Another interesting thing I saw in a dirty old corner of an antique mall recently was this even dirtier (non-functional?) coin-op condom machine. For only 50 cents you could get the real thing (not a gimmick-- even though the fine print in the pink box clearly states they're to be sold as a novelty item and not used in the wanton ways that cock sheaths are meant to be used whilst wildly wantoning!) Yep, New Super-Sex French Ticklers, cums in assorted lubricated styles and colors, and raised spirals for greater uzumaki stimulation and climaxin' pleasure and -- ohhh kaaay, let's skip all of the sordid product details and talk about that weird, photoshopped girl at the top of the machine. Is that her real hair? Is that even her real HEAD? Seems oddly disproportional to the body too, though it could just be the angle, I guess. The two smaller photos of the other ladies seem to be more from late 70's and-- heyyyy, wait a minute-- is "VARIETRY" even a word??!!
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So this looks like it was repurposed -- the original art, whatever it was, was much bigger and probably not a uncanny valley x-acto-knife mash up.
I'd like to think it was something innocent, like perfume or trinkets, and then got cruelly repurposed to sale novelty condoms.
Also adding to the 70s times square vibe is the prices scrawled in with permanent marker!
This is one more item from the past that I would never expect to see in an antiques store. There is a market for anything and everything antique, I guess.
If someone was filming a retro 70's film and they needed some props to give it a 70's look (or 70's gritty look) this item would fit the bill.
I might be wrong, but i think the two smaller pictures were original and the large one was added later.
Wow, I can't even remember the last time I saw a condom machine in the wild. Old coin-op stuff is the best. Even that weird bumpy sheet metal takes me back. I wish this thing still had the instructions, "Insert two quarters together" etc.
How much was it? I think if I saw a 75¢ Rough Rider machine from the eighties I'd have to buy it. It'd look great beside my vintage pachinko machine.
To be honest, I’m not sure it was even for sale— might’ve just been Antique Mall decoration
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