Antiques Roadshow

APPRAISER

You brought a slot machine to the show today.

GUEST

Yes, I did.

APPRAISER

How'd you acquire it?

GUEST

I was purchasing a new house, it was in the house,

APPRAISER

Uh-huh.

GUEST

and I negotiated to have it stay with the house when I purchased it. It's a Pace slot machine, it's called the Royal Comet, and it was made about 1937.

I know that it came in two models

the nickel and the dime.

APPRAISER

All cabinet-style machines are rare. This one's extremely rare, at least I've never seen it before.

GUEST

Right.

APPRAISER

The nice thing about it, it's all original finish, you haven't restored it, this is replaced, probably, here, but the really great thing is it's unrestored. This is the payout drawer here, which I think is kind of unique, that it's hidden like that. The value I'd place on it is $3,500.

GUEST

Okay.