I'm sure many of you don't know this, but Art was a pinball guy... Pre-war pinball... Here's a post about his passing from the Pre-War Pinball Newsgroup...

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Art Bell (yes, THAT Art Bell) was the third person to join this group when I first started it, only joining after Russ Jensen and Mike Sands.

Some may not know this, but Art was not only a great guy in real life but also quite possibly the world authority on the 1932 Rockola Juggle Ball pinball machine... possibly the most eyemelting pinball of all time.

He was one of those who really loved prewar pinball, and was willing to share his knowledge and data with anyone who needed it. A great example of this was the USPTO database of early pinball patents that we were collecting - he spent hours in the patent office databases trying to find rare patents to share with us.

Vaya Con Dios Art... and say Hi to Russ and Hal for me

Ken Lyons
Founder
Prewar Pinball Yahoo! Group
14 April 2018