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Expert: - 5/12/2004


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I have a 1951 Seeburg 100B jukebox that I am having mechanically repaired by a Seeburg repair shop.  The jukebox has been painted a blue/black camouflage color over the years.  The repair shop is offering to strip the paint and re-veneer the box for me.  My question is, will reveneering help or hurt the value of my jukebox?
Is it better to leave it painted or go with new veneer (to make it look original).  Thank you for this great service!

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Hi Armando,

If you could do what you can to bring it back to it's orginal state, as it looked and should look like, will alwasy bring you the best price. Original is most always best. Could you email a photo of it? That would tell me more about it. If so; email to;
jackpot7@ix.netcom.com

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Rodger

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I am an expert on old coin operated machines, slot machines, trade stimulator's, jukeboxes, old arcade machines, etc. I have been identifying these for people who respond to my web site listed below, for a few years now. In almost all cases I am able to tell them about their old coin operated machines, the year, the value, and other general information about their machines. I do not know much about soda vending machines, coin banks, or scales, but I will try to help you with these if I can. Please email photo's to: jackpot7@ix.netcom.com My web site is at: http://www.coinslots.com

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I bought my first slot machine, a .50 Cent Mills Black Cherry in 1969 and have been hooked from that time, I still have that Slot machine! Before that I found a open barrel full of old scraped jukebox wall boxes behind a restaurant, I wanted them all but never took a one of them. Anything that took a coin drove me nuts!

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