I attended an auction in Sevierville Tennessee last Saturday, which was various vending machines and included a row of pinball machines. I thought perhaps some of you might be interested in the results.
Bidding is done in person only, there is no listing of inventory prior to the day of the auction. They charge sales tax unless you provide a government tax form. Sellers are allowed to bid on their own stuff, but I don't think anyone "won" back their own game.
Listed here is name of the game, price it sold for, and in parenthesis after, price it normally seems to sell for on pinside. Keep in mind people didn't have to pay shipping, other than that they have to take it away themselves.
Family Guy pretty used $3900 (4700)
Elvira House of Horror Premium nice $7000 (7200)
Jurassic Park Pro nice $4700 (5200)
Aerosmith Pro $5100 (4750)
Hurricane errors on screen $950 (2500)
Indianapolis 500 used $3100 (3700)
Shaq Attack used $1250 (1500)
Iron Maiden Pro nice $4800 (4800)
F-14 Tom Cat used $1000 (1600)
Viper Night Driving nice $1800 (2000)
Full Throttle nice $3200 (3700)
Star Trek Pro nice $3950 (4500)
Oktoberfest nice $5500 (6225)
Whirlwind very used $3250 (2600)
Alice Coopers nightmare castle nice $5500 (6200)
Legends of Wrestlemania LE #'d edition $5150 (3700)
Rock and Bullwinkle data east w/ topper used $2700 (2600)
Gilligan's Island used $4200 (2700)
Getaway II w/ topper $3000 (3500)
South Park missing flippers, buttons, very used looking, locked so you couldn't look inside, who knows if it has any parts??? $650
I thought it interesting that two games went very much higher than on pinside, the LE wrestlemania and gilligan's island. I bought the F-14. Otherwise I didn't buy or sell any of the other pinballs. I was there to get rid of some gumball machines, change machines, capsule machines etc. that I had way too long.
I have a photo of every pinball if anyone asks me to post them. I'll post one as an example.
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