 Johns, i think one is not around anymore
Dodgy old Tura Bell there

VPA - Auction - Nelson Inn 2002-03-30

More machine ones to come
Pete

Correct, one John down, although his son is active in the more modern field of machines on Facebook.

The dodgy Tura eventually was sold to a Californian Business man. He paid the asking price, arranged for UPS to collect it on the Monday, they packaged and packed it, I got an email from him less than 30 hours later to say it had arrived and he was thrilled.
He told me he had no intention of changing anything on it.

Glad the Tura sale went well...
A few more pics

What was the pub for the auction in Leicester
2001 - Handcrank Auction Leicester
Pete

Interesting to see the Hawtins Rolling Road. The old catalogue image shows the track layout is different to a standard Steer-A-Ball (a version of which Hawtins also made). Your close-up reveals the relief molding of the "mountainous course".

rockola wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2017 9:21 am
What was the pub for the auction in Leicester
2001 - Handcrank Auction Leicester
Pete

The Leicestershire Pub was The Fox Inn at Thringstone.
It's now a small row of houses in a cul-de-sac.

The last pub where we hosted events was The Nelson Inn Cresswell Green Burntwood, still there so far as I know.

Thanks Jeremy for the info, it makes you wonder where a lot of the machines have gone, and the people.
Roll on Coventry always nice to see a few old and new collectors.
I wanted this Jennings so much it went for £1000+ some things never change and that was 2001.
Pete

Does anyone have the results from the pier sale?

Demolition work to start on Colwyn Bay's Victoria Pier

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-nort ... s-42718682