Spring 2021 Fine Art & Estate Auction
Lot 5:
Description
Item/Description: Mills five cent bell-fruit slot machine. Machine No. 26099. Includes 2 keys.
The Mills Novelty Company, Incorporated of Chicago was once a leading manufacturer of coin-operated machines, including slot machines, vending machines, and jukeboxes, in the United States. Between about 1905 and 1930, the company’s products included the Mills Violano-Virtuoso and its predecessors, celebrated machines that automatically played a violin and, after about 1909, a piano. By 1944, the name of the company had changed to Mills Industries, Incorporated. The slot machine division was then owned by Bell-O-Matic Corporation. By the late 1930s, vending machines were being installed by Mills Automatic Merchandising Corporation of New York.
Material: Metal.
Dimensions: Height: 18 1/2"; Width: 13 1/2"; Depth: 12".
Condition: Slot machine currently works. Coins will occasionally get stuck. Slot machine has not been extensively checked and may need to be cleaned or serviced. Wear and age to case.
Age: C. 1910
Provenance: Private Estate.
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