It does not attempt to list every device ever made, this would be several thousand different varieties. The book is filled with full colour pictures of the machines and covers the most common slots you are likely to encounter for sale. The book does stress the fact that like all things we buy, the price guide is purely that.

Buying a vintage machine is always difficult because the information is not often readily available, so this guide book gives a short history of gambling machines, the various manufacturers, the things to consider when buying and most importantly a guidance of price you can expect to pay based purely on past sale prices. If you are a seasoned collector of slots, then the buyers guide part of the book will probably be of little interest, but it was not written with you in mind! But as the author states in the book that we've all been 'beginners' at some time, and like anything you buy for the first time, knowledge is key. The idea behind the publication was to allow 'new blood' to be informed about buying a gem and not a turkey, paying a reasonable price and not being 'done' by an unscrupulous seller. The book is primarily for the beginners to this hobby of buying vintage mechanical devices, One Arm Bandits.

This recent publication lifts the lid on the world of slot machine collecting. One Arm Bandits, Allwins, Vending Machines, Slot Machines, GumBall Vendors, Caille Commercial, Jukeboxes, Pinball Machines, Vintage Mechanical Calculators and other such vintage machines.īased in the UK just a few miles from London in Hertfordshire.Įssential reading for the first time buyer. I have been fixing, restoring and cleaning since 1981 almost any mechanical coin operated machine.

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