Darwin's Old Time Slots ~ Antique Slot Machines

O L D T I M E S L O T S &
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Michigan's Largest Dealer of Vintage Slot Machines
WE WANT TO BUY YOUR OLD SLOT MACHINES!
~ ANY VINTAGE MECHANICAL SLOTS ~
~ OR TRADE STIMULATORS ~
E-Mail Us or Call 734.475.9730 Click here for map

BUY ~ SELL ~ TRADE ~ RESTORE ~ REPAIR

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Thanks for stopping - below is our current slot machine inventory

Below the slots is some of our current stained glass inventory
Custom stained, leaded, beveled glass and Tiffany lamps also available

Current price list available via email bill@oldtimeslots.com

Status as of 7/2/09 Contact me, Bill Darwin for prices and more information at bill@oldtimeslots.com

Phone - 734 . 475 . 9730

REPAIR and RESTORATION Services Available

If you are looking for a particular machine please ask as machines have been coming in however I have been selling them before I can list them on this website.

1936 Mills Chevron QT ***SOLD***
Refreshed original

Very nice original 5 cent refreshed QT, I say refreshed because it has not been "over restored" as in many machines out there. It is all original except for the locks, award card and paint. The mech has been cleaned, lubed and tuned to play as it did when it left the factory. The castings and wood have been stripped, refinished and painted to original factory colors but retains the look of a 73 year old slot machine, not over polished, not chrome plated.

1947 Jennings Club Chief
25 cent Jennings, 1st light up model, nice original. Castings look to have been replated, great looking and playing machine.

1937 Jennings Silver Chief
older restoration
Nice machine, mech cleaned and lubed, good player in 25 cent play.

1947 Pace Chrome Deluxe Comet
Nice 100% original 5 cent Pace with working twin jackpots

1938 Mills Black Front
Very nice 25 cent Black Castle Front with handload jackpot, great looking and playing machine!

1948 Mills 777 HiTop
***SOLD***
Nice original unrestored machine, older paint job, complete with 777 token despenser and working jackpot in very desirable 50 cent play!

1905 National Cash Register
Very nice restored #323 Dolphin pattern bronze cash register.

1909 National Cash Register
Another very nice restored #410 Empire pattern bronze cash register.

1939 Mills Diamond Front
5 cent machine older paint, machine works good, recently cleaned, lubed and tuned

1946 Mills Black Cherry
Nice original untouched 50 cent machine, clean, working.

1931 Jennings Victoria Model B
unrestored original
5 cent machine in great condition

1935 Mills Castle Front
Here is a Folk Art painted 10 cent machine with working Gold Award and 3 tokens. This is a nice working machine and a good candidate for restoration.

1925 Mills Operators Bell
Unrestored original
Nice machine, tin strips, mech cleaned and lubed, original back door with Yale lock.

1928 Jennings Jackpot
Restored original
Very nice restored 5 cent Jennings/Rockola Short Front Jackpot

circa early 1900's
Paidar barber Pole
This is an older restoration hand crank barber pole, electric lights

1905 #130 National Cash Register
Unrestored original, unusual pattern, bronze

1939 Pace Melon Comet
Here is a very nice unrestored original 5 cent Pace Deluxe Melon Comet. This is not a machine that comes up to often, 3 melons on the pay line win the hand load jackpot .

1936 Caille Cadet
Unrestored Cadet, works good, pays out.

1930 Jennings Jackpot
Restored original
Here is a nice restored 50 cent Jennings Jackpot gooseneck machine. This machine has a working handload jackpot. 50 cent machines seldom turn up in any condition. It plays very smooth.

1933 Mills Blue Front Vendor
Here is a nice restored original 5 cent Gold Award Castle Front with original side vendor, original fortune strips with check separator and trade checks .

1946 Mills VFW Special
unrestored original
This is a rare factory color scheme on this machine and the machine has seen very little use!

Early R. S. DeLong hand carved indian with 1947 Mills HiTop
original carving, restored machine
This is an early carving done by the well known Richard DeLong of Pennsylvania. The slot machine is a very nice playing 25 cent Mills HiTop.

1949 Mills BONUS HiTop
Restored original
Nicely restored 5 cent BONUS machine

Pair of 1961 Mills Open Fronts
This is a 50 cent & $1.00 pair of Open Front machines on a common base. These are Jackpot only machines and pay out is delivered by a hopper under each machine. Nice club machines.

1947 Mills Blue Bell HiTop
unrestored original
This is a very nice clean original 10 cent machine in great working order.

1949 5 cent Mills Token Bell
Unrestored original
Very nice looking & working machine.

1947 Mills Victory QT
5 cent unrestored original, just about mint condition with two original keys for both original locks!

