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THE TIMES ARTICLE - 15th April 2017

15/4/2017

 

Score! The return of the pinball wizards

​https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-arcade-games-are-back-in-fashion-dcl0mw9gk
........... Yet there is a market for older machines that are not operational. Aston’s Auctioneers, the auction house, sold more than 200 items on behalf of the Arne Toy Museum in Dorset when it closed in 2013, with items going for four-figure sums.
A Laughing Sailor slot machine from the 1950s sold for £3,600. Chris Aston, the managing director of Aston’s Auctioneers, says: “It is a niche, but fascinating area. When you get something like this there will be lots of demand.” .................
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