Anybody Ever Seen One of These: 1960's Wax Pack Vending Machine ??

thedutymon

Morning,

Just listed this, has anybody ever seen one of these?? Price is to guage interest, found no History to go off of and where my Consignor wanted to start.

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Neil

Dboneesq

Neil ... good luck with the sale. When I was a kid I do remember one or two of the candy/stationery stores in my neighborhood selling cards this way. They actually had the machine OUTSIDE the store on the sidewalk and NOT chained to anything! Imagine doing that today? The machine would be gone in one day.

These machines did not vend wax packs. You would put in your nickel and out would come your 5 cards. The cards were inside two very thin pieces of cardboard. I never really liked buying cards this way. I guess I thought it was more fun to get the packs and rip them open!

hhmag70

I have a used one purchased off of eBay about a year ago, paid $5 for the machine and $30 shipping, and it came with a case of about 1000 new cardboard inserts Doug mentioned.

thedutymon

<< <i>I have a used one purchased off of eBay about a year ago, paid $5 for the machine and $30 shipping, and it came with a case of about 1000 new cardboard inserts Doug mentioned. >>



Sorry to hear that, my consignor seems to think he has a Gold Mine. Oh Well for a nickel a month we'll see what happens.

Thanks

Neil

bbuckner22

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hhmag70

Mine was not like new as the one you have listed, but was complete, works as it should. I would think it should still be worth a couple hundred to the right person.

stevek

Ya never know with a card item, but I've seen old postage stamp vending machines similar to this in flea market stores for around a $75 asking price, and they never sell.

Yankees001

I've seen one before, my uncle picked one up at an auction 25 years ago. He only paid $20-25 for it at a small hick town auction. I have no idea what the current value is at a real auction.

Dave

alnavman

it is a neat item that I'm sure someone will enjoy.......
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fiveniner

I heard of them but never seen one in the Detroit area where I grew up,but you sure had your choice of MA&PA stores and 5 & dime stores around ro pick from.5 and dimes usually sold the cello packs.

WinPitcher

Had one in my store.

KbKards

You may want to revise your title and description as these were not made to sell traditional 5 cent wax packs of cards and gum.

smtjoy

Looks a lot like exhibit machines around the 1960's, here is a photo of my three, the one on the left is a 1960's version, the other two are the right is a 1920's and the middle is a 1930's, and on price I paid between $400-500 each for these-

diamondman

I would guess somewhere between 400 to 600. jmho