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Mills Novelty Co. Cherry Blossom Nickel Slot Casino Gaming Machine C1930
Mills Novelty Co. Cherry Blossom Nickel Slot Casino Gaming Machine C1930

Mills Novelty Co. Cherry Blossom Nickel Slot Casino Gaming Machine C1930

Located in Big Flats, NY

This piece represents a significant artifact from the golden age of coin-operated machines, showcasing both historical design and mechanical ingenuity.

Category

Early 20th Century Games

Materials

Metal

Antique Columbia Penny Scale, Coin Operated
Antique Columbia Penny Scale, Coin Operated

Antique Columbia Penny Scale, Coin Operated

By Columbia Weighing Machine Company 1

Located in Peekskill, NY

The company started making coin operated scales with mirror in 1922. The firms name became Columbia Scale Company in 1930.

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Glass

Art Deco Ideal Weighing Machine Scale c.1929
Art Deco Ideal Weighing Machine Scale c.1929

Art Deco Ideal Weighing Machine Scale c.1929

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT An Art Deco, coin operated weighing machine. Green and yellow enameled porcelain cast iron body with chromed steel viewing window and coin slot.

Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Carnival Art

Materials

Enamel, Steel, Iron

1904 Mills Owl Strength Tester, Floor Standing Arcade Machine
1904 Mills Owl Strength Tester, Floor Standing Arcade Machine

1904 Mills Owl Strength Tester, Floor Standing Arcade Machine

Located in Peekskill, NY

Today in the world of collecting coin operated amusements, there are many machines which are classified as “unattainable.”

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Bronze

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'4 Star' American Pinball Machine
'4 Star' American Pinball Machine

'4 Star' American Pinball Machine

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H 68.51 in D 55.52 in

'4 Star' American Pinball Machine

Located in London, GB

The artwork for this electro-mechanical pinball is by the celebrated coin-operated machine art specialist George Molentin, whose career spanned five decades having started in the ear...

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Vintage 1950s American Game Boards

Antique 1920s Deco Poinsettia Slot Machine Mills Novelty Co
Antique 1920s Deco Poinsettia Slot Machine Mills Novelty Co

Antique 1920s Deco Poinsettia Slot Machine Mills Novelty Co

Located in London, GB

The Mills Novelty Company, incorporated of Chicago, Illinois was once a leading manufacturer of coin operated machines, including slot machines, vending machines and jukeboxes, in...

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Vintage 1920s American Games

Antique Columbia Penny Scale, Coin Operated
Antique Columbia Penny Scale, Coin Operated

Antique Columbia Penny Scale, Coin Operated

By Columbia Weighing Machine Company 1

Located in Peekskill, NY

The company started making coin operated scales with mirror in 1922. The firms name became Columbia Scale Company in 1930.

Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial More Furniture and Collectibles

Fortune Teller Machine, Coin-Operated "Rajah the Mystic"
Fortune Teller Machine, Coin-Operated "Rajah the Mystic"

Fortune Teller Machine, Coin-Operated "Rajah the Mystic"

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

This fortune teller features a solid oak case and the machine is in excellent working condition. Put a nickel in and get your fortune told. When the arm lifts up it displays your fo...

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Vintage 1970s American Carnival Art

1950 Coca-Cola Coin-Operated Vendo 80 Vending Machine
1950 Coca-Cola Coin-Operated Vendo 80 Vending Machine

1950 Coca-Cola Coin-Operated Vendo 80 Vending Machine

By Vendo Corporation

Located in Surrey, BC

A rare, two-tone (red-and-white) coin-operated Coca Cola vending machine by the Vendo Company, Kansas City, Missouri.

Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Bell Fruit Gum Company British Coin Operated Slot Machine Watling
Bell Fruit Gum Company British Coin Operated Slot Machine Watling

Bell Fruit Gum Company British Coin Operated Slot Machine Watling

By Bell Fruit Gum Company

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

This vintage English Bell Fruit Gum Co. coin operated gambling slot machine was made with Watling Mfg Company from Chicago Illinois inside parts and scales.

