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Playing an antique 1940s Mills Novelty Company 3 reel slot machine. HiTop model I WILL BUY your vintage old Mills, Jennings, Caille, Pace and Watling Slot machine. I am a private collector - and I pay fair market prices. Bbc sherlock season 1 sub thai.
Working or non-working condition. Also buying antique coin op and penny arcade machines. Electric shock machines, trade stimulators, penny arcade coin-op games. ABT gun target games, Gottlieb grip testers, strength testers. Antique mutoscope movie machines, carnival diggers and arcade crane machines.
Mills Novelty Company is the home of rare musical instruments, and other rare items. As example this extremely rare Wisconsin Albino Buck Deer, photographed very recently within a mile of my home in central Wisconsin!
In over twenty five years I have heard of such creatures, but never have been privileged to see one! Check out our newly listed musical instruments, perhaps you have never seen or heard one of these either-call us and you can add any to your collection. See our latest arrivals in the for sale section. At the beginning of the year we only had three Mills Single Violanos for sale, today we have NONE! Quality mechanical music items are not expensive, they are priceless!
We are currently finishing the restoration and midi digital player system for a Double Violano, if you are in the market for a very fine example give us a call at 800-691-6042. Sales for Mills Violanos continue to be strong, and a number have appeared at area auctions, selling for bargain prices.This is good for the buyer, and most end up at our restoration shop to bring them back to wonderful Mills Violano treasures for the future generations to enjoy. We continue to hear other music merchants constantly down playing the current market. NOT SO at Mills Novelty. The current market overall conditions have brought down the prices somewhat, but large and rare Orchestrions are still very hard to come by and sell well. It is proof beyond question that Mills Novelty sells, and QUALITY items sell! Currently we are looking to purchase a few nice un-restored Mills Violanos.
We recently found a small hoard of unrestored Mills Electric pianos and horse race pianos. All three of the Mills Horse Race pianos have already been sold and are currently undergoing restoration at the Haughawout shop, but the electric pianos are still available. We have a reasonably large quantity of original rolls (which up to now have been very scarce) and intend to make them available as digital songs.
If you have interest in this project or music give us a call. At Mills Novelty our track speaks for itself. If you are thinking of selling your collection, give us a call. We can find the correct combination of private placement and other marketing to help you sell your items. If you are looking to buy, we have several outstanding rare and desirable musical items available right now!
Often we sell an item before we even have time to list it here, so call us for the latest currently available instruments. Several recent auctions have proven once again that this is a good option if you are selling a single item, or entire collection. We work with the LARGEST auctions houses and can help you make the correct choices. We believe in private placement when possible. Matching the buyer, seller, and music machine is always a good idea. But public auctions provide access to many potential buyers all over the world. These buyers are often looking for rare and exceptional investment grade mechanical musical instruments.
At Mills Novelty Company we do not try to convince people that we know everything about everything! Our current track record of sales is proof enough. We are happy to share our opinion if ask, to the best of our knowledge, about items we represent.
We do not offer opinions for items we have never even seen as some do. This very nice Verbeeck dance organ from Long Island New York is now installed at the Stahl Museum collection and will be one of the featured items at the upcoming Musical Box Society annual convention in the Detroit area on August 28th, thru September 1st. Plan on attending this special meeting with some exceptional collection visits, and TWO very special Wurlitzer pipe organs that will be played by two world class theater organists! To our knowledge, we the only 'go to' company that has both the experience and the expert staff required to safely and carefully setup or move the very largest and most complex musical instruments on the planet. Give us a call if we can help or answer questions. Our Mills Novelty staff continues to visit both European and American clients. We are proud to work with our longtime associate Richard Hack of Annapolis, MD.
Dick was recently chosen to provide professional services to the National Musical Museum of the Netherlands in Utrecht, Holland! Dick can be seen in the photos below when our company was delivering the beautiful Verbeeck 99 Key organ at the Stahl collection of Chesterfield Michigan. Our congratulations to Terri Copens, shown supervising the unloading of the Verbeeck organ. Terri has been promoted to the General Manage of the Stahl Foundation Museum! The Mills Violano Virtuoso is an amazing mechanical music machine manufactured by Mills Novelty Company from 1907 to 1930.
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If you are new to the Violano, you can find history, facts and pictures related to the manufacture, direct from our archives. We are active sellers and buyers for American Orchestrions and Nickelodeons, Mills Violanos of all types, DeCap and Mortier Dance Organs, Piano Wall Boxes, original Literature and catalogs, Fairground organs of all types, original Seeburg G & H rolls, and art glass panels from original nickelodeons, and more. Give us a call today, we NEVER charge for advise or information about mechanical music. Our affiliated restoration service, Haughawout Music Company is recognized as THE AUTHORITY concerning all aspects of the Mills Violano restoration.
Slot machines (a.k.a. Coin operated machines) were first introduced in the 1700s, gained popularity in the 1800s, and came of age in the 1900s.
These antique machines are very collectible today. Three Types of Coin Operated Machines There are three basic types of coin operated machines on the antiques and vintage collectibles market: 1. Vending machines that dispense a product 2. Machines that stimulate trade and were associated with gambling/gaming 3. Machines for entertainment (i.e., stated your weight, told your fortune, played music, etc.). In the early 1900s, slot machines were all the rage.
Along with Pace Manufacturing Company, Walting Manufacturing Company, and, arguably the best known company that produced these machines was the Mills Novelty Company Inc. Of Chicago, IL.
The Mills Novelty Company Inc. Manufactured slot machines, vending machines, automatic music machines and jukeboxes.
Mortimer Mills received a patent for a coin vending apparatus in the early 1890s. The company's first upright slot machine was called the Mills Owl, introduced in 1897. This slot machine was housed in a late Victorian or cabinet. The success of the Mills Owl sparked the image of an owl to be used at the company's' trademark or logo.
In 1898, the company expanded to include Mortimer's son. Like the Mills Owl, the company produced another famous slot machine called the Mills Liberty Bell. In addition, the company started to produce slot machines that played music like the Constellation model. The company also produced coin operated musical machines like those made by the New Jersey firm that also produce. Some of the Mills music machines were the Violano Virtuoso, Viol-Cello, Viol-Xylophone, and the Mills String Quartette, all of which were designed for large public sites like theatres, hotels, and bars.
These machines were housed in a cabinet of mahogany, walnut, or oak. What to Look For When looking for a valuable slot machine, look for a working slot machine with its original parts. This does not mean that a non-working slot machine is worthless since some people like to buy and rework the non-working ones. The cabinet of a slot machine should be in good condition with no losses, damage,.
There are characteristics that will help you to identify age of the cabinet like fading, style, and evidence of heat/humidity damage. Review the area around the slot to see whether the machine has been widely used over the years, too. These antique and vintage coin operated slot machines regularly sell for several thousands of dollars into the $75,000 dollar range for small scale examples. Some large scale pristine examples are valued upwards of $150,000 on the retail market. Today, collectors look for Mills slot machines for their beautiful form, nostalgic look, and quality machinery. Get an of your Mills Slot Machine from Dr.
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