Collectibles-General (Antiques)/coca cola coller

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i have a coca cola drink cooler that i want to sell.. but i would like to kno how much its worth first. the cooler is about 3.5 feet tall and the top lift up. you fill it with ice and set drinks inside of it. it looks like an old juke box or old soda machine.

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Hi Windy,
   I am not an expert on vending type machines and there is not much information here to go by, there are hundreds of different types of soda vending machines out there. I would need a manufacture name and a model number at least and a photo to have any idea of what you have here. I can tell you this, if it a chest type cooler working on refrigeration and non coin operated, value would be around $400.00. However, it sounds like you have something else here, and it might be a separate coca-cola collectible item, and something I would know nothing about. Some coca-cola items are worth a lot of money. Search for it on ebay to see if you can find one like it, that would tell you what it is. Also maybe check with coca-cola collectors about it. Please don't rate me on this, as I state I am not an expert on vending machines so I prefer not to get bad feedback for helping in any way I can. Good Luck and sorry I cant help you much.
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Rodger Knutson

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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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