old cigarette machine

[RC kid]

I need help identifying this machine. I bought it over the weekend. And I drove forever to pick it up.

[johnieG]

Looks like a National 14-selection Cigarette machine...

[milkmachineman]

National series 111 or 99. The advertisement I have is from 1955.

[RC kid]

What are these things worth?

[collecture]

Best guess would be around $100 (maybe more in parts), but I don't see a lot of value in it...big, bulky and difficult to make it vend products other than smokes.

[mznb1u]

These machines are all over the place (at least I see a lot of them in MI) so I wouldn't pay more than $100 if you want it.  As pointed out earlier, big and bulky!

  Tim

[SIGNGUY]

It looks like he already bought it, said he drove to get it? from the looks of the photo, that guy probably had a bunch of cool Gas /Oil stuff,, judging by the GULF sign above the door.. any other treasures..

hope you didn't pay too much for it, as 100 is about the going rate... heavy too.

[RC kid]

Yeah, I bought it. And I paid to much for it, plus the drive. Thankfully though, I bought it for myself and not as an investment.

I normally ask questions before I buy something.
But this time I really wanted it.

Thanks for the input guys. Your input helps us amateurs out a lot.

[Kilroy]

You found and brought home something you wanted.  In the end it's all that matters

[mznb1u]

RC--That is still a nice machine cleaned up.  I think I saw another thread on here where someone was vending small boxes of lemonheads, jawbreakers etc out of an old cigarette machine.  Might have to monkey with the vending columns a bit.  I know you can vend the candy cigarettes and those are available online.

Of course, you could fill it with real cigarettes!  At the going rate for a pack and with as many packs as that machine would hold, it would be a vending machine worth $6K! 

  Tim