Anyone interested in buy a antique travelling crane / digger

[scottie banks]

Complete,working traveling crane
you will pay for shipping from upstate new york $
looking for serious buyers only.

Okay heres the deal,
i just got a line on a large lot of antique traveling cranes
i am just getting a feel if there is any "real" interest
i am going to go look at them and i might put in a offer,i dont want any of them for myself ,so i will be selling all of them and of course make a few bucks doing it
im not going to ask a crazie price ,,,, it all depends how much i can get them for,but i will keep the price as low as possible to get rid of them all
so ...anyone interested???
Cheers
scottie

[JACKSJE4]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is an antique traveling crane???

~Jeff

[Card Shark]

Good question

[luckydog]

http://www.jamesroller.com/pictureframe.htm

[mxfaiman]

Hey Scottie,

Can you please do us a favor and post a pic or two. I have heard of them but there are so many different ones out there. So some pics would really help give a better grasp on what it actually is.

-Max

[candyflip]

Yeah, I have no idea of prices, worth, or configurations.

Would love one of some type - but don't know what they cost?

thanks

[takethecastle57]

I would be interested in one but I will need to see Photos of the of these machines and what $$$ it will be . Of course if the machines are functional will be a big point .

[scottie banks]

hi everyone
once again sorry about the lack of pictures,i just find this site a pain when it comes to posting pictures.
i tryed 3 or 4 times when i first posted and it didnt work.
if someone would send me a quick PM i will send them a few pictures and maybe they could just post them for me
thank you in advance
scottie

[JACKSJE4]

email sent

[JACKSJE4]

Here are the two pictures that Scottie sent:

diggers.jpgdiggers #1.jpg

[candyflip]

Thanks Jacks/Scottie.

I'm unfortunately none the wiser.

Are these rare?

Do they need restoring?

Ballpark figures?


thanks - sorry for the noob questions but I'm unfamiliar with these things. I remember them from my childhood, but that's the last time I saw one.

[JACKSJE4]

Here is an closed eBay auction for one of these that had been fully restored. I'm not sure if this one is the same year, but it sold for US $3,550.

1932 Miami Nickel Digger penny arcade coin-op claw crane slot machine gambling | eBay


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[candyflip]

OMG

OK - that's me out.

thanks

[mxfaiman]

Those are cool but I think purchase price + shipping and then restoring will put me out. I think I'll pass but they look really cool.

[scottie banks]

all 20 cranes sold out as of 3pm eastern standard time
thanks to jeff for posting the pictures...ill buy the first round

scottie

[Card Shark]

​Congratulations!!!

[candyflip]

Wow - congrats!

How much did they go for?

[JACKSJE4]

This one popped up on Craigslist today:

Claw / Crane Machine - $1150 (Valparaiso)

Claw / Crane Machine

This is not really an antique but I could not find any coin-op cat. for this posting. This is a reproduction of an old claw machine. It is not motorized, you turn the wheel to get the claw/crane to move and get the toy or whatever you put into the machine.

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[scottie banks]

hi jeff
wow nice job on that crane.
were you thinking about getting it?
scottie

[scottie banks]

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brand new
oak cabinet
all glass installed
complete steam shovel
nice top sign
crank comes with it
back door
still needs 5 cent coin slide and a few parts
basic design easy to finish project
up state new york
$450.00