cigarette vending machine old Who else remembers machines that had no way to check a persons age and operated on the honor system? : r/nostalgia Vintage cigarette machine

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A+spectacular+example+of+an+early+vintage%2Fantique+Japanese+DAMASCENE%2FNIELLO+cigarette+case%2C+presented+with+a+lighter+in+fitted+wooden+case.++The+case+dates+to+the+late+Taisho%2Fearly+Showa+period+%5Bcirca+1920s%5D%2C+with+a+black+enamel+ground+showcasing+the+finely+realized+decoration+on+the+case+front%2C+rendered+in+real+GOLD+and+SILVER+overlay.++The+scene+is+evocative+of+early+Japan%2C+with+pagodas%2C+temples+and+bridges+in+the+foreground%2C+the+crest+of+Mount+Fuji+in+the+distance.++It+is+in+excellent+condition+for+being+roughly+100+years+old.++The+lighter+is+from+the+late+1940s%2C+a+later+addition+%5Balong+with+the+wooden+case%2C+for+presentation%5D.+++Original+owner%27s+grandfather+acquired+it+while+on+business+in+Japan+just+after+World+War+2.++Similar+examples+command+top+%24%24%24+on+the+open+market%2C+but+being+opened+for+%241+with+no+reserve.++

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