Stolen 2-1939 Mills Aluminum Diamond Slot Machines

[bolga]

Hi,

In 2003 we bought a nickel and a quarter slot machine from Bob Levy. Last Saturday April 14th our home was burglarized and the slots machines were stolen. Since antique slot machines are unusual, I imagine you are part of a “community” that knows when this type of slot machine hits the “market”. I was hoping you would put the word out for us within the “community” to watch for our machines. I am attaching a photo for clarification. We would really appreciate any help you can provide. My husband purchased them in honor of his father, who passed away shortly after we got them.

[MikeB]

That's my horror also, that someday my house will be robbed.

Do you have the serial numbers of the machines, and can you at least give the state they were stolen from?

You should also provide some sort of contact number, say to your local police department that you reported the theft to.

I suggest you check all your local pawn shops and the like, and watch Ebay, they might show up there. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=14282&_sop=10

Good luck, and I hope you get them back.

[cpdretired]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Where are you located? This may be helpful to anyone from this forum that lives nearby. Also check Craigslist. Just use slot machine as a search word. If you do see them listed on eBay notify you local police department.

[WS65711]

Am I the only one not seeing the "attached photo" ?

[cpdretired]

No photo but maybe Dave can contact this person to upload a photo.

[slotter]

Yeah lets get some more info like a location of the crime and some photos to compare these machines to, also we need some sort of description such certain types of scratches or paint ware the own may know of. Lets get on this case so we all help out.

John
RNYCPD

[bolga]

Thank you for all your input!

We live in Bend Oregon within Deschutes County. Our Deschutes County Sheriff's Dept. is handling our case #12-10-1830, and their non-emergency phone # is 541-693-6911. We are watching Craigslist and ebay with no result so far.

The image below is an exact match to our machines, and they were a beautifully restored matched pair with no scratches or other damage. My husband is a hobbiest metal polisher, and the machines gleamed. Unfortunately we were lax and did not have close-up pictures, nor did we write down the sesrial numbers. I have not yet found the receipt for the machines, but am still looking.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=1939+Mills+Aluminum+diamond+slot+machine&view=detail&id=C214162530B2A56F3218C59CB6E3B5AEDD2590AE&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR

Of course any assistance would be greatly appreciated if something seems suspicious to you.

Thanks again, Lori

[bobsterncat]

send us some more info. We live between Denver * Colorado springs...would be happy to cruise craigs list for the pieces.