vendo 44

[briandr1]

I was at an old soda fountain where they served milkshakes this weekend and they had some old jukes and coke machines as part of the décor not for sale of course. But it was the first time I had ever seen a vendo 44 in person I was amazed at how small it was they look so much bigger in pictures, needless to say I want one now. They also had a 27 spintop and a glassco slider it was very cool to see. I also came across a ideal  slider embossed 7up but it was in bad shape no coin mech rack bottle opener or cap catcher. anyway thought I was share my new want for a nice 44.


Brian.

[Pixel]

I don't recall ever seeing one in person, but I did see a picture of one on eBay with a man of about average height standing next to it. I realized it must be a compact machine. I've read here on the forum they can be made to vend cans. They are NOT cheap though.

[Victor]

I have a Vendo 44 and converted to cans and works great. Victor

[coke_and_stuff]

44s are cheap now compared to what they used to sell for.

Joey

[Pixel]

What are they going for now, $3000-$5000? That's still a whole lot of smackeroos.

[Jeffmon]

As I said a few times on here, they still go for $2000 to 2500 this side of the river, and can still be had for under 2K every so often... I think the last one I got which about 4 or 5 months ago I paid 1650 or 1700 on the other hand V81's go for almost double the price this side ... Brian where are you located ? There's a few right now for $2500

[Pixel]

IMO, cheap is a relative term. I would say $2000 is heap big wampum, but that's just me. No, it's not like buying a RC V81, but it's nothing to sneeze at, either.

[briandr1]

I live in west Texas machines like that are few and far between in my neck of the woods.

[MoonDawg]

         If I were to guess, I would guess the 44 was the first machine that started this collector craze.  

         So small and easily moved that they usually spent most of their lives indoors, so very little restoration was needed. Plus the 6 1/2oz bottles were easily available well into the 80's.

         Today, I think the 44 is great for display but as far as value, most people would rather apply that $2K to $3K toward a multivend beer machine.  

[SIGNGUY]

They are great machines,, I have a super nice original in my collection and have restored a couple of them..

I've seen values all over the board.. yes... 4-5 years ago they where big money.. everyone wanted the small machine.. but then they realized the vending limitations..

Over the last 2-3 years  I've seen them 1200-1500 for rough but restorable units at Chicago... I'm hoping to run into a few more at that price range to buy as I've got interested buyers in them , now with all the conversions that are avaialable for them now.

we'll see..