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Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 3:51 am
by bob
Last Sunday a collectables auction, that contained quite a number of coin operated machines, was held in Wandin North, a country town about an hour’s drive from Melbourne. Most of the items were from one vendor and were bought by a floor bidder for quite interesting prices particularly for the 1930s pinball machines and I thought this might be of interest to readers of this forum. Unfortunately other commitments precluded me from attending the auction.
Item 128: Rare tall model
Cox’s Gold Changer went for
$A3200
- Item 128 Cox's Gold Sovereign Changer Rare Tall Model.jpg (6.79 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 270:
Pete's Penny Ante Trade Stimulator
$A1200
- Item 270 Pete's Penny Ante Trade Stimulator.jpg (8.73 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 271:
Electric Skill Gun 1949
$A600
- Item 271 Electric Skill Gun 1949.jpg (10.78 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 272: 1931
Play Poker $A1000
Item 273: Groetchen
Liberty Belle Trade Stimulator
$A1000
- Item 273 Groetchen Liberty Belle Trade Stimulator.jpg (7.53 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 274:
The Australia Trade Stimulator (wrongly identified as Mills early 1900s) went for
$A6000 - a remarkable price but did not reach the $A7000 one went for in Toowoowomba Queensland collectables auction last year.
- Item 274 The Australia Trade Stimulator (wrongly identified as Mills early 1900's).jpg (10.09 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 278: Early cast iron
Post Office Stamp Machine $A460
- Item 278 Early Cast Post Office Stamp Machine.jpg (9.02 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 279:
Bingo Pinball $A800
- Item 279 Bingo Pinball.jpg (8.39 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 280:
Penny Duck Shooting Game $A1100
- Item 280 Penny Duck Shooting Game.jpg (9.81 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 288:
Favourite Pinball $A2400
- Item 288 Favourite pinball.jpg (11.53 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 289:
The Pennant Pinball $A2200
- 289s.jpg (8.57 KiB) Viewed 5468 times
Item 291: Bally
Preakness one ball multiple pinball
$A1400
- Item 291 Bally Preakness one ball multiple pinball .jpg (13.76 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 293:
Subway 1934 Pinball
$A2200
- Item 293 Subway 1934 Pinball.jpg (12.76 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 294: 1933
Silver Cup Pinball
$A2200
- Item 294 1933 Silver Cup Pinball.jpg (12.34 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 297:
Fair Go Spinner 10 cent machine
$A600
- Item 297 Fair Go Spinner 10 cent machine.jpg (11.88 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 298: Jubilee
Multipay Bandit
$A1700
- Item 298 Jubilee Multipay Bandit.jpg (14.86 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Item 328:
Sega Bell Pokie Machine (wrongly identified as Mills 1931) passed in at
$A900?
- Item 328 Sega Bell Pokie.jpg (9.34 KiB) Viewed 5650 times
Thanks Mr Pennymachines for your help.
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:01 am
by andydotp
Some nice pieces there Bob and healthy prices too.
Perhaps not advisable to broach the complete illegality issue though.
Best,
AP.
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:56 am
by gameswat
And another thing, the prices need an added 16.5% premium on top! Most of those machines had no history in Australia as they were nearly all on US coinage, which should've made them less interesting. But I think the prices were especially high because of the poor exchange rates we currently have, $1 AUD = .54 GBP or .71 USD. So local buyers are happy to throw money around when they know exactly what they are spending, no crating, no shipping, no import duties and taxes. And machines of any kind are rare here. Makes me laugh with British collectors on this site complaining about having two auctions so close to one another, and having to drive a few hours! Good grief, you have no idea how good you all have it.............
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 10:33 am
by watlingman
Exactly couldn't have put it better myself!
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2019 2:25 pm
by john t peterson
No excuse. I just like to complain.
J Peterson
American whiner
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 11:49 am
by pennymachines
Thanks for posting Bob. Are there any bigger pictures available? Sweetmeats would like to see a full size image of the tall Cox's Gold Changer and I'm curious about Pete's Penny Ante. Never seen that before. Australian, British or American? Pintable or trade stimulator? I searched for an online auction catalogue, but no luck.
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 12:42 pm
by bob
Here's a link to the auction catalogue:
https://hibid.com/catalog/162686/31st-m ... es&cpage=3
That's where I got my photos from which is why they are such small files. I did photograph the Cox's tall model sovereign changer before from the owner. Who it was, I've forgotten as it was many, many years ago, but I've still got the photo so will attach it here as it is a bigger file than the other one though still not very large.
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 12:59 pm
by pennymachines
Thanks Bob - that's great. I'll copy over the larger images this afternoon. Funny how hard it is to find something on the internet, even when you know more or less what and where it is!
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:03 pm
by bob
I learnt only recently of an excellent website relating to Cox's Gold Sovereign changers etc from Gameswat that would also interest Sweetmeats if he is not already aware of it:
http://ftldesign.com/Cox/index.html
Cox’s 1907 Gold Changer and 1890s Tills - FTL Design
The British censuses of 1891 and 1901 record John Cox at 174 Queen Victoria Street, the Black Friar pub opposite the Blackfriars London Underground station, his occupation being listed as “publican”.
ftldesign.com
Pete's Penny Ante Game is an American Trade Stimulator in an unusual pinball format which I had also not come across before.
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:49 pm
by gameswat
PM, I'm surprised you didn't find the Penny Ante with just a Google search as quite a bit of info and photos? 1934 by Penny Ante Amusement Co, in California. Boring game in every sense. All the imported games in that auction were low end pieces in the US, so I image someone went on a buying spree over there for quantity over quality.
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:13 pm
by pennymachines
bob wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:03 pm
I learnt only recently of an excellent website relating to Cox's Gold Sovereign changers etc from Gameswat that would also interest Sweetmeats if he is not already aware of it:
http://ftldesign.com/Cox/index.html
Actually, that's the second link I put in the
Arena back in 2004!
- Tall Cox's Gold Changer
gameswat wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 2:49 pmPM, I'm surprised you didn't find the Penny Ante with just a Google search
Must admit I didn't look for it. I did search for recent slot machine sales in Wandin North and found Yarra Valley Auctions, but they don't list or even link to their past sales.
I've put results with full size pics, catalogue descriptions and UK price conversions
in the Arena for the records.
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2019 7:36 pm
by sweetmeats
Thank you to Bob for the improved photo and also to Gameswat for the excellent link to the Cox's site. The picture does pose a question, where do the used cups go? On the usual size machine there is a recessed tray behind the pediment. On the Ell's machine on the small size a galleried top to place used cups and on the similar size to the standard Cox machine brass tubes inside the machine and the cups replaced in the top. I bought a tall Ell's machine of a similar size to the Cox machine from the Elephant House auction in 2017. Until this I had no idea this larger size was made. I expect the Cox's machine also held £40 of change being 27 x £1 and 26 x 10/-.
Below is a picture of my machine. There are hooks on either side and holes where screws would have held a base plate, suggesting that originally there would have been a return tube on either side which could be removed and swapped for the empty tube in the machine when all change had been given. Is it possible this was how the tall Cox Machine worked?
Re: Coin op Items in Collectables Auction in Australia
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:43 pm
by ddstoys
Wow them prices for the 30s pins maybe mines worth more than I give it credit for