First, vote in the poll on what effect you think this auction will have.

There's some good data that has been collected. Let's archive it here for reference and analysis. We may even at some point be able to identify some of the bigger buyers.

Please use the other thread for general discussion, live auction comments, exclamations, one-liner's, etc. This is supposed to be more high-brow, ha.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/banning-pinball-museum-to-relocate

First weekend, by price. I am using 25% over-hammer, but really it's about 24% or 27% depending if you pay cash.

Average pin cost: $5,841

Total pin cost: $2,231,313

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Pinball-1-3-byPriceGrid.pdf

By title

Pinball-1-3-byNameGrid.pdf

Raw data, for search

60 "300" Gottlieb EM $2,300 $2,875
596 2001 Gottlieb EM $2,200 $2,750
595 4 Square Gottlieb EM $2,500 $3,125
574 Abra Ca Dabra Gottlieb EM $2,500 $3,125
478 AC/DC Luci (Premium) Stern $12,000 $15,000
349 Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends Data East SS $6,800 $8,500
561 Air Aces Bally EM $1,800 $2,250
470 Airborne Avenger Atari Wide body $2,300 $2,875
9 Algar Williams SS $3,300 $4,125
549 Ali Classic - SS Stern $4,700 $5,875
477 Americas Most Haunted Spooky $6,400 $8,000
458 Andromeda Game Plan SS $6,500 $8,125
381 Apollo 13 Sega $7,700 $9,625
616 Aquarius Gottlieb EM $1,400 $1,750
464 Asteroid Annie and the Aliens Gottlieb SS $6,700 $8,375
594 Astro Gottlieb EM $3,500 $4,375
591 Atlantis Gottlieb EM $2,500 $3,125
500 Attack from Mars Midway SS $10,250 $12,813
449 Austin Powers Stern SS $6,000 $7,500
508 Avengers Infinity Quest Limited Edition Stern #416/500 $12,500 $15,625
374 Aztec Williams EM $3,100 $3,875
358 Back to the Future Data East SS $14,000 $17,500
401 Bad Cats Williams SS $9,900 $12,375
579 Bank Shot Gottlieb EM $2,300 $2,875
625 Bank-A-Ball Gottlieb EM $2,700 $3,375
388 Banzai Run Williams SS $14,500 $18,125
49 Barb Wire - Gottlieb $3,600 $4,500
607 Baseball Gottlieb EM $4,200 $5,250
338 Baywatch Sega $8,000 $10,000
414 Beat the Clock Bally Midway SS $3,000 $3,750
568 Big Brave Gottlieb EM $2,200 $2,750
636 Big Casino Gottlieb EM $2,700 $3,375
442 Big Game Stern SS $4,300 $5,375
390 Big Guns Williams SS $3,600 $4,500
20 Big House Gottlieb #1 $5,300 $6,625
27 Big House Gottlieb #2 $2,800 $3,500
567 Big Shot Gottlieb EM $4,000 $5,000
380 Big Star Williams EM $2,400 $3,000
483 Black Belt Classic Bally SS $3,200 $4,000
35 Black Hole Gottlieb SS $3,800 $4,750
563 Black Jack Bally SS $2,700 $3,375
409 Black Pyramid Bally Midway SS $2,800 $3,500
487 Black Rose Midway SS $5,300 $6,625
417 Blackwater 100 Bally Midway SS $4,600 $5,750
583 Blue Note Gottlieb EM $7,500 $9,375
558 BMX Bally SS $4,300 $5,375
564 Bobby Orr Power Play Bally SS $4,000 $5,000
41 Bounty Hunter Premier SS $2,400 $3,000
627 Bowling Queen Gottlieb EM $1,700 $2,125
450 Breakshot Capcom SS $3,000 $3,750
