Bell Fruit Cascade

[raj]

Fools' gold will always find a willing buyer. I suspect that the 'market' has found a new home for folding money for the time being. Last year it was Bryans 11s, before that it was Governors, and then there are Pinballs which fetch more than they cost when new.
It is not real, don't be fooled, the money will soon find another home and the lucky sellers of today will be able to tell their grand-kids how they made a killing in 2013 on old slot machines.
Remember the sports car 'boom' in the '80s when E Types tripled in value over a year, then crashed back after the new entrants, sorry, suckers, poured their hard earned money into them, Spanish and Bulgarian holiday homes that went the same way?.
Ask the obvious question, is a Cascade now worth £400+.......no way Jose !

[jonesthegarage]

minidaz - walk away, walk fast and walk far. Someone will regret this purchase, make sure it isn't you. I'm not an expert but I've seen a few of these over the last few years and never seen one go above £200 fully operational.

[minidaz]

Think it goes to show the power of ebay.
I once sold a used, slightly personalised, Low D Whistle (large penny whistle) for more than you could buy it brand new from the maker, who also had an auction on ebay.

A Cascade is something I'll be keeping my eye out for, but this auction's not for me. Good luck to the seller though.

[jonesthegarage]

Why not stick a post on the "wanted" section of the Market on this site? You''ve got nothing to lose. But for now, I think I'll list my Bradley Super Challenger on Ebay for a £1,000,000. Aah, the clank of 5 old pennies hitting the tray, far more satisfying than anything these lightweight 1p's can achieve. Good hunting.

[treefrog]

Very subjective topic. As Malcymal used to say, this is all down to having two people wanting it at the time. One of these sold last week for £360, so this one followed and has gone even higher and now another one of our fellow collectors has seen this and added yet another one. Trouble is, you miss the boat usually after this, a bit like the little penny chocolate vendor money boxes that went mad for a few weeks last year and now are not reaching £30....These Cascades have reached these prices before and are a popular machine due to size and have a wider appeal being on 1p.

[mewdran]

Cascade Mech 2

Cascade Mech 1

Hello,
Although I've been a member for a while, this is my first post, so hello to everyone. My interest in the old slots, like most, goes back to when I was a kid playing on the machines in arcades up and down the east coast. I'm currently based near Vegas, Skegvegas that is, in Lincolnshire and there's not much I don't like when it comes to old slots and I'm quite looking forward to owning one or three machines In fact, I have my first machine already which is a Bell Fruit Cascade but, as you can see from the photos, there is something missing between the coin mech and reject button that makes the reject button work. Any advice, pics etc. would be appreciated. I know it's not important, but would still like to get it fixed. Thanks in advance.
Mick
Ps. I will sign the petition... honest!

[treefrog]

Welcome there,

It is just a simple piece of metal attached to the mech that lifts it, as below. Should be easy to attach something.

[treefrog]

Now if you want a bargain Cascade, you missed one at an auction in Yorkshire about an hour ago, a bit rough, but cheap at £30, although, as usual, missing all the trips....Thing is, is this a mongrel, as the cabinet is wrong, especially with a front coin entry or maybe it is a rare early version, leave it to you....

[mewdran]

Thanks for the quick reply Treefrog - much appreciated. I'm sure I can do something with it.
Just seen your new post about the Cascade you just bought. I've not seen one before in anything other than the normal cabinet with the red background. Also, I would have thought it wouldn't have the Cascade De Luxe glass if it were early, as I thought the de-luxe was the second string of the Cascades.

[treefrog]

Trust me, I would not go to Yorkshire for this beast, would have thought this was a local purchase (slotalot ) .....Never understood the difference between the Deluxe and non version, unless, as you say, it is the period......