Expert: Rodger Knutson - 12/3/2003

Question
1. I have a 1940ish daval 3 reel "trade stimulator?" with the middle reel having the cigarete pack labels still intact including camel, pal mal, spud, chesterfield, and lucky strike.  The paint is like a milk chocalate brown.  The paint is chipped in a few places but the mechanisms still seem to work  it is missing the back plate.
2. same era "I think" a selct-o-vent candy/gum revolving dispenser has 6 slots and sits on a counter top.  It is penny operated and has the hersheys, beech-nutgum, adams"dentyne" gum, beemin's pepsin gum, and suchard bittra semi-sweet chocalate labels on the machine.  Machine is in real good shape, still seems to work and the coinbox still has coins in it.  Haven't decided if it is worth having a locksmith pick the lock for me or not.

wondering what they were worth found them in the basement of this house when we bought it have had them for about 15 years.  the house is 1890- 1900ish  thank you for your time  in reading and addressing this   Eric Brekke

Answer
Hi Eric,
Thank you for the great detail about your machines. Your Daval, there are several but the most common is the Daval Marval visibility made in 1940, does it have a small glass square glass on the right side, or a opening, this is for an award coin if you get three spuds. value is about 175 to $200.00 complete and working. About 50 to ? if not.

Select-o-Vend made in 1945, multi-columned vendor dispensed tab gum or chocolate. The customer turns the rotating magazine to the selection of his choice, inserts his penney and pulls the knob. about 18" high. The price value reads $40.00 in the latest 1995 value guide.

I hope we got these two machines identifyed right, if you want to e-mail me a photo to be sure, e-mail to;
jackpot7@ix.netcom.com

Thank You
Rodger Knutson
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