(Topic ID: 295461)

Bally 1955 Gayety 566 and Bally Beach Club Pinball Machines

By Irwin5

2 years ago



Topic Stats

  • 5 posts
  • 4 Pinsiders participating
  • Latest reply 2 years ago by Gotemwill
  • Topic is favorited by 1 Pinsider

You

Linked Games

No games have been linked to this topic.

    Topic Gallery

    View topic image gallery

    20210617_185132 (2) (resized).jpg
    20210617_185105 (2) (resized).jpg
    20210617_185053 (2) (resized).jpg
    20210617_184959 (2) (resized).jpg
    20210617_184954 (2) (resized).jpg
    20210617_184945 (2) (resized).jpg
    20210617_184918 (2) (resized).jpg
    20210617_184820 (2) (resized).jpg
    20210617_184739 (2) (resized).jpg
    #1 2 years ago

    Trying to find out what a Bally 1955 Gayety 566 and a Bally Beach Club Pin Ball machine are worth that we found in my father-in-law's basement in Palmyra, Pennsylvania and would like to sell. Both are in good condition, as you can see in the attached photographs, despite needing a few light bulbs, and are operable. Of note, the Bally 1955 Gayety 566 has a cracked glass while the Bally Beach Club is missing the glass.

    20210617_184739 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184739 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184820 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184820 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184918 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184918 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184945 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184945 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184954 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184954 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184959 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_184959 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_185053 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_185053 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_185105 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_185105 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_185132 (2) (resized).jpg20210617_185132 (2) (resized).jpg
    #2 2 years ago

    Gayety would be the easier one to sell but unfortunately, there is not much desire for “Bingo machines” these days. Technically, these are not pinball machines. Wild guess (if they work perfectly) would be $250 each and it might take quite a while to find a buyer. Location is actually more important than you think. If you are in an area not well populated, (Palmyra by Harrisburg?) you will have a harder time selling them. Not sure exactly where Palmyra, PA is located.

    #3 2 years ago

    Cincinnati Pinballs thank you for your quick response, advice and guidance.

    #4 2 years ago

    Nice examples of both machines. Gayety is indeed worth a bit more than Beach Club, in the condition.

    If fully working and with a new piece of playfield glass (bingos use a slightly shorter glass than a typical flipper game), in your state, as much as $850.

    Beach Club has a lot of great features for a static card game. Fully working and nicely cleaned up, in the condition shown, probably as much as $600-700ish.

    $250 for each would be non-working/unknown condition.

    These are definitely pinball machines. They have pins, balls, a spring-loaded plunger, playfields.... and on and on. They are just a different type of machine than most are used to seeing or working on. Finding a Gayety with a nice backglass is pretty difficult. That alone increases the value beyond $250 for me (if I were in the market), even if working condition can't be estimated. Fully working, by the way, would mean that the pockets and lines features work perfectly, the game pays in all positions, and game start, coin play, and extra balls are working, and all lamps function.

    For Beach Club, it would mean that the game pays in all positions, and the special features like corners, super lines, and select-a-spot work properly, and all lamps function.

    Good luck!

    #5 2 years ago

    Palmyra is close to Hershey, PA. These would be an easy pick-up for anyone attending Pinfest in Allentown next month.

    Glad you came on here to post about them. There are bingo collectors that want these machines. I hope they find a good home!

    Reply

    Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

    Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

    Donate to Pinside

    Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!


    This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/bally-1955-gayety-566-and-bally-beach-club-pinball-machines- and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

    Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.