Price: $1450 plus shipping.
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The following reels are newly made and are in perfect condition.
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Popeye in a Penny Arcade viewing a mutoscope of himself playing baseball and playing a strength tester - This Animated Cartoon is really neat if you like Popeye, baseball, or arcade machines. Fun for both children and adults.
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The above reel fits all mutoscopes, including Clamshells, round tops and later 1940s models. The only mutoscope that the reels don't work are the very rare mutoscope where you view the images in a mirror.
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Mutoscope with Babe Ruth ReelHere is a beautifully restore mutoscope from the 1930s-40s period.It features the highly desirable Babe Ruth reel. The reel is brand new and should last a homeowner a lifetime. This version is more desirable than the humpback version that is shown below. It comes with a stand. The marque, nicely remade, matches the reel, which frequently isn't the case. Price: SOLD - Send email if you want to be notified when we come across another one. Email: durham@GameRoomAntiques.com This is the first mutoscope we have had for sale in over a year. They are getting very hard to find in good working conditon. To Order, go to SECURE ORDER FORM or call 202-338-1342 (10 a.m. - 9 p.m. East Coast) |
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1930s Mutoscope on StandHere's a beautifully restored 1930s round top mutoscope on a stand with new Charlie Chaplin Bar Brawl reel.Price is SOLD - Send email if you want to be notified when we come across another one. Email: durham@GameRoomAntiques.com To Order, go to SECURE ORDER FORM or call 202-338-1342 (10 a.m. - 9 p.m. East Coast) |
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Clamshell MutoscopeHere is the most desirable of all mutoscopes, the cast iron clamshell, so named because of the clamshell design on both sides of the mutoscope. Comes with a new reel: WC Field in the Pool Shark.The mutoscope is fully restored original mutoscope with a new cast iron base. There is a crack on the inside of the door which has been repaired and braced on the inside. It is not noticable on the outside. Price is SOLD - Send email if you want to be notified when we come across another one. Email: durham@GameRoomAntiques.com To Order, call 202-338-1342 (10 a.m. - 9 p.m. East Coast) |
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"Original" Mutoscope Marque PosterFrom the Mike Munves Company in 1960 or early 1970s who operated Mutoscopes in the NYC area until they went out of business in the 1970s. It is generic so that it can be used with all subjects. It has a yellow background and is entitled "Old Time Flickers - Real Movies" and show the operation of the mutoscope. (see photo B-21 below) Heavy construction paper weight, 10 3/4" x 19 7/8"Price is $49 each plus $4.95 shipping To Order, go to SECURE ORDER FORM |
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The above items are available from: Ken Durham 909 26th Street NW Washington, DC 20037 or call 202-338-1342 or e-mail: durham@GameRoomAntiques.com
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We urge you to ask questions before you buy. All sales are final, we are unable to accept returns
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Approximately 850 still photos with blank cards in between them are on the mutoscope reel. They are printed from about fifty feet of regular movie film.
Introduced in 1895, the mutoscope was one of the most popular and profitable machines in the penny arcade. Its popularity was so great that in just one location in New York City in 1903, the arcade owner took in over $100,000. Marcus Loew, the theater chain magnate, apparently made his fortune in setting up mutoscopes and penny arcades. Unlike most other kinds of amusement devices, the mutoscope was popular well into the 1950's.
The feature that makes the mutoscope so popular is the viewer's ability to control the speed of the showing and even stop it for a few seconds to get a closer look. It also fulfills the deep-rooted desire that we all have to "peek" through and see something we maybe shouldn't see.
The most popular reels were the "Girly Shows," especially those with alluring titles that virtually always promised more than they delivered. Wouldn't you be enticed by such titles as: French Dressing, X-Ray Gown, Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath. Although there was no censorship board for mutoscope reels like there were for movies, the International Mutoscope Company made sure that the morality squads, which were in vogue in those days, would not attack the appropriateness of this type of entertainment.
The comic reels were the next most popular subjects. Here again the titles were enticing: "He Broke Her Heart, She Broke His Neck;" "The Great Spaghetti Eating Contest;" "Rival Piano Wreckers." Other popular subjects included westerns and sport subjects.
The early mutoscopes were large cast iron cases that had the appearance of a clamshell and were referred to as "Clamshell Mutoscopes." Later models were sleeker and more modern in design.
For a list of Mutoscopes & Reels for Sale scroll to the top of the page.
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The mutoscope is a coin operated, hand cranked, animated picture machine. When you insert a penny and turn the crank, a small bulb lights up and a reel of still photos fall one by one in front of the viewer into which you look.
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