Dear Donna,
I got this from my uncle when he passed away and was wondering what the value of it is. I also have lunch box baseball cards and costume jewelry from him I would like to get values on later.
Donna
Dear Donna,
Nice name! What your uncle has left you is a coin-operated pinball machine from the 1920s or 1930s. The company that made these made a few different versions. Most of them came on a metal base. Not sure if you might have that as well.
When trying to evaluate anything you really want to start with the complete piece. For now let us assume that you don’t have the base. You want to make sure that it is in working order and all metal balls are still hiding in there. If so and there is no other damage I would say it should be in the $200 to $300 range, and if by chance you have the base it would be more.
I hope this was helpful, and send pictures of the other items you have and I will try to help.