Blue Book Slot Machine Price Guide - Softcover

Mead, Daniel R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0934422524 ISBN 13: 9780934422529

Publisher: Mead Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

If you're chasing slot machines, you need two things: an identification book and a price guide. Eighteen years of research is presented in this pocket-sized (4" x 7.5") price guide. Data has been obtained from many sources---sales, shows, auctions, collectors and dealers. This fourth edition contains alphabetical listings (by manufacturer) for nearly 2,850 slot machines and payout gambling devices from over 200 manufacturers---from 1893 to 1997. Each entry is accompanied by five prices, from brand new, out-of-the-box to clobbered and barely workable. In addition, nearly every entry includes the machine's known nicknames, date of introduction, rarity and other pertinent comments.

This is the 1997-1998 edition. But slot machine values have been so stable the last five years, we don't foresee republishing this book until at least 2003.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Most people have no idea of what a slot machine is worth. The result is that they nearly always pay too much, way too much. The sad part of it is, these same people think they are saving $40 by not seeking professional help. What they fail to realize is, the information contained in a book of this magnitude took many people many years to create, and the price of the book can frequently save the novice buyer 10 to 20 times the price of the book!

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Preface: A significant feature in this latest edition is the copyrighted grading system. Developed in 1978 with our first edition, it has essentially standardized what was once piecemeal and erratic and has been updated to keep pace with the times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mead Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0934422524
• ISBN 13: 9780934422529
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Staff Loose Change Magazine