This information provided via the courtesy of Vintage Slots of Colorado, Inc.
If you have an antique coin machine and want to sell it, please send me
an email. If I am not interested in it, I will forward your email to a collector
who probably is.
The following information is the web version of Coin Op on CD which was a book all about antique coin machines and it was distributed on a CD-ROM. This book was written in 1995 and sold in 1996. Please take this into consideration when reading the articles. There are no plans to come out with version 2. However, we do plan on periodically updating the information on the web version.
The CD version of the book has pricing information as well as a dealer directory. Since the prices are out of date and many of the dealers/collectors may no longer be collecting the machine we have purposely left this information out of the web version. However, we do keep in contact with many dealers and collectors who are actively buying and selling machines and would be happy to put you in touch with one if you have a machine you are looking to sell.If you are looking to purchase an antique coin machine you may also send me
an email and I will put you in touch with a reputable dealer. Odds are, I will
not be selling the machine you are looking for (since I rarely sell any
machines).
The Treasury (circa 1936) is a very desirable machine. They came both with and without the gold award feature (with the gold award being much rarer and desirable). Be very careful of Watling Blue Seal machines that have been converted to Treasurys. The Blue Seal and Treasury mechanism are very similar. The castings have also been reproduced.
More information can be found on page 130 of Marshall Fey's "Slot Machines" book and on page 135 of Bueschel's "Slots 1" book.