58 Bronco - Gottlieb EM $4,200 $5,250
580 Buccaneer Gottlieb EM $2,500 $3,125
455 Buck Rogers Gottlieb SS $3,300 $4,125
619 Buckaroo Gottlieb EM $2,800 $3,500
505 Cactus Canyon Midway SS $12,000 $15,000
45 Cactus Jack's - Gottlieb Premier SS $3,000 $3,750
639 Camelot Bally EM $1,800 $2,250
638 Capersville Bally EM $2,800 $3,500
590 Capt. Card Gottlieb EM $2,300 $2,875
456 Captain Hook Game Plan SS $3,100 $3,875
440 Catacomb Stern SS $5,000 $6,250
418 Centaur Bally SS $5,900 $7,375
588 Centigrade 37 Gottlieb EM $3,000 $3,750
621 Central Park Gottlieb EM $2,900 $3,625
482 Challenger Head to Head Gottlieb EM $6,000 $7,500
658 Champ Bally EM $1,500 $1,875
502 Champion Pub Bally Midway SS $9,000 $11,250
354 Checkpoint Data East SS $4,000 $5,000
503 Circus Voltaire Bally $11,500 $14,375
466 Circus Widebody Gottlieb SS 1980 $2,900 $3,625
408 City Slicker Bally Midway SS $3,700 $4,625
43 Class of 1812 - Gottlieb $4,600 $5,750
67 Cleopatra Gottlieb EM $3,200 $4,000
68 Cleopatra Gottlieb SS $3,000 $3,750
64 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Gottlieb EM $4,000 $5,000
65 Close Encounters of the Third Kind Gottlieb SS $3,200 $4,000
395 Comet Classic Williams $6,000 $7,500
17 Comet Williams $3,000 $3,750
436 Cosmic Princess (Australia) Stern SS $13,500 $16,875
659 Cosmos #2 Bally EM $3,600 $4,500
650 Cosmos Bally EM $2,300 $2,875
632 Cover Girl Gottlieb EM $1,700 $2,125
620 Cow Poke Gottlieb EM $3,200 $4,000
491 Creature from the Black Lagoon Bally Midway SS $11,000 $13,750
617 Cross-Town Gottlieb EM $2,900 $3,625
48 Cue Ball Wizard - Gottlieb Premier $3,900 $4,875
544 Cybernaut Bally Midway SS $3,500 $4,375
453 Cyclopes - Game Plan SS $6,900 $8,625
612 Diamond Jack Gottlieb EM $3,200 $4,000
21 Diamond Lady Gottlieb $3,800 $4,750
600 Dimension Gottlieb EM $3,500 $4,375
367 Dipsy Doodle Williams EM $2,900 $3,625
489 Dirty Harry Williams $9,000 $11,250
496 Doctor Who Bally Midway SS $8,000 $10,000
645 Dogies Bally EM $2,200 $2,750
539 Dolly Parton Bally SS $4,700 $5,875
611 Domino - Gottlieb EM $2,000 $2,500
646 Doodle Bug Williams EM $2,200 $2,750
484 Dr Dude Bally $5,000 $6,250
433 Dracula Stern SS $3,400 $4,250
56 Dragon - Gottlieb EM $3,000 $3,750
551 Dragonfist Stern SS $6,700 $8,375
593 Drop-A-Card Gottlieb EM $2,500 $3,125
407 Dungeons & Dragons Bally Midway SS $4,600 $5,750
566 Duotron Gottlieb EM $1,900 $2,375
397 Earthshaker Williams SS $5,600 $7,000
459 Eclipse Gottlieb SS $7,000 $8,750
634 Egghead Gottlieb EM $2,100 $2,625
5 Eight Ball Champ Bally Midway SS $2,300 $2,875
542 Eight Ball Deluxe #2 Bally SS $5,700 $7,125
543 Eight Ball Deluxe Bally SS Large Displays $12,500 $15,625
586 El Dorado Gottlieb EM $3,600 $4,500
423 Elektra Bally SS $4,800 $6,000
488 Elvira and the Party Monsters Bally $8,200 $10,250
511 Elvira House of Horror Limited Edition #108/400 $14,500 $18,125
525 Embryon Bally SS $4,900 $6,125
15 Escape from the Lost World $2,800 $3,500
562 Evel Knievel Bally SS $5,500 $6,875
