Bollands Drunkards Dream

[pottsy]

Hello. I am new here so if this is in the wrong place forgive me. I have always as long as I can rember wanted a working model. Can I ask, what are the chances of buying one from a collector? Do they come up for sale often and what kind of price would I be expected to pay? Seeing one of these machines at the end of a pier while on holiday is probably the only nice childhood memory I have. Would love to see one. Thanks.

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[grabber]

Working models get harder to find every year.
I have been collecting for some time and I don't own one, but if you only want one machine in total you will probably get one.

[pottsy]

Thanks for the reply. I'll keep looking. Good luck.

[pottsy]

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Just bought this Bollands Drunkards Dream. Had to buy it unseen as I only discovered it at auction an hour before it was due to start.
I only have pretty bad photo's at the moment. Has anyone got any idea of a fairly accurate date for this one? I see there are quite a few variations. I've been looking for this one for about 7 years. As much as I would like to keep it I will probably end up selling it.
The motor is apparently 110v. Is that what it originally should have been? The last one I saw was when I was a kid, may have been Brighton pier. Too long ago.
Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[mr merrivale]

Please could you contact me re future of the Bollands model.

[pottsy]

Hello
Yes I will. It is in France. I have to get it collected soon. Once I have it here, I can photograph it properly inside and out. It looks like a good one.
Regards
Len

[moonriver]

I'd say you got the bargain of the year at 1,500 euros.

[brigham]

Now you only have to find the right crane mechanism...

[pottsy]

It would have been. After commission and taxes it's a bit painful.
And trying to get it picked up is a nightmare.
Not sure what you mean "find the right crane mechanism".

[badpenny]

Brigham is assuming you want to restore it. So is wishing you good luck in finding the crane mechanism that it would have originally sported before it was converted into a working model.

BP

[pottsy]

Haha. So nothing too difficult then.
Thanks. Would anyone be interested in some photos when I get it home?

[badpenny]

We sure would, we love photos
Especially your wife and/or girlfriend.

BP

[moonriver]

"It would have been. After commission and taxes it's a bit painful".

If that had been in either of the forthcoming auctions over here £3,500 to £4,000, and that's pounds not euros.

[pottsy]

Thanks for the information moonriver. I was thinking it would be around that figure when I bought it.
Always wanted one, but looks like I will have to sell it.

[aristomatic]

Hope it's all good when it arrives over here for you. If it is, sounds from replies here that you can keep for yourself and enjoy a while, then if you decide to sell would make a tidy sum - always a good position to be in.

[pottsy]

Thanks. Never bought it to make money on it. Funny thing is its almost exactly as I remember it being when I last used one on the South coast when I was a kid. For all I know, it is the very one. I was also born in Camberwell, if I remember rightly they were made there. Small world.

[moonriver]

Thanks. Never bought it to make money on it.

Oh? why did you buy it?

[pottsy]

Because I love these old working models. I've always wanted one.
I buy lots of stuff, not to make a profit.
I'll keep this for a while and sell it, and if I make a profit, great.
In 2011 I was using an old account: link to original enquiry.*

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[pottsy]

Finally picked up the Bollands model and took some quick photo's before it got too dark.

[mr merrivale]

I am pleased to say that the Bollands
has arrived back uk and is now part of my collection and will hopefully be one of my arcades in 2019 after some restoration .