Daniels Antiques is are always looking to buy rare antique and vintage slot machines, be it a single device or an entire collection. We are prepared to pay top dollar for rare and unusual models.
Genuine vintage examples are becoming increasingly rare. Not only do they provide years of entertainment, but they are also a marvel to admire as works of art and continue to appreciate in value for the wise buyer. Allow Daniels Antiques to advise you on developing your collection. We are passionate about antique slot machines!
Due to laws regulating the sale of antique and vintage slot machines, Daniels Antiques as the seller, will not sell to the residents of Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
English & Continental Furniture and Black Forest Antiques
Daniels Antiques also has an extensive collection of English and Continental antiques including furniture, lighting and decorative objects, Black Forest antiques and vintage ships models in scale and early 20th century pub bars.
Our main furniture showroom is in Hallandale, Florida. Please visit our sister web site to browse our large museum quality collection of antique furniture.
Most of our important collection of Black Forest antiques, including furniture, candelabra, sculptures, wall hangings, clocks and objets d'art are displayed in our Aspen, Colorado shop. Happily, you can view our inventory of Black Forest antiques on our dedicated website, www.blackforestantiques.com.
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VINTAGE AND Antique
Slot Machines
Antique slot machines are not only a collectible, or an interesting item for a game room, but are also becoming an important part of American art and history.
The first slot machine was invented in 1895 by Charles Fey, a San Francisco engineer, this machine was called the Liberty Bell.
It didn't take long for the slot machines to get banned somewhere around the turn of the century in fact, but the owners were not going to take the ban sitting down and they "fired back" by changing the coin slot machines to offer candy, gum, or tokens, and so they decorated the wheels with pictures of gum or different fruits e.g. cherries.
Many slot machine makers were based in Chicago, the leading manufacturers were Mills slot machines, Jennings slot machines, Caille Brothers Slot Machines, and Watling Slot Machines. The early upright devices were magnificent decorative items having quarter sawn oak cases, raised on bronze legs. In some cases these were decorated with nickel plating., Overall, these machines were graceful, exciting pieces of artwork.
The period of greatest energy in the design of slot machines was between the great wars in the period of 1920-1940. It was in this time frame that the most significant design improvements came about such features as "skill stop buttons" allowed a player to stop the reel instantly, gold coins were awarded to players, some of which were redeemable for luxury gifts by the slot machine establishment. The machines also made "mystery pay outs", all these upgrades or improvements added to the growth of the slot machines popularity. This period also produced some of the most flamboyant designs. Models such as the Jennings Dutch boy, Mills Bonus and Mills Rockola were great slot machines in their own right, but their bright colors and futuristic designs left a mark on America. This is finally being realized and appreciated by others than those who enjoy just the thrill of the gamble or the intricacy of the mechanics of these devices. The American slot machine is now a piece of true Americana.
The more refined collectors are seeking out the rarer models and , in the last year we have put together a fine collection of these most highly sort after antique slot machines.
Our collection includes from Caille Brothers an Eclipse double with music, a Double Centaur, a 50 cent Centaur, a very rare Bullfrog, and the crown jewel of any collection a Venus with music.
It was in the 1930's that the revolution of introducing electricity into slot machines came into itself with the introduction of the Bakers Races and Paces Races. These horse racing devices were marvels of technology, allowing more than one coin to be played. One could bet on each horse as it galloped down the top of the machine, with the winner announced by a flashing light and a bell. These animated horse racing slot machines are very rare.