33 Excalibur Premier SS $3,300 $4,125
604 Extra Inning Gottlieb EM $2,200 $2,750
400 F-14 Tomcat Williams SS $5,700 $7,125
366 Fan-Tas-Tic Williams EM $3,200 $4,000
571 Far Out Gottlieb EM $2,500 $3,125
54 Fast Draw - Gottlieb $3,500 $4,375
424 Fathom Bally SS $6,500 $8,125
394 Fire! "Champagne Edition" Williams SS $5,400 $6,750
642 Fireball Bally EM $9,000 $11,250
533 Fireball II Bally SS $3,000 $3,750
640 Firecracker Bally EM $2,400 $3,000
426 Flash Gordon Bally SS $7,900 $9,875
445 Flight 2000 Stern SS $3,700 $4,625
613 Flip a Card Gottlieb EM $2,200 $2,750
534 Flip Flop Bally EM $4,200 $5,250
633 Flipper Clown Gottlieb EM $2,000 $2,500
630 Flipper Cowboy Gottlieb EM $2,700 $3,375
592 Flipper Fair Gottlieb EM $3,300 $4,125
626 Flipper Pool Gottlieb EM $2,500 $3,125
575 Flying Carpet Gottlieb EM $1,900 $2,375
467 Force II System 80 Gottlieb $4,300 $5,375
641 Four Million B.C. (german) Bally EM $2,600 $3,250
643 Four Million B.C. (usa) Bally EM $2,900 $3,625
52 Freddy A Nightmare on Elm Street - Premier SS $5,800 $7,250
587 Free Fall Gottlieb EM $2,700 $3,375
446 Freefall Stern SS $4,000 $5,000
609 Fun Land - Gottlieb EM $1,700 $2,125
527 Future Spa Bally SS $3,100 $3,875
648 Galahad Bally EM $1,500 $1,875
434 Galaxy Stern SS $3,300 $4,125
365 Gay 90's Williams EM $3,300 $4,125
460 Genie Gottlieb SS $2,800 $3,500
478A Ghostbusters (Premium) Stern SS $10,000 $12,500
25 Gladiators Gottlieb $2,900 $3,625
341 Godzilla Sega SS $6,100 $7,625
410 Gold Ball Bally Midway SS $1,900 $2,375
47 Gold Wings - Gottlieb Premier SS $2,700 $3,375
585 Golden Arrow Gottlieb EM $2,600 $3,250
384 Grand Lizard Williams SS $4,500 $5,625
413 Grand Slam Bally Midway SS $4,000 $5,000
63 Gridiron Gottlieb EM $2,400 $3,000
507 Guardians of the Galaxy Limited Edition #49/600 $13,000 $16,250
352 Guns N' Roses Data East SS $8,100 $10,125
406 Hardbody Bally Midway SS $3,500 $4,375
13 Harlem Globetrotters On Tour Bally SS $3,800 $4,750
36 Haunted House Gottlieb SS $5,500 $6,875
469 Hercules Atari SS $18,000 $22,500
656 Hi Deal Bally EM 1975 $3,900 $4,875
448 High Roller Casino Stern SS $3,800 $4,750
386 High Speed Williams SS $7,200 $9,000
577 Hit the Deck Gottlieb EM $3,000 $3,750
18 Hollywood Heat Gottlieb $3,500 $4,375
605 Home Run Gottlieb EM $2,400 $3,000
351 Hook Data East SS $6,100 $7,625
528 HotDoggin' Widebody Bally SS $3,200 $4,000
622 Hurdy Gurdy Gottlieb EM $3,100 $3,875
37 Ice Fever Premier SS $2,500 $3,125
552 Iron Maiden Stern 1980 $8,500 $10,625
364 Jackpot Williams EM $3,500 $4,375
589 Jacks Open Gottlieb EM $2,300 $2,875
23 Jacks To Open Mylstar $2,800 $3,500
61 Jet Spin - Gottlieb EM $2,300 $2,875
377 Jive Time Williams EM $2,000 $2,500
468 Joker Poker Gottlieb SS $4,900 $6,125
402 Jokerz! Williams SS $4,200 $5,250
481 Joust Head to Head (table) Williams SS $17,000 $21,250
493 Judge Dredd Midway SS $9,500 $11,875
570 Jumping Jack Gottlieb EM $2,300 $2,875
597 Jungle King Gottlieb EM $2,800 $3,500
