badpenny wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:53 pm

When I looked at the nickels I was astonished at the number of them which were solid silver, probly'

That makes no cents...

I think the proof that we achieved our often stated objective of supporting the hobby instead of just running a business has been realised this year. How? Check eBay. BP I'd agree with that. Seemed to me that the machines sold went to a wide cross-section of people there, many of whom will keep the...

the clown catchers?? :!?!: any guesses Have a feeling they were around the 700-800 mark but I'd hate to be wrong so best to wait for confirmation from someone else. Both were nice machines and with a catcher being a style missing from my collection (of two machines, lol) I was sorely tempted by one...

I wrote a few notable ones down... and managed to leave the bit of paper behind... :dammit: From memory the Bryan's Rockets got up to 2600 or so, the Forks to 1825, Six-o-more 1150, Mutoscope was over 3k. And most notably a streamline Elevenses went for I think 1600! !OMFG! Think I might be waiting ...

Well, tomorrow I will go to the bank to pay in exactly the same amount I withdrew on Friday. Couple of the things I was interested in went a little or a lot over my self-imposed limit, and although tempted by items such as the S&L Fireworks, I don't have the luxury of much space so have to be strict...

Sounds like, with dark hair, I may be the odd one out. Although the rest of the description, being my first time too, matches pretty well!

I'm relatively local and even I'm getting to the point of actually LOOKING FORWARD to going to Coventry on Sunday ... don't know what subliminal messages this forum sends out but it's working.

I decided not to go: partly as not much that interested me as I don't go for the reels and enamel signs of which there were many, and partly as I'd rather keep the old powder dry for next week just in case! I will be interested to see though how much the singing bird with chicks automaton (Bontems) ...

Thanks for the latest update: there's still something messed up with the mobile version though, it shows page 4 and then a link to page 6 which is a page of machines that sold, with prices. And when on that page, there appear links to another 10 or so pages!
Works fine on laptop PC though.