RFM x 3 SS HD (sega) Liberty Belle EM LOTR CP Swep1 x2 MA RG Diner Wh20 BBBB ES Operation Thunder SG NF Close Encounters Monaco EM Lost World Shadow HS HS2 NBAFB Joke Poker EB Radical ST:25 Shadow X-files EK Bingos (1$ each!)
Claasic vids: Centipede Missle Command Turbo Berzerk Congo Bongo Tempest DL 2 And various project classics.
The juke prices were all over the map like usual, some pretty good deals to be had though. I wanted a wall-mount CD juke, but I didn't realize how heavy the damn things are until I tried to move one.
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Holy mess. I would have had to hire a truck. Why did I have to close my f'n pool?
I take it this is the list of low on the buy backs.
Lost World 400 X Files 950 Getaway 1250 Shadow 1125 F14 tomcat 575 Data East Star Trek 25th 700 No Fear 1425 Star Wars Episode 1 1725 Radical 475 Stargate 600 Star Wars Episode 1 (Broken? Missing playfield glass, very dirty) 500 Operation Thunder 525 Earth Shaker 700 High Speed 550 Rollergames 425 Mousing Around 625 NBA fastbreak 1025 (Excellent, looked brand new). Revenge From Mars 1060 Bugs Bunny Birthday 675 Bride of Pinbot 775 Whitewater 1150 Revenge From Mars 1125 Diner 1150 Revenge from Mars 1125 Champion Pub 1800 (the one I really wanted, A littel dirty but a fair price) Harly Davidson 1700 Ripleys Believe it or Not 1725 (Nice shape, goo price) Scared Stiff 1650 (Its fairly rare but not in great shape..this one surprized me) LOTR 2350 (Fair Shape).
Those were really cheap, of course, they are older and could have been turds too... we are getting back into a low prices cycle apprently, cool, oh and the market isnt dead, of course...
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Lost World 400 X Files 950 SBB - Looked in nice shape Getaway 1250 SBB - decent shape Shadow 1125 SBB, couple of screw holes in pf F14 tomcat 575 Average Data East Star Trek 25th 700 pf poorly touched up No Fear 1425 SBB - nice but dirty. Nice reds Star Wars Episode 1 1725 SBB - Good shape Radical 475 Decent shape Stargate 600 SBB Star Wars Episode 1 (Broken? Missing playfield glass, very dirty) 500 SBB - Didnt boot, missing cards Operation Thunder 525 Good shape Earth Shaker 700 working, but worn High Speed 550 of wear on one side? Rollergames 425 I remember 575? Really dirty, not a bb Mousing Around 625 NBA fastbreak 1025 (Excellent, looked brand new). SBB - reserve of $900 Revenge From Mars 1060 SBB - monitor very dark Bugs Bunny Birthday 675 SBB, I remember it being over 1k - with a nice hole in the pf! Bride of Pinbot 775 SBB Whitewater 1150 SBB - in decent shape with standard wear Revenge From Mars 1125 SBB ... one of these was at 1700! Diner 1150 SBB Revenge from Mars 1125 SBB Champion Pub 1800 (the one I really wanted, A littel dirty but a fair price) SBB, good shape, but dirty Harly Davidson 1700 SBB - worn Ripleys Believe it or Not 1725 (Nice shape, goo price) SBB - Decent shape Scared Stiff 1650 (Its fairly rare but not in great shape..this one surprized me) SBB, good shape but really, really dirty...the cab was yellow from nicotine? I think this ended at $1875 LOTR 2350 (Fair Shape).[/quote] SBB - decent condtion
The NBA was the nicest DMD of the bunch.
I think some of these prices aren't correct Wait for Davester to post official list... he marked down everything.
And I believe that bidding on your own machines is legal in Michigan. There is a $14 service charge by SA if you buy it back.
So basically Monkeybug with the exception of a couple these prices are irrelevant is what your saying. They shilled to that but no one really bidding on them to the B.S. reserve they had.
What was that comment about the cheap MM on CGCC?
I'd of paid $1700 for one of those RFM's if it was a workable project. I.e. the pf and boards weren't dead.
The SS sounded like a deal, even if you had to put new cab art on it. Damn, but like you said SBB doesn't really indicate what would have gotten it away from the seller.
Sounds like it was a situation where people just weren't bidding.
If that Radical sold for $475 to a real buyer in decent shape. He did well. Not a common title.
These prices did not include the 13% buyers premium on top of the winning bid. After they add the 13%, they add 6% on top of that (incorrectly). Then, you cross the border and you pay another tax (GST only?). But then you can claim your MI tax and wait for it to be refunded.
