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I am very new to collecting (I have 1 machine) and admit my knowledge is very limited, so any assistance is greatly appreciated.

I came across this Mills Hole in One at a very good price. It appears to be too clean to be a restore, but is maybe a reproduction. I saw somewhere that these were made in the 40s. If it is a restoration what would the value be. If it is just a reproduction, it might be nice to have as a novelty piece. Would would the value be as a repo.

Thanks for your expertise and advise!

Pictures might help.

It is my understanding all "Hole In One" machines are fakes.

I am pretty sure Mills never made such a machine.

I think most of them are converted Buckley Half Tops.

was it gene, in palm springs, ca. that was making those?

Thanks for the info. Does that mean they were old Mills machines with new fronts and strips, or reproductions of the Mills machines?

Thanks

The front is probably original. The parts that are not are the gold trim pieces. Mills made a golf ball machine but it was inside a stand up console and vended golf balls when a win was hit.. Your machine more likely started out as either a Mills black cherry or a Mills golden falls depending on where the mounting holes are located in the lower casting.

The brand new hole in one was reviewed in Loose change January 1985 with the full history of the machine. I have attached an image.
Lol (Laurence)

Were the Hole In Ones created from old Mills machines or were the mechs reproduced?

Shane

"Each machine is built around the image of a Mills, early 1930 slot machine, with genuine, antique Mills slot machine mechanlsm housed In a unique contemporory case. "
"Each machine is designed for quarter play only."

i know little to nothing about the machine, but i DID see gene selling these back 10 or 15 years ago, down there where all the golfing is big in palm springs area. the thing that makes me very suspicious that they were 100% new is the quarter-only sentence. what would be the reason that only 25c were used, other than the fact that most new machines made lately are quarter? so i would examine very closely to see if it's not all-new.

In the full article it said that just the castings were new. Everything else was from old mills machines. It did not say what they were being sold for.
Lol (Laurence) U.K.