Ugh...drama...did my dad get scammed?
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:04 am
Gentlemen,
I am an avid pinball collector and my dad got interested in slot machines recently. I tried to help him avoid any pitfalls, but now (based on a single-cherry payout), I am thinking that this Mills High Top he just "won" at an auction is a reproduction.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/9899955
He paid $500 for it, we do not have it yet (it is still sitting at an out-of-state auction house).
I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas on this thing, as well as what to do if it is in fact a reproduction.
The site has other upcoming slot auctions that are clearly marked "Reproduction". That this one was not, I think, gave him confidence that it was "real" - although the evidence to my mind points to "no." I mean, I have a pinball from the 50's and the mechanisms inside this machine looks far more characteristic of that of a game from the 70's or even 80's.
Any ideas here guys?
Thanks,
Matt J.
I am an avid pinball collector and my dad got interested in slot machines recently. I tried to help him avoid any pitfalls, but now (based on a single-cherry payout), I am thinking that this Mills High Top he just "won" at an auction is a reproduction.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/9899955
He paid $500 for it, we do not have it yet (it is still sitting at an out-of-state auction house).
I wanted to see if anyone had any ideas on this thing, as well as what to do if it is in fact a reproduction.
The site has other upcoming slot auctions that are clearly marked "Reproduction". That this one was not, I think, gave him confidence that it was "real" - although the evidence to my mind points to "no." I mean, I have a pinball from the 50's and the mechanisms inside this machine looks far more characteristic of that of a game from the 70's or even 80's.
Any ideas here guys?
Thanks,
Matt J.