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......at least three people think that the 'Strike 'Em is one rare machine - or not?

I think probably not. I've owned two of these in the past, and have come across a good many others over the years. There are certainly many rarer Whales allwins.
To add to Mr pm's list, we sold another at Coventry in 2015 for £1050.

Oh yes... but that was the same one which sold for £550 in 2012...

Another large OW sold a month ago on eBay the Twin Jackpot, which looked lovely in the pictures, just as bright and the added touch of twin false jackpots.....by comparison seemed cheap at £645 and just as pretty

Looks like the one I restored a while back

With nine fours and two twelves the winners look unbelievable. How was that achieved without breaking the bank?
I still prefer Strike 'Em for visual appeal.

It needs six losses per win to break even, by my reckoning.
Not a big earner by Allwin standards. Almost as bad as my Easy Perm, which often 'runs out'.

Slot results, including unsold lots, now in the Arena.

Thanks, Mr. PM. The prices for the older rare British arcade items has dropped precipitously from years past. It breaks my heart to see such British gold ignored in favor of the American slot machines.

J Peterson
Longing for the Britain of old in America

Agreed. It’s been dropping year on year with preference for later machines which are now some of the most sought after. Times are a changing. I wonder what we will be saying in another 20 years.... or sooner.

cheeky wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 9:23 pm Agreed. It’s been dropping year on year with preference for later machines which are now some of the most sought after. Times are a changing. I wonder what we will be saying in another 20 years.... or sooner.

I fully expect at that point I'd be banging on my lid and shouting "Get me outta here, I demand a second opinion!"

BP

cheeky wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 9:23 pm Agreed. It’s been dropping year on year with preference for later machines which are now some of the most sought after. Times are a changing. I wonder what we will be saying in another 20 years.... or sooner.

You see this a lot in American pinball collecting too. Not many people want the 30s-60s games much any more and their prices have stagnated or dropped, whiles 80s-onward has been on fire.

I am sure there will always be a greater level of demand for machines that people can remember, but think about it, most people I have seen for example into jukeboxes were not around when they operated, same is with most machines. I remember no allwins, jukes, a few bandits, but collect them. There will always be an interest in rare old items as someone else will always come along.

Well the first auction of the year and boy was it cold at the Elephant today. I see it put a lot of regulars off, probably around a dozen slotty punters there. The lots were part another collectors passing and many needed a lot of TLC....this did not put off the bidders though and I was surprised at the levels they reached with the condition, no bargains today

Nicest machine of the day, very original Bryan’s Elevenses......

Still I got one item I was after......looking forward to the next auction around the land coming up

Latest sale results are now up on the Elephant House results page,
and here in the Arena.

Genuine GPO Telephone No. 150 for fifteen quid.
Now THAT'S a bargain!
Beromat types are still cheap; I wish I liked them. Alwins in general I thought reasonable.

All a good reason to attend auctions.......

The telephone was not complete and the Beromats were seriously rough and I mean seriously.... none worked properly, most missing bits or very bad/missing cabinets. I would have been happy if it were me selling them and about to dig out about 15 I have stored.

Tomorrows auction (31st March) looks a strange one, possibly a buyer day rather than a sellers. Kicks off with about 10 trade stims in a row then it fades away a bit before bouncing back with about 8 Jennings Chief style machines in a row. There are, I think, three cranes plus two or three crane/digger mechs. There are even three Bryans Bullions, one after the other. There is a long row of Bandits, but not so many Allwins as usual it seemed to me at first sight, but there are actually 25 including 4 Elevenses also pretty much all in a row. Clearly a lot of fairground stuff and a very large number of illuminated arcade signs. With over 400 lots, it's going to be a long uncomfortable day... not the sit back in the bar style of Coventry.

I'm banned from going - it's mothers day........ Some nice machines there. Shame