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Expert: - 11/27/2009


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buckley
hi i have a vintage slot machine, art deco 1930s by buckley, thats`as far as i know about it, could you tel me what is the model called and how much its worth, and any other info would be great. thanks . geoff.

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Buckley CRISS CROSS of
Hi Geoffrey,

Your machine was made by Buckley, and it is called: Buckley CRISS CROSS Bell Machine. It mas made between 1948 and thou to 1955. I see yours is on foreign coin, as I could see something strange with the copper coins in the coin Escalator window. A closer look and I see it's a 6d coin machine, maybe the 6d Penney? Also it's missing the jackpot, or at least a jackpot window and a guaranteed jackpot amount card, to block your view from seeing inside the machine. The metal award card or plate, has also been replaced with one from another machine as this should of had an award bib, which covers the full area over and around the jackpot. I also notice that it has a hand load jackpot lock above the jackpot area, this was something also required in Nevada, as Nevada gameing required to know just exactly how many coins were in that jackpot! So they had to do away with the automatic jackpot filling feature and add a lock so they could fill the jackpot by hand. Buckley started out by re'doing older Mills machines and later they made their own castings and copied the original Mills Mechanism and coin escalator with lighter aircraft type metals and started using the large B-U-C-K-L-E-Y letters on the front casting. They sold a lot of these machines and did well with them, even after the January 1951 "Johnson act", and kept right one selling them to Nevada after that. Buckley had a liberal payout with this Criss Cross model and that makes it a fun game to play. Value for a complete Slot Machine and working on U.S. Coin, with the proper award card bib and jackpot, would be around $800.00 to $1,200.00. un'restored. On foreign coin selling in the U.S.A. the value would be a lot less, maybe one like yours would be worth from $500.00 to $800.00 in todays market as it is. I hope this answers your questions and if my attachment doesn't show up here, you can write me at Jackpot7@q.com and I'll email it to you. If you need any more information, or parts, I would be glad to help you if I am able.

Thank You

Sincerely

Rodger Knutson

http://www.coinslots.com

Rodger Knutson

Expertise

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

Experience

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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