Dave wrote:rtmccurdy wrote:Here is the initial promotional advertising for the new Mills Silent Jackpot Bell (January, 1931 Automatic Age Magazine (c) International Arcade Museum) and it is clearly your War Eagle. Details on the new offering are on either side. So, your War Eagle would be considered "rare" or "scarce" compared to the 1000's of original War Eagles that have survived. How much that would impact pricing is purely speculative since pricing is regional and based on demand.
Your photo is not high enough resolution to show the payout. Is it a 2/4? That is what I would expect. The machine being talked about in this thread is a 2/3 which I have never seen before.
Never mind, I went and found the page online and the award card in the magazine is in fact a typical 2/4 payout.
So, the machine does not match the ad and that reinforces my belief the machine is not right and was created from parts and probably did not start out as a a $.25 machine. As many folks know many restorers convert a nickel machine to a quarter because quarter machines are higher in demand.
I never agreed with this practice, but then again, those folks never asked me
Dave