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Found this at Goodwill for $6. I think it might be a painting because some of the reflections aren't perfect mirrors and someone signed it. What machine is this?

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I don't know the machine, but the photo looks similar to the work of Kevin Tiell:

www.kevin.tiell.com

Click on number "2", then select the photo on the right, then hover over the word "INFO"

I browsed through but I didn't see that specific photo or machine.

What is the name signed on the photo?

Great picture by the way! And for only 6 bucks!!!!! WOW
 
Any idea? It seems like it's a jazz themed machine or something.

The painting is called "Sophisticated Lady".
 
Found this at Goodwill for $6. I think it might be a painting because some of the reflections aren't perfect mirrors and someone signed it. What machine is this?

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It's possible that it's based off of different pinballs. Check out the similarity between the girl in the center of your pic, and the girl on this backglass:

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Great work, EagleTG and Modessitt!

That site says the original was 60" x 80"!

I would love something like that on my wall. May have to check how much prints are.
 
Mod is on to something. Good find by the way. The artist for the Hollywood game was George Molentin and according to IPDB he worked on 153 games, mostly for Williams.

Phil
 
It's possible that it's based off of different pinballs. Check out the similarity between the girl in the center of your pic, and the girl on this backglass:

Nice find... I was thinking it was a combination based on some of his other works. If you look at the playfield on his version of Majorette and compare it to the actual Majorette pinball playfield, there are differences in the characters. Although the layout of the playfield items appear to be the same.

What's interesting is that this picture in-question is using a girl from a Williams backglass, but it seems to be placed on a playfield that has elements that are very Gottlieb. From my research last night, it seems that the playfield elements are very similar to Gottlieb stuff from around 1958 to 1964 or so. Including the design of the targets, the word "Pop" on the pop bumper (Williams seemed to use "Jet" on theirs), and the overall design of the pop bumper tops themselves.

I went through every game within about 5 years plus or minus the time range, and didn't really come up with anything that was very similar. However, I was concentrating on artwork which may have been a mistake.
 
Nice find... I was thinking it was a combination based on some of his other works. If you look at the playfield on his version of Majorette and compare it to the actual Majorette pinball playfield, there are differences in the characters. Although the layout of the playfield items appear to be the same.

What's interesting is that this picture in-question is using a girl from a Williams backglass, but it seems to be placed on a playfield that has elements that are very Gottlieb. From my research last night, it seems that the playfield elements are very similar to Gottlieb stuff from around 1958 to 1964 or so. Including the design of the targets, the word "Pop" on the pop bumper (Williams seemed to use "Jet" on theirs), and the overall design of the pop bumper tops themselves.

I went through every game within about 5 years plus or minus the time range, and didn't really come up with anything that was very similar. However, I was concentrating on artwork which may have been a mistake.




i was thinking the same thing, my atlas(59 gottlieb woodrail) uses those style bumper caps
 
Nice find... I was thinking it was a combination based on some of his other works. If you look at the playfield on his version of Majorette and compare it to the actual Majorette pinball playfield, there are differences in the characters. Although the layout of the playfield items appear to be the same.

What's interesting is that this picture in-question is using a girl from a Williams backglass, but it seems to be placed on a playfield that has elements that are very Gottlieb. From my research last night, it seems that the playfield elements are very similar to Gottlieb stuff from around 1958 to 1964 or so. Including the design of the targets, the word "Pop" on the pop bumper (Williams seemed to use "Jet" on theirs), and the overall design of the pop bumper tops themselves.

I went through every game within about 5 years plus or minus the time range, and didn't really come up with anything that was very similar. However, I was concentrating on artwork which may have been a mistake.

I went thru a lot of listings. I even searched all EM games that had a "gate" as a feature, since it's right there on the pic, but nothing.

Game seems to have a "My Fair Lady" type of theme, or some Broadway/Hollywood tie-in, but doesn't match any of the pins listed with those references.

I'll bet they're modified so as to not violate copyright laws...
 
I went thru a lot of listings. I even searched all EM games that had a "gate" as a feature, since it's right there on the pic, but nothing.

Game seems to have a "My Fair Lady" type of theme, or some Broadway/Hollywood tie-in, but doesn't match any of the pins listed with those references.

I'll bet they're modified so as to not violate copyright laws...

I did the same thing and could not find anything. I thought I remembered seeing the lady and the guy in the top hat but must be having a senior moment now and can't remember where. It somewhat reminded me of Old Chicago but than didn't pan out either.

I tried searching for all EM's with either dancing or music - nada. I looked at all of the games that had artwork done by George Molentin - nada. I eve tried the gate feature as well - nada. Seems strange as some of his other work can be found in actual pins, like Majorette.

Phil
 
I did the same thing and could not find anything. I thought I remembered seeing the lady and the guy in the top hat but must be having a senior moment now and can't remember where. It somewhat reminded me of Old Chicago but than didn't pan out either.

I tried searching for all EM's with either dancing or music - nada. I looked at all of the games that had artwork done by George Molentin - nada. I eve tried the gate feature as well - nada. Seems strange as some of his other work can be found in actual pins, like Majorette.

Phil

Hell, I even went as far as checking the "SARDIS" reference on that one plastic, and determined it is a fairly famous restaurant in New York's theater district, which fits the theme of the pin in the picture. But it hasn't helped find a matching pin...
 
nice find. Looks really nice.. Guy did fantastic work.. I would have thought photo original, but oil on canvas.. Amazing..

Its probably some limited signed print of the original. Probably something tht was done if his work was shown at a gallery. Someone spent some money framing it (Double mat and non glare glass).
 
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