Bored
with auctions featuring fine works of art and vintage jewelry? Check out Christie's London sale of the Nic Costa Collection of
Amusement Machines on January 19. The 150 machines range from the 1880s to the 1950s. There is a coin-operated
stereo viewer, a 'Digger' coin-operated standing machine by the Buckley Manufacturing Co. and several mutascopes,
devices which work sort of like flip books to create a moving picture. The happy guy shown here is a laughing policeman
coin-operated automaton by Raffler & Walker which is estimated to sell for 2,000 - 2,500 British pounds.Nic Costa Collection of Amusement Machines Auction
Bored
with auctions featuring fine works of art and vintage jewelry? Check out Christie's London sale of the Nic Costa Collection of
Amusement Machines on January 19. The 150 machines range from the 1880s to the 1950s. There is a coin-operated
stereo viewer, a 'Digger' coin-operated standing machine by the Buckley Manufacturing Co. and several mutascopes,
devices which work sort of like flip books to create a moving picture. The happy guy shown here is a laughing policeman
coin-operated automaton by Raffler & Walker which is estimated to sell for 2,000 - 2,500 British pounds.
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12-11-2006 @ 7:47PM
pennymachines said...
Here's a general report about the Nic Costa sale: http://pennymachines.blogspot.com/2006/01/costa-sale-report.html
and the sale results are hosted here: http://www.pennymachines.co.uk/Arena/index.shtml
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