Category

Vintage 1950s English Games

1982 IGT Draw Poker Coin Operated Slot Machine on Base
1982 IGT Draw Poker Coin Operated Slot Machine on Base

1982 IGT Draw Poker Coin Operated Slot Machine on Base

Located in Dayton, OH

1982 Draw Poker slot machine. Features locking base. Accepts quarters.   Base - 24" x 20.5" x 26", Machine - 20" x 16.5" x 33.5"

Category

Vintage 1980s American Classical Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Baker's Pacers Short Track Horseracing Machine
Baker's Pacers Short Track Horseracing Machine

Baker's Pacers Short Track Horseracing Machine

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H 38.5 in W 23.125 in D 38.125 in

Baker's Pacers Short Track Horseracing Machine

By Baker Novelty and Manufacturing Company

Located in New Orleans, LA

An extraordinary Baker’s Pacers coin-operated horse racing machine produced by the Baker Novelty and Manufacturing Company of Chicago.

Category

Vintage 1930s American Games

The Mills Chicago Upright Slot Machine
The Mills Chicago Upright Slot Machine

The Mills Chicago Upright Slot Machine

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H 66 in W 28.75 in D 17.5 in

The Mills Chicago Upright Slot Machine

By Mills Novelty Company

Located in New Orleans, LA

This impressive Chicago upright coin-operated slot machine was built by the leader of the slot machine movement in Chicago and around the world, the Mills Novelty Company.

Category

20th Century American Games

Materials

Nickel

Watling's Bird of Paradise Rol-A-Top Slot Machine
Watling's Bird of Paradise Rol-A-Top Slot Machine

Watling's Bird of Paradise Rol-A-Top Slot Machine

By Watling

Located in New Orleans, LA

A very similar Bird of Paradise is featured in Marshall Fey's book Slot Machines: A Pictorial History of the First 100 Years of The World's Most Popular Coin-Operated Gaming Device ...

Category

20th Century American Art Deco Games

Vintage Light-Up Glass Top Coffee Table Gottlieb Pinball Playfield Midcentury
Vintage Light-Up Glass Top Coffee Table Gottlieb Pinball Playfield Midcentury

Vintage Light-Up Glass Top Coffee Table Gottlieb Pinball Playfield Midcentury

By D Gottlieb and Co.

Located in London, GB

Like other manufacturers, Gottlieb first made mechanical pinball machines, including the first successful coin-operated pinball machine Baffle Ball in 1931.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Steel

Mid-Century Modern Coin Operated Commercial Wall Mounted Music Box
Mid-Century Modern Coin Operated Commercial Wall Mounted Music Box

Mid-Century Modern Coin Operated Commercial Wall Mounted Music Box

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

This coin operated commercial music box has no label or maker's mark on it, but it is presumed to have been made in the United States in approximately 1965 in the period Mid-Century ...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Metal

Rare Antique George Salter English Iron Station Platform Penny Scale Northwind
Rare Antique George Salter English Iron Station Platform Penny Scale Northwind

Rare Antique George Salter English Iron Station Platform Penny Scale Northwind

By George Salter & Co. Ltd

Located in Dayton, OH

Other items were added to the range, including irons, mincers, potato chippers, coin-operated machines and the first typewriters made in the UK.

Category

Early 20th Century Late Victorian Bathroom Fixtures

Materials

Iron

Mills "Violano Virtuoso" Coin Operated Violin / Roll Piano
Mills "Violano Virtuoso" Coin Operated Violin / Roll Piano

Mills "Violano Virtuoso" Coin Operated Violin / Roll Piano

By Mills Novelty Company

Located in North Hollywood, CA

The Mills Company was founded in 1889, with its' first patents for coin operated machines. They grew to produce a number of coin operated machines, including slot machines, jukeboxes...

Category

Early 20th Century American Other Musical Instruments

Materials

Glass

1930s Coin Up Operated "Flash Hockey" Game Machine
1930s Coin Up Operated "Flash Hockey" Game Machine

1930s Coin Up Operated "Flash Hockey" Game Machine

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H 47.75 in W 44.25 in D 24.5 in

1930s Coin Up Operated "Flash Hockey" Game Machine

Located in Chicago, IL

1930s Coin Up Operated " Flash Hockey " Game Machine

Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Games

Materials

Glass, Wood

Art Deco Machine Age Joseph Sinel "Step On It" Coin-Operated Skyscraper Scale
Art Deco Machine Age Joseph Sinel "Step On It" Coin-Operated Skyscraper Scale

Art Deco Machine Age Joseph Sinel "Step On It" Coin-Operated Skyscraper Scale

By Joseph Sinel, International Ticket Scale Corp

Located in Dallas, TX

Art Deco Machine Age Joseph Sinel "Step On It" Skyscraper scale One of the truly important American Industrial Design Icons, by Sinel for International Ticket Scale Corporation in 1...

