Coin-ops abound at Victorian Casino sale Jan. 14-15
One-cent and five-cent Caille’s Quintette, five sets of card reels slot machine, circa 1901, in great condition. Estimate: $16,000-$100,000. Image courtesy of Victorian Casino Antiques.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Victorian Casino Antiques will be holding its first auction of 2012 on Jan. 14-15 with approximately 550 lots of top quality coin-op gambling, vending and trade stimulators offered each day.
LiveAuctioneers.com will provide Internet live bidding. A live audience of over 400 is expected to compete with the hundreds of Internet and absentee bidders.
The auction will feature an array of items including all types of coin-operated devices such as slot machines, arcade games, vending machines and trade stimulators. There will also be hundreds of advertising signs, jukeboxes, Coca-Cola, saloon and barbershop items.
Heading the list of antique slot machines is a circa 1901 Caille Quintette, a penny and nickel play machine that featured five sets of card reels. This rare slot is in great condition and has a high estimate at $100,000.
A rare coin-op from the same era is a Malaussena Co. French peanut machine made in America by the Mills Novelty Co. One of only two known examples, this vendor could top out at more than $25,000.
In the antique advertising category, a rare poster for the 1915 Cleveland Auto Show printed by Otis Lithograph Co. could hit top end at $30,000.
Victorian Casino Antiques will sell the majority of the Melvin and Anne Getlan coin-op collection on May 4-6. This will be one of the premier auction events of the year.
There are still a few spots available for quality consignments for the 2012 auctions.
For more information, please visit Victorian Casino antiques website www.vcaauction.com.
Victorian Casino Antiques can be reached by email at VCA@lvcoxmail.com, or by phone 702-382-2466, or by fax 702-382-6513.
ADDITIONAL LOTS OF NOTE
One-cent and five-cent Caille’s Quintette, five sets of card reels slot machine, circa 1901, in great condition. Estimate: $16,000-$100,000. Image courtesy of Victorian Casino Antiques.
Rare turn-of-the-century ‘Malaussena Co.’ French peanut machine made by the Mills Novelty Co., one of only two known examples and the only example offered in the United Sates. Works on an American penny. Estimate: $2,600-$26,000. Image courtesy of Victorian Casino Antiques.
Cleveland Automobile Show Paper Poster, 1915, Otis Lithograph Co. Cleveland, Ohio, perhaps the only one known, in frame, 30 inches x 37 inches. Estimate: $3,000-$30,000. Image courtesy of Victorian Casino Antiques.
Five-cent Pace ‘8’ All Star Bell Jackpot Slot Machine, circa 1948, cocktail waitress figure. Estimate: $4,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Victorian Casino Antiques.
‘The Rattlesnake,’ nickel statue, copy of original Frederic Remington sculpture, circa 1905, 62 inches high. Estimate: $2,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Victorian Casino Antiques.
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