nvmos2 wrote:I think the aluminum one was about 1931 and the wood case version of this game came later; about 1938?
You are right; the wood version comes up periodically, but the original version is one you hardly ever see;
post some photos so we can see what we are talking about.
There are a couple other Daval Humpback machines that are also hard to come by; it's all about the numbers;
fewer made; fewer have survived.
SLOT DYNASTY wrote:Hi Bob:
I assume you are talking about the same machine as shown below. Full name, "Smoke Reels Gum Vendor". The machine in this photo, is not mine,
but from my files, and possibly an ebay transfer. Is this one yours? There is no push button, so the gum vending parts may be missing. Did you ever
send me the serial number from yours?
Out of all the Daval 'Hump-Top' models, this is one of the scarce models, that you don't see very often. I have a production year of this model, of
1938. Nothing in my files shows a separate production timezone for the smaller wood case models by Daval, but I would tend to put them in the
wartime years of 1942, to 1946, as there were no aluminum machines being built during that period. But to confuse matters even more, records
do show that some wood case models were being made during the same mid 1938 time-frame as the aluminum models. Also, during 1938 to 1940,
is when Bennett & Co. was building very similar wood case models, like the "Lucky Pack", "Deuces Wild", "Dough Boy", etc., and most all of them
had gum venders. The Daval wood case models did not come with a gum vender, which makes it strictly gambling. I also do not show any of the
wood case models being produced, after Daval sold out to Comet Industries in 1949, whom did carry on a few of the previous Daval models, with
some slight changes, through 1950, which is when all Daval & Comet models ceased.
As long as I have been doing research on the Daval line of machines, there are still many holes in the history to be filled. Even the serial number
ranges were very confusing from the beginning, but I am now seeing changes in that part of their system. If Daval had put dated stickers inside
their machines, like Superior, and some Mills models, it would have made my history research a lot easier.
Bill
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