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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco More Furniture and Collectibles

American Horoscope Machine
American Horoscope Machine

American Horoscope Machine

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H 77 in W 17 in D 20 in

American Horoscope Machine

Located in Round Top, TX

An American, circa 1940-1950, coin operated horoscope and forecast machine by Peerless Weighing and Vending Machine Corporation.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Toys

Chicago Coin's Pro Basketball Arcade Game
Chicago Coin's Pro Basketball Arcade Game

Chicago Coin's Pro Basketball Arcade Game

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H 68.5 in W 25 in D 48.5 in

Chicago Coin's Pro Basketball Arcade Game

Located in North Hollywood, CA

Of the many coin operated arcade machines we have had over the years, one of our favorites is this mechanical basketball game.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Games

Vintage Bally Coin-Op Slot Machine
Vintage Bally Coin-Op Slot Machine

Vintage Bally Coin-Op Slot Machine

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H 34 in W 16 in D 18 in

Vintage Bally Coin-Op Slot Machine

Located in Washington Crossing, PA

Vintage Bally coin operated multiplay slot machine, circa 1960, having three reels and taking up to five quarters per play, with a side pull lever and reverse painted lower panel dep...

Category

Mid-20th Century Games

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By Henry Moret

Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL

Publisher: Daniel Vervliet and Hendrik Swingen for Jan I Moretus & Jan I van Keerberghen Place / Date: Antwerp, 1599 Biblia sacra. Dat is de geheele heylighe schrifture bed...

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Materials

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$23,570Sale Price|30% Off

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Located in Puglia, Puglia

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Category

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Materials

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$1,211,607

H 118.9 in W 157.49 in D 30.32 in

Exceptional Mahogany and Ormolu-Mounted Bibliotheque

Located in London, GB

The overhanging foliate cornice above a frieze with reliefs of female and male figures surmounted by ribbon ties and flanked by foliage and laurel leaves, above two pairs of glazed d...

Category

Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Cabinets

Materials

Ormolu

Vintage Brass and Wood Telephone, Italian Design, 1930s-40s, Antique
Vintage Brass and Wood Telephone, Italian Design, 1930s-40s, Antique

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Located in Roma, IT

Vintage telephone is an original design object realized in the 1930s/40s. A brass and wood vintage telephone. Fair conditions due to the time. Give a touch of vintage to you...

Category

Early 20th Century Italian Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Brass

Large and Extremely Rare Terrestrial Globe by Newton
Large and Extremely Rare Terrestrial Globe by Newton

Large and Extremely Rare Terrestrial Globe by Newton

By Newton Globes - Planer & Newton

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

A large and extremely rare 24-inch terrestrial globe by Newton Our most magnificent and rare globes were a pair of 24-inch Newton globes. These too were updated in 1852 (terre...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Globes

Materials

Mahogany

Dutch 19th Century Folk Art Architectural Mansion Pigeon / Birdcage
Dutch 19th Century Folk Art Architectural Mansion Pigeon / Birdcage

Dutch 19th Century Folk Art Architectural Mansion Pigeon / Birdcage

$4,121Sale Price|28% Off

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Dutch 19th Century Folk Art Architectural Mansion Pigeon / Birdcage

Located in Buisson, FR

Beautiful and unique Dutch Folk art Pigeon/birdcage in the form of a manor . This type of birdcages were made in the North of he Netherlands . They were miniature versions of the ori...

Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Folk Art Bird Cages

Materials

Wood

Antique Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Twelve Persons
Antique Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Twelve Persons

Antique Sterling Silver Canteen of Cutlery for Twelve Persons

By Viners 1

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

A magnificent, fine and impressive, comprehensive antique George V English sterling silver Sandringham pattern flatware service for twelve persons - boxed; an addition to our canteen...

