Collectibles-General (Antiques)/pinball machine

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Expert: - 1/21/2010


Question
Dear Chad;
My "pinball" machine is about 30" Square & 12" Hgt. Non electric. Construction is all wood(finish sanded off),except for mechanisms(coin slot and "plunger").No bumpers,just pins/like nails. It once had 4 legs. Decorations very limited, except for the words "Joyball" written on the top (far side) 3 times, also "10 balls for 5 cents" and 2 swastika emblems w/ the word "swastika". Can you identify and price? Thank you.

Answer

The Richardson Manufac
Hi Tom,

I seen your question here in the question pool, maybe I can help you. I can't find any information as to value, and maybe because this is a very early game and you do not see them traded to form an average value for it. So, as it goes, the value is what the seller is willing to sell it for and what the buyer is willing to pay for it. Maybe an auction would give you an idea as to what current value would be. You could test run it on ebay with a high reserve just to see what kind of bids you received on it, but put the reserve value high enough so if it sells, you will be OK with the reserve amount, ("but I never told you to do this"). There is some information on it located at this web site: http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1319
Also I have attached a color photo of the original sales add for "JOYBALL" with this answer. The Joyball was the first pinball game made by "The Richard Manufacturing Company" releasing their "Joyball Game in June of 1932, in Winooski Vermont. I hope this helps you out Tom.

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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