We are owners of multiple rather large 300 to 500 unit &
larger storage rental unit facilities in several states. Unfortunately on
occasion people don't pay their rent and abandon their processions.
By law we have to make a concerted effort to find them & we do
try but after several months we simply hall away the contents to the dump, give
it to Salvation Army, or if something appears to have value, we list it on
eBay. We are in the storage facility
rental business wanting to get the unit back up for rent and not antique
dealers so our knowledge isn't all that much. We describe what we see but
please don't ask us for more like age, how it was made or of what made from,
country of origin, or if good to eat. All our sales on eBay go to
our favorite charity that helps battered and abused women after eBay takes their 20% + commission & fees. We
keep none of it. And no, we don't have live sight unseen auctions like on
TV. If you buy into that we have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn or a
time share apartment on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Lovely apartment
above a great deli with topless waitresses.
We found 2 small boxes full of back door instruction sheets for the
Mills, Caille, Watling, Jennings, & Pace antique slot machines.
Probably not worth “an arm & a leg” but if you are a collector restoring an
old Watling machine you own back to
the way it was when it left the factory years ago, perhaps this will be
something you desire. The picture shows a gooseneck mechanism so not for the
Rolatop. But our local consultant who
helps us define things said it should be okay for a Treasury or any of the
other goosenecks Watling produced. Some
of these instruction sheets we found were destroyed by rats or mice but others
remain perfect. Also, Nevada heat & time can do odd things to paper
& some of these just crumble into pieces when handled & others are fine
with no issues. Obviously, we will not send an unusable sheet. Shipping
is a little problematic as the post office want $14.00 & change in a manila
envelope with stiff cardboard or foam sheet backing and we can do that if you
want to pay that amount. We think that is just throwing away money.
But an old timer we have befriended here in town & helps us define
& identify things says that if we lightly wrap this around some special
support paper board stock we purchased at the art supply store & send in an
envelope without creasing the paper, fold marks if any can be usually eliminated.
The post office charges a little extra for that at a little over a dollar with
a special stamp. He said that when it arrives & there are some light
creases which are not likely, if you put it on a table with a slightly damp
cloth on top of it and heat with clothes iron or heat gun, the creases if any
will disappear. And when glued to the back door, creases or folds
completely disappear. If you have one of these antique slot machines missing
this instruction sheet or the one you have is in poor condition, this is a nice
touch & what you need at a very reasonable price.