Baseball Card Vending Machine

[joed25]

Does anyone know the value of this vintage exhibit card vending machine? Machine also has about 150 mint cards inside but I'm more curious of the value of the machine. Thank you.

[joed25]

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[perezfan]

Around $400 - $600 IMO (for the Machine only, assuming it's functional and has all-original parts).

It's a pretty rare one, especially with the Header Card Display in tact. Good-sized Machine, and condition looks nice as well. Could go a bit higher, if two people at auction really wanted it.

Hope this helps!

[joed25]

Thank you very much!

[pbspelly]

That's a really cool piece. I'd be quite surprised if it only went for $600. But I really have nothing to base this on other than the fact that I've never seen anything like it.

[perezfan]

If you check completed auctions, you'll see prices realized are all over the board. These have gone for as little as $150 and as high as $1K. The $400 - $600 estimate was basically an average or median price... It could well go higher at auction. These machines don't sell for quite as much as one might suspect, probably because many people don't have the space to display them (guessing!)

The Baseball Card dispensers with arcade/game features or wood casing/more ornate features built in tend to sell for more. This one is a bit on the generic side, but has a nice large display window to feature lots of cards, and the cool Header (which is often missing at the top).

Hope this additional detail is helpful,
Mark