Boland Black Beauty, Screen Stars, Brooklands, White City...

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Little Duke or Duchess.
The overhung mech was easy to convert to single reel.
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I don't know if you're talking about a different "little Duke" than the one I know. On the well known Jennings Little Duke the reels spin the wrong way to work in this machine. !PUZZLED!
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So that Boland single-reeler spins from bottom to top?
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I don't know if you're talking about a different "Little Duke".......
Have to admit, when I saw Brigham's post I wondered how a Little Duke would work as a Boland single-reeler (or indeed a three-reeler) !PUZZLED!
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The Duke/Duchess mechanism is concentrated at the right-hand end of the reel/disc spindle, leaving the reels/discs virtually outside the frames. This allows the enthusiastic re-vamper plenty of room to incorporate such gear as 30-stop bicycle sprockets, &c..
All the Duke/Duchess models I've seen, including my own, turn in the same direction as the familiar Mills machines, eg. clockwise when viewed from the 'non-handle' end. I've yet to see a single-reel conversion that runs the 'other' way, although there's no reason why such a thing couldn't be built.
It has long been my intent to build a single-reeler, based on the idea, but not the style, of Boland or Hooper. I need a theme. What are there thirty of, apart from film stars and racehorses?
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This is a standard Boland single reel mech.
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Am I missing something here?

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This Machine sold today for £1050 plus commission taking it to just over £1300. I was ready to bid and thought my 500 plus commission would seal it. Is is not just a Mills High top with a added front bit? Is it rare? I assumed it would be a copy as Brooklands is a UK interest.
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It's a Tom Boland Brooklands conversion from a Mills bandit - see Boland Black Beauty, Screen Stars, Brooklands, White City... topic now merged above.

Used to be sniffed at by bandit collectors when I started, and for years after, but interest in them grew significantly over the last decade.
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I love them!! yet another slight variant I've not seen before ,what would be rare would be to find two exactly the same :D

https://www.penny-arcade.info/the-tom-boland-collection
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I'm ready to take a few more Boland machines...

... but not at £1300!
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I was interested in that, as the auction wasn't far from me.
Unfortunately, my bid was woefully inadequate...
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It will be interesting to see what happens to prices once the recession properly kicks-in. It's a great time to sell at the moment but methinks that it won't last for much longer. Thoughts for a penny?
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Agreed - as an example there's 10 Allwins in the Cottees auction in Poole in Dorset on Saturday but no way of going to see them so would have to rely on bidding blind. I sold one on eBay before Christmas but wouldn't risk it again now (especially as it took me 2 months to get a permit !!GRUMP!!
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I was also keen on this machine, as although I have the same machine already, this looked very untouched and original. Keeping fingers crossed new owner keeps as is |/XX\|
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Brooklands machine on Facebook

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In case anyone is interested, I noticed this on Facebook earlier:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 7224496338

It is not for me...
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Certainly got a price ticket attached for a seriously rough machine. Mechanism is rusted solid and cabinet falling apart. I guess they are hoping someone does not notice.

Thanks for sharing, but cash is king at the moment, especially when in your pocket. :lol:
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They’re struggling to take a photo that’s in focus!
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I have often seen out of focus pics of machines geordy55 and think that in a lot of cases this is intentional so it makes it difficult to actually see what the real condition is like
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You might be right. If it were half the money, I would be cautious on this machine as I suspect the mechanism would need significant stripping and parts replaced, new strips and the cabinet is rotten and warped.

There was a Brooklands from a seller in Cornwall who had the below machine advertised on Facebook and eBay for the last 6 months. I think it has finally sold, but looked tidy for £500... I could not understand why it never went quicker. !PUZZLED!
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geordy55 wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:29 pm They’re struggling to take a photo that’s in focus!
And that's after I put it through Photoshop's 'Sharpen More' filter!
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