Posted By:
MarkBrock...
Totally agree... the Mueller Clock and Rock-Ola Arcade Machine are holy grails of the first order! Of course there are too many holy grails to list, but those two would rank waaaay up there for me as well.
If you are ever at the Cliff House Restaurant in SF, check out the old Arcade Museum in the back. They actually have a Rock-Ola Machine that you can play an unlimited number of times. Considering its value, I am surprised they let so many people handle it.
They have many other killer items as well, including a frightening "Laughing Sal" animated mannequin (that scared the crap out of me as a kid). It was a fixture at the old Playland Amusement Park, which was dismantled in the '60s.