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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.
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Lot 113

Penny Caille Bros. "Samson Lifter" Arcade Strength Tester Machine.

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Starting Bid
$4,000

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Penny Caille Bros. "Samson Lifter" Arcade Strength Tester Machine. Detroit: Caille Bros., Co., ca. 1905. Cast iron, glass-fronted face with dial and indicator needle on a wooden cabinet, with cast iron lifter and stand. With cast iron coin slot and original marquee. When a penny is inserted, needle re-sets to zero, and machine measures how much weight is lifted when handles are pulled. Machine has had some restoration and repairs (dial face appears to be a reproduction, locked (with keys) wooden cabinet appears later, stand has later paint. Approximately 61 x 27 x 15". Working, although machine may require recalibration. Third party shipping or customer pick-up required. 

Condition

Some minor rubbing, marquee has numerous scuffs with some loss of text, glass front has minor chipping at bottom edge. Still, fine. 

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