Category

20th Century English Georgian Tableware

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

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$46,352

H 71.26 in W 30.32 in D 53.94 in

Pinball Rolling Stones Collector 1980s Completely Revised

Located in Paris, FR

Collector pinball, first rolling stones pinball 1980s, functioning completely revised, in excellent condition. Exceptional collector piece.  

Category

Late 20th Century American Games

Materials

Steel

Cartier 18ct Gold Nib Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With Cartier Box
Cartier 18ct Gold Nib Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With Cartier Box

Cartier 18ct Gold Nib Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With Cartier Box

$1,918Sale Price / set|25% Off

H 5.67 in Dm 0.63 in

Cartier 18ct Gold Nib Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With Cartier Box

By Cartier, Montblanc

Located in Reading, Berkshire

Cartier 18ct Gold Nib Louis Black Godron Ribbed Fountain Pen With Cartier Box, Finished With An Onyx Cabochon Manufactured by Montblanc The pen is made from a black composite Pen n...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Desk Sets

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate

Mills Novelty Art Deco Green Porcelain Penny Scale
Mills Novelty Art Deco Green Porcelain Penny Scale

Mills Novelty Art Deco Green Porcelain Penny Scale

$700Sale Price|41% Off

H 45 in W 13 in D 23 in

Mills Novelty Art Deco Green Porcelain Penny Scale

By Mills Novelty Company

Located in Ferndale, MI

Art Deco period penny scale by Mills Novelty co. Period green porcelain pedestal with cream colored foot hold.

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Scientific Instruments

Materials

Iron

Fabergé Style Bejewelled and Enamelled Gold Egg by Asprey
Fabergé Style Bejewelled and Enamelled Gold Egg by Asprey

Fabergé Style Bejewelled and Enamelled Gold Egg by Asprey

By Garrard & Co. Ltd., Asprey International Limited

Located in London, GB

This exceptional, 18 carat gold Easter egg was crafted by the famous London-based royal jewellers, Asprey & Co. The piece was then retailed by Garrard & Co, who once worked i...

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1990s English Decorative Boxes

Materials

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English Renaissance Curved Brass Sword and Leather Scabbard

English Renaissance Curved Brass Sword and Leather Scabbard

Located in Queens, NY

English Renaissance (19th Century) curved sword with brass fluted handle and black leather scabbard. Condition: Good; Minor losses

Category

Antique 19th Century British Renaissance Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

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Wurlitzer Juke Box, Original Model Re-Edited with Compact Disc Player

Wurlitzer Juke Box, Original Model Re-Edited with Compact Disc Player

Located in Paris, FR

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Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Musical Instruments

Materials

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United's "Carnival Gun" Arcade Game, circa 1954 USA
United's "Carnival Gun" Arcade Game, circa 1954 USA

United's "Carnival Gun" Arcade Game, circa 1954 USA

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Vintage circa 1954 “Carnival Gun” arcade rifle game manufactured by United Mfg. Large Dale-style gun game. As the targets are on the move, use the gun to shoot targets until the 20 s...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Games

Materials

Metal

Art Nouveau paneling in Walnut with a wood Fireplace with Ceramic
Art Nouveau paneling in Walnut with a wood Fireplace with Ceramic

Art Nouveau paneling in Walnut with a wood Fireplace with Ceramic

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

This exceptional Art Nouveau style pine and burr paneled room is beautifully carved and decorated with blue-green ceramics. Panels with elegant curved and sober lines are covering th...

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Materials

Ceramic, Wood, Walnut

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Parmigiani Fleurier, 'Nubia', Extremely Fine, Unique 18k Pink Gold Pocket Watch

Parmigiani Fleurier, 'Nubia', Extremely Fine, Unique 18k Pink Gold Pocket Watch

Located in London, GB

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Coin Operated Machines For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of coin operated machines is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct coin operated machines — often made from metal, wood and glass — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of coin operated machines available, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. industrial, Art Deco and folk art coin operated machines are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made coin operated machines over the years, but those made by Columbia Weighing Machine Company, D Gottlieb and Co. and His Masters Voice are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Coin Operated Machines?

Coin operated machines can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,295, while the lowest priced sells for $850 and the highest can go for as much as $248,500.

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