by SLOT DYNASTY » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:09 am
You are correct Mr. Zap. This is one of the Tom Bolland English examples in 1d coinage. There was also
more than one casting variation of the "Brooklands" Race Car model. He also did several other models.
One of which is "Screen Stars", which shows up quite often. These are normally good playing machines,
and have an appeal all their own. Most U.S. collectors shy away from any Foreign mfr'd machines. One
reason being, that many are not found in the greatest condition, because a good many of them were on
location outdoors, and suffered from the elements, near the pond.
I for one, like a good number of the Foreign examples. Especially from France. Caille was one of our U.S.
mfrs., that had a facility in France, that produced a complete line of French-only, machine examples,
that you very rarely see here in the states. Many were more fancy than most of the models produced
over here. I was blown out of my socks years ago, when I seen a vast amount of 'super-ornate' machines,
in a French collection, that will probably never be seen by most collectors. There have been very few
examples, that have shown up over here since then, but nothing compared to what I had seen. I always
thought a long time ago, that I would have seen an example of every machine that had been produced.
But I know now, that none of us Ever Will. New examples are being unearthed on a regular basis. I have
had many machines, that were the only known examples at the time, of which others have shown up since.
Some only one or two, and others, a few. I also have some original ads of machines, that I have still not
seen the real-deal as yet. Who knows where those ended up, or were they ever produced? Time may tell.