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Featuring the collection of lifelong coin-op enthusiast and bon vivant Tim LaGanke, our fall auction features arcade machines, carnival rides, automatons, animated window displays, and all manner of unusual mechanical novelties. Complementing these animatronic and coin-operated marvels are a host of vending and slot machines, gambling devices, masks, and unusual objects from days gone by. Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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Bally Blue Ribbon 5 Cent Pre-Flipper Pinball Game. [Chicago: Bally Mfg., Co., ca. 1931].
Lot 142

Bally Blue Ribbon 5 Cent Pre-Flipper Pinball Game. [Chicago: Bally Mfg., Co., ca. 1931].

Estimate: $400 - $600
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Bally Blue Ribbon 5 Cent Pre-Flipper Pinball Game. [Chicago: Bally Mfg., Co., ca. 1931]. Pre-flipper pinball game with two plungers, coin slot, (later) lock (with key), glass covering field of play, on four legs. Purely mechanical (no electricity is called-for). Some restoration. When a ball is summoned by one of the plungers (you get 10 balls), you use the other plunger to launch the ball onto the field of play; if it lands in a scoring slot, the score is registered and the slot is automatically covered. With "BR" medallions on each side. Approximately 43 1/2 x 40 1/2 x 19". Working. Third party shipping or customer pick-up is required.

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Some wear to field of play, light rubbing to cabinet. Fine.

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