1932 Groethchen Pok-O-Reel
Nice original 1,5,10 & 25 cent 5 reel card game with ball gum vendor

1936 Pace All Star Comet
This is a very nice restored 10 cent machine.

1933 Mills Extraordinary Vendor
25 cent restored original
Very nice machine, original fortune strips, working vendors

1936 Mills Chevron QT
Nice QT in the less common 10 cent denomination, original locks and keys.

1948 Mills 777 Regal HiTop
5 cent original machine in a newer regal stand

1932 Silent Golden (Roman Head)***SOLD***
unrestored original

1932 Silent Golden (Roman Head) ***SOLD***
FINISHED

2003 Welsh Cardigan Corgi
Big Wrig (Wrigley)
NOT FOR SALE
Right here is my best friend, he comes to work with me every day!

CUSTOM stained glass of your best friend available now!
This is a hand painted and kiln fired face of Wrigley built into a very nice 10" x 10" panel. If you wish to have your pet painted for posterity please email or call for details.

"August Amber"
18" x 24" contemporary beveled and amber glass with dichroic accents framed in zinc.

Frank Llyod Wright tile window
18" x 24" contemporary Arts and Crafts design using genuine FLW circa 1898 glass tiles with amber and clear textured glass and dichroic accents, framed in zinc.

"Red Planet"
18" x 24" contemporary panel using FLW designed glass tiles with clear textured and dichroic glass accents framed in zinc.

"Lunar Twilight"
18" x 24" contemporary panel with beveled border and art glass with dichroic accents, framed in zinc.

"Cloud Ship"
40" x 30" contemporary panel with custom beveled glass, fused glass jewels and many colored and clear glass textures with dichroic accents framed in zinc.

"Dogwood"
22" Tiffany design Dogwood floor lamp by Darwin. This exceptional creation is set on a 62" tall bronze Onion Junior floor base, total height is 72".

If you are looking for a fair deal in BUYING an antique slot machine, you have come to the right place.

Do you have an old slot machine you'd like to sell?
If you are serious about selling please e-mail us or call 734.475.9730 with a description of your pre-1950's machine. Since you found our website it means you've done your homework. We are interested in your single slot machine or an entire collection. * How can you tell if your machine is pre-1951?* Slots made before 1951 did not have lighted or plastic fronts, except for the Jennings Sun Chief models. They were metal and wood, not electronic. Most of the slot machines from the 1890's to 1940's were made by only a few manufacturers: Jennings, Mills, Pace, Watling, Caille and Superior.

When you call or e-mail please provide the following information:

Manufacturer of your machine? ~ Is it in working condition? ~ What coin does it take? (nickel, dime, etc.) ~ Are there any broken or missing parts?

We make it easy for you to ship your machine to us.
We will send you a shipping drum with all of the packaging, you simply pack it and we'll have it picked up. It's as simple as that.
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Restoration and Repair Service

Along with buying and selling machines I offer restoration and repair.
If you have a vintage mechanical machine that is not working I can repair it for you and sometimes right over the phone.
If you have a vintage machine that is tired but looks good I can restore it mechanically.
If you have a machine that works good but is simply faded and ugly I can do a cosmedic restoration including wood, polish and paint.
If you have a basket case I can most likely take care of that as well.
Below are a few examples of my work.

This nickel, dime, quarter and half dollar set of Black Cherry machines I restored for one of my clients.

This 1939 Mills Diamond Front was the only thing salvaged from a whole house fire.

Coin-operated machines are a part of American history, beginning in the late 19th century, and flourishing in the early part of the 20th, until they became illegal in the 1950's. We find many of our machines in places where they have been locked up since then. Some of them were kept in operation by attached "vendors" that rewarded customers with mints, candy, or cigarettes in return for their coins, thus skirting the law. Today, it varies from state to state as to whether or not they are legal. Check your laws here. Here in Michigan, you may possess any machine that is at least 25 years old, strictly for your own use.
Bill began collecting and refurbishing the old machines in the mid-1990's, and has become an expert in both their lore and the mechanical aspects since then. Darwin's is the largest vintage slot machine dealer in the state of Michigan. You can trust our work as well as our word.
Original and authentically restored machines are difficult to find, and the buyer should beware of "remanufactured" machines and reproductions. Darwin's has close to 50 machines in stock at any given time, some completely original, some restored, some partially restored.
Each customer has his or her own preference, and we try to cater to every one. We are now shipping all over the country, and occasionally outside the country, specializing in Mills and Jennings machines. They were the workhorse of their day, and are the most reliable, in Bill's opinion. We also handle Watling, Pace, and Caille machines.
Another interesting facet of our business is collecting and selling antique floor safes. Besides meeting a demand for them, they make great stands for the slots!
Bill inherited a fascination with mechanical things from his grandfather, the late Roy Darwin, who was involved in player pianos, model airplanes, and antique restoration, as well as stained glass. After twenty-five years as owner of Darwin's Stained Glass, Bill began tinkering with old slot machines in his spare time, and another business was born.

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