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A Coin-Operated Hotel Radio, Vintage Point-of-Purchase Displays, Bizarre Vending Machines & More

This is the weirdest Sotheby's auction we've ever seen

By Rain Noe - May 3, 2021

in Object Culture

We're assuming some millionaire with eccentric taste died and this is their estate sale. This week Sotheby's is holding "Handle With Fun," consisting of hundreds of vintage objects ranging from point-of-purchase displays to vending machines, science-minded toys to candy dispensers. Here's a sampling:

Seeburg Select-O-Matic 100 High Fidelity Jukebox

M&M Candy Display

Select-A-Pen 10¢ Ball Point Pen Vending Machine

Victor Ten Pins Bowling and Baseball Machines

Golf Tabletop Victor 1¢ Gumball Machine

Assorted Ring Ding Gumball Machines

Acorn Horoscope Vending Machine

Lionel Porter Chemcraft, No. 21030

Remington and Peters 22's Reproduction Display Stands

AC Gilbert Erector All-Electric Set, No. 6½

Luden's-Themed Stoner Eight-Pull Vending Machine

Wrigley's-Themed Universal Vendors Vending Machine

Reese's Pieces Curtis Candy Machine

Reese's Pieces-Themed 5¢ Candy Machine

Wall Mount Chewing Gum Vending Machine

Beech-Nut Stoner Wall Mount 1¢ Gum Dispenser

AC Gilbert Microscope Set

York Peppermint Patties-Themed Four-Cylinder Dispenser

Life Savers-Themed Alkuno Vending Machine

"Lollipopper" Lollipop Dispensing Machine

Dahlberg Coin-Operated Hotel Radio

Walzer Chiclets Machine

Bidding opens this Wednesday and will run thru May 13th.

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