So, a $1700 RFM = 1700 + 221 + 102 = $2023 out the door (and before the border). You can buy an RFM in comparable shape at SB for a little more and you don't have to drive to the US and deal with customs and all that sort of stuff. Of course, Detroit is always a pleasure to visit. Not quite like Toronto.
Of course, this was supposing that the seller would have let it go at 1700? Obviously he wanted something higher.
After an item was sold, the price and bidder ID was written on the sticker (which was nice). There was an indicator if the winning bidder was a consignee or just a person attending. All those SBB's had that consignee indicator. So if they weren't buy backs, then they were other consignee's (operators?) buying them. Also, there were the same 2 bidding numbers on most of the machines. Draw your own conclusions.
The SS side art was in good shape...just needed some serious scrubbing (along with the playfield). Most of the pins were dirtier than what we normally see at Starburst.
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Just to fill in some more detail on the Buy Backs. There were 3 RFM's, 2 working (one with a dim CRT) that didn't crack the $1200 mark, and a nice condition RFM with serious switch matrix and driver PCB issues (game booted but wouldn't play. Only the + button on the service switches worked, and there was an issue with the interlock that prevented play) which closed @ $1700!! These along with the SWE1 project missing the glass and lockdown that didn't boot, and the Cham Pub among others were all bought back by the owner. This was confirmed by many people @ the auction, supposedly the guy is a HUGE op in the US. (his bidder# was 110) I bid on one of the RFM's but quickly realized who I was bidding against, so dropped out @ $1050.
The SS was also a buy back, bidder# 124. This person also bought back the working SWE1 and Shadow, along with a few others.
The Radical, Rollergames and the Wh20 did sell. I helped the new owner of the Wh20 move the game for disassembly. (he had his baby daughter in tow). The Rollergames wasn't too bad. Had a bad UDN6118 on the upper display, and surprisingly a perfect wall ramp (100% intact and no cracks!). It had a full PF mylar and some magnet PF wear, but it would have cleaned up ok with a lot of work.
There were a few classic vids there, which was really nice to see. The Tempest was in really nice shape and workiing 100%, there was a decent Berzerk that was working well (surprisingly), a working Congo Bongo, Missle Command, couple of DK's (one with a monitor in need of a cap kit went for $200), an almost brand new Nintendo Multi (Dk, Dk Jr etc) sold for $600 and wasn't a buy back if I remember correctly which was a good deal given the condition, a handful of Galaga's, a handful of really bad Robotron's, a working DL2 in good shape, couple of Asteroids, Cetepede...... Was a nice change from SB in that respect.
All in all, I would say a good experiance, something to check out at least once. Unfortunately it seemed that the owners of the bought back pins were expecting to get TOP TOP $$ for games that clearly would not demand it. (I was floored to see that RFM with major issues even get to $1700, so you can only imagine what the guy was looking to get for it, not to mention the working ones)
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The No Fear was not a Buy Back. I spoke to the consignee after the auction. As we watched the new owner trying to load it into the back of his Ford Explorer with the legs still on it, he said the machine was very nice and that the new owner wouldn't have any issues with it as long as he didn't wreck it on the way home.
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DOH! Forgot to mention in my last post....
BIG thank you to Cooke for putting us up for the night, not to mention the good company and selection of games. Not sure about you all, but I had a great time and hope that some day I can return the favor! Sub, Grau and DiamondDave rounded out the evening quite well.
Also wanted to throw another big thanks to Dave Jeremy... errr..... Ron Boyer. Nono, that's not right either. DiamondDave! That's it! For hauling my tired a** from London to Detroit and back, as this made the trip a little easier for me and the convo was great.
And MonkeyBug for being able to join me on the trip, even though it was a last minute decision. The Crackberry GPS and his co-pilot skills proved to be essential while rollin' through London in the rain. Just hope Cooke's neighbour @ #23 isn't afraid to answer the door anymore.
I had a great time, and even though the auction didn't live up to the hype this time, I would go again just so I could hang with the London crew.
Yes, thanks to cooke for the crash space. I spent way too much time trying to knock off your high score on Defender. But at least I left knowing that I had spot #2 through 10! I also was starting to worry around 1am about Menace when he started developing a weird twitch from too much Robotron.
And thanks for DD and his hot wheels for getting us down there and taking us for the guided tour of eight mile and the view of all the lovely real estate in the area. I didn't realize the auction was so close to Devil's Night! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Night)
And thanks to Doug for letting me misdirect him around the streets of London, with a GPS in hand! But at least we didn't take a wrong turn in downtown Detroit like Cooke did.
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