Gameswat, your knowledge never ceases to amaze

The chap who owned this often made trips to the States so the repro scenario (and condition of the machine) would make sense.

I'm guessing it's at Swindon Thats right Jerry, on display at the STEAM museum. It's not original though - it's one of two built a few years ago So that would explain why it does not have the typical Ahrens claw feet. Very good repro though, is the Ahrens oval name plate also repro? I see that the ...

JC wrote:The allwin on the wall behind the bandits looks like a Wonders '24 Cup'

That is what I also thought Jerry - very distinctive backflash

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Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:27 pm

The interesting thing about this machine is that it works on the left hand.

I see that the coin slot on the right, sweetmeats, so it would be natural to first place your left hand down and then put the coin in with your right hand.

Definitely not a faded red or green as the hidden and unexposed edges are a slightly darker brown. It is always easy to apply today's values, concepts and ideas to yesterday's things. When these were first in production, life was so different and perhaps it was considered pleasant to look at, visua...

Gameswat wrote:I've never seen any in original light brown/gold

Interesting Gameswat, I have had a few of these machines in the past and all of them have had the light brown/gold baize back cloth and certainly looked to be the original cloth

Question for the Gurus on this site: I have been given to understand that the early clown catchers had a light brown/gold back cloth and that this colour lasted up to around WW1, then the colour of the cloth was changed to green, then finally red (or was it red then finally green?). However, does a...