✅ SOLVED $2.99 at Goodwill-Be jealous!

[TheTh3rd]

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

Now let me throw another monkey wrench into the mix. The unit in the OP has glass with lettering that comes off like silk-screen. Silk-screen printing has been around for hundreds of years, and goes back in this country into the early 1900's. So is the glass original, or was the glass replaced by a replica when the screws were replaced? I would venture to say original.

When did silk screening on glass become popular?

I don't think you can "morally" sell the piece as antique unless you can get it authenticated somehow, and I think that would more than destroy any profits. However, it can be advertised as Vintage without problem.

I dont think so either. I dont think it has been positively identified as an antique. Vintage yes

I think he can authenticate it if we find the manufacturer of this item and/or find a match on a collectors website.. I found some websites that buy, sell and repair vending/gumball machines but I havent found this one. Keep in mind this is not a vending machine, its a dispenser.

 

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Here is a link on the history of silk screening. Screen Printing | The History and Different Types of Screen Printing

In 1907, the screen printing process was patented by Simon Samuel, a man from England. Though his process at the time was typically used only on simple wallpapers or linens for the wealthy,...

In the 1930s, screen printing came into wider use, as many began using it to create printed signs and posters.

In 1960 ... ....screen printing took off across the world. (Andy Warhol’s famous screen-printed image of Marilyn Monroe helped some, too!)

 

[Deftone]

It was originally in "today's finds"...I didn't choose for this to be put in "what is it"

Braggers can't be choosers

It's a cool find for sure. The mod's are people too. But thx for posting it. I've been learning something new!

 

[creskol]

I could easily be wrong, but seems I remember seeing plans for just such a gumball dispenser project long, long ago. Keep racking my brain trying to remember where I saw it. I know from the 80's, and I remember you could choose to purchase the glass with the writing. I just can't place the source.

There was no place to put a coin, as this was a home woodworking project. I think "80's" would fall under "Vintage", wouldn't it?

I seem to remember something similar in a magazine called "Weekend Woodworking Projects" but it's out of print now.

 

[kcm]

I seem to remember something similar in a magazine called "Weekend Woodworking Projects" but it's out of print now.

That'd be the one. Thanks Creskol!!