WOW!! check out this collection

[sodaworks]

This guy's got it all and then some!!
www.falvocollectables.com

[davethebirdman]

I have seen that site before. It must be up there amongst the world's best collections.

Tell me, was there a time when people were just throwing all these goodies out and these people that hold the great collections were just in the right place at the right time OR is it a case that they are just loaded and don't know what to spend their money on.

You look around the walls of these show rooms and the signs clocks etc alone are worth tens of thousands, let alone the machines.

[coke_and_stuff]

I too have seen this collection before. I wonder if all the signs are mint like the photos show or are they all restored? If Mint that collection is worth not thousands but millions.

Joey

[sodaworks]

Dave,
 I know a guy who has over two hundred machines and a few hundred gas pumps. His collection started 30 years ago by someone giving him a coke machine to put in his garage for beer. all his buddies just started dropping off their "junk".

[davethebirdman]

I wish a few people would drop their junk off this way. I don't mind storing it for them.

I guess the game is to look around and see what's junk now but will be collectible in years to come.

If I lived in the US I'd definately be buying up those square tops.

Dave

[BrianB]

Out of control!!!

[Eric]

Yeah I bookmarked that guy's site  a year ago....
unbelieveable!!!!! I think it's a combo of having money and
collecting when no one else was..... Heck just in the past 10
years things have tripled.... I remember when gas pumps
Wayne 60s ex. where around $100... that same model unrestored is
$1200!!!! unless I can find one in the wild... I'll never be able to own one...
That collection is an investment.... Stocks come and go..... but
try finding anything that guys got in that condition without paying
a arm and a leg..... How would one insure all that?...wow.....

[Gumbo]

WOW!! What a nice collection. He not only must have some $$$, but he has got nice spaces to display it. I wish my garage looked 1/2 that nice.

[Pat Pixley]

'>   WOW What a great collection I wish I had
                  just one room of that collection .
                  One thing you got to remember is we all
                  started out with one soda machine or a
                   candy machine  or even a juke's box  and
                   look how many thing we all have now .
                    So don't let your hope get down when
                    we turn 80 or so  I  hope we all  will have
                     a collection like that ( OK Right then,yeah)

                       Pat

[globalcompressors]

Awesome!