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Larry Bieza

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Expertise

I can answer virtually any question relating to coin operated machines. I have been a BUYER and COLLECTOR for over 25 years and have authored a number of PRICE GUIDES on the subject. My favorite coin operated items are penny arcade machines and pinball games, although I have a vast knowledge in all areas. I also have a huge quantity of coin operated paper advertising which can help date and identify most items.I can answer questions on vending machines, arcade machines, fortune tellers, slot machines, digger/crane machines, gumball machines, peanut machine, gum machine, strength testers, lung testers, pinball machines, gambling machines, bowling machines, etc. I have expertise in the machines from Mills Novelty, Caille, Watling, Keeney, Genco, Chicago Coin, Gottlieb, Bally, Williams, etc.

Experience in the area

I have written a number of Price Guides for penny arcade machines AND for pinball games and am considered one of the experts in the hobby on pricing.

Education/Credentials

I come from the school of experience. Collecting Coin operated items is my life and hopefully you have some questions to test my abilities!

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Recent Reviews from Users

User	Date	K	C	T	P	Comments
David	10/12/09	10	10	10	10
Mike	10/05/09	10	10	10	10
chris	09/23/09	10	10	10	10	Thanks so much.
Robert	09/13/09	10	10	10	10	Hi Larry, A few weeks ago I .....
conrad	09/11/09	10	10	10	10	Larry, Thanks for the timely and courteous .....

Recent Answers from Larry Bieza

2009-10-04 penny play pinball:

Paige, sorry I don't have much of an answer for you. I can date it from probably 1932. It's very odd, because most games from that year had artwork painted on the playfield which would typically have

2009-10-03 Pinball Machine Info:

Hi Mike, You can help out the pinball hobby out by forwarding your pic of your keen ball to: jay@ipdb.org Jay runs the internet pinball database(ipdb.org). In your email tell him you took the photo

2009-09-11 early pinball machine:

Hi Conrad. You'd probably be looking at a price as is of around $700-900. I may have a buyer is you are a seller. Contact me thru my website. As far as the trade stimulator, I need more information

2009-08-01 1930's Pinball Machince:

Hi Rebecca, I have no record of a pinball by that name. As you describe it, the game would date from 1931-32. These early games a very simple and do not have a high collector value. Based on the information

2009-06-23 Top Hand Pinball:

Hi Bill, If you are in the USA you have an odd game. Top hand was made by Gottlieb for export and so it's not commonly seen in this country. The US version was called Capt. Card. This might raise the

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