Watling Color Match at Morphy/VCA auction (1/24/15)
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 2:20 amAs requested, here are photos of the Color Match trade stimulator.
Dave :
Great detail pix of the Watling "Color Match". A few flaws, but nothing that can't be fixed.
This is a very scarce Slot Machine, (not Trade Stimulator), especially with the side vender.
Those two separated numbers, (30 31), stamped at the top rear, are very strange, and
appear to be operator numbers, as the serial numbers were not placed in that location.
The two numbers are also a different size, which would indicate they were stamped by
more than one person, at two different times. Was the 'W' also stamped somewhere, or did
they just put that on the blue tape?
Did you see any other numbers? Most serial ranges always started with 100 or 101, and not
many of these have survived. I am not sure what the highest serial is that I have on file,
but will check later, and let you know, as they are not filed with the others. I just checked.
Many times I wrote the numbers on the back of photographs.
Bill