57 Jungle Queen - Gottlieb EM $2,800 $3,500
345 Jurassic Park Data East SS $8,300 $10,375
510 Jurassic Park Limited Edition Stern #331/500 $13,000 $16,250
14 King Kool Gottlieb EM $1,900 $2,375
601 King of Diamonds Gottlieb EM $2,900 $3,625
581 King Pin Gottlieb EM WH $2,100 $2,625
416 Kings of Steel Bally Midway SS $2,600 $3,250
536 Kiss Bally SS $8,200 $10,250
411 Lady Luck Bally Midway SS $3,400 $4,250
362 Laser War Data East SS $3,800 $4,750
339 Last Action Hero Data East SS $6,500 $8,125
429 Lectronamo Stern SS $2,100 $2,625
346 Lethal Weapon 3 Data East SS $5,000 $6,250
655 Liberty Bell Williams $2,300 $2,875
439 Lightning Stern SS $3,000 $3,750
24 Lights Camera Action Gottlieb $3,000 $3,750
652 Little Joe Bally EM $2,100 $2,625
560 Loop The Loop Bally EM $2,800 $3,500
340 Lost In Space Sega $6,000 $7,500
529 Lost World Bally SS $3,500 $4,375
375 Lucky Seven Williams EM $4,300 $5,375
432 Magic Stern SS $2,900 $3,625
565 Magnotron Gottlieb EM $2,000 $2,500
628 Majorettes Gottlieb EM $3,100 $3,875
654 Mariner Bally EM $2,000 $2,500
462 Marvel's The Incredible Hulk Gottlieb SS $5,500 $6,875
336 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Sega SS $5,300 $6,625
554 Mata Hari (plastic PF) Bally SS $4,700 $5,875
555 Mata Hari Bally EM $7,000 $8,750
553 Mata Hari Bally SS $4,200 $5,250
637 Melody Gottlieb EM $2,800 $3,500
548 Memory Lane Stern SS $3,200 $4,000
623 Mibs Gottlieb EM $1,500 $1,875
615 Mini Pool Gottlieb EM $2,700 $3,375
363 Monday Night Football Data East SS $6,200 $7,750
452 Monopoly Stern SS $10,100 $12,625
657 Monte Carlo Bally EM $2,500 $3,125
19 Monte Carlo Gottlieb $3,400 $4,250
498 NBA Fastbreak Midway SS $8,000 $10,000
497 NBA Fastbreak Midway SS $6,800 $8,500
576 Neptune Gottlieb EM $3,000 $3,750
438 Nine Ball Stern SS $3,800 $4,750
196 Nintendo Red tent Classic Vs. Super Mario Vs. Pinball Arcade Game $1,800 $2,250
651 Nip-It Bally EM $2,000 $2,500
4 Nitro Ground Shaker Bally SS $2,300 $2,875
624 North Star Gottlieb EM $2,900 $3,625
427 Nugent Stern SS - Autographed $4,500 $5,625
631 Olympics Gottlieb EM $1,800 $2,250
30 Operation Thunder Gottlieb 1992 $2,300 $2,875
444 Orbitor 1 Stern SS $5,700 $7,125
379 OXO Williams EM $3,200 $4,000
546 Paragon Bally Widebody SS $4,200 $5,250
485 Party Zone Bally $4,200 $5,250
512 Pinball Magic Capcom SS $7,000 $8,750
38 Pink Panther Gottlieb SS $4,300 $5,375
538 Pirates of the Caribbean Stern SS $8,500 $10,625
370 Pit Stop Williams EM $3,700 $4,625
360 Playboy 35th Anniversary Data East $6,300 $7,875
535 Playboy Bally SS $9,000 $11,250
610 PlayMates - Gottlieb EM $1,900 $2,375
403 Police Force Williams SS $4,800 $6,000
392 Pool Sharks Midway SS $2,700 $3,375
494 Popeye Saves the Earth Midway SS $6,100 $7,625
582 Pro Pool Gottlieb EM $2,500 $3,125
66 Pyramid Gottlieb EM $2,800 $3,500
31 Q-Bert's Quest Gottlieb $8,800 $11,000
437 Quicksilver Stern SS $5,800 $7,250
28 Rack 'Em Up Mylstar $2,300 $2,875
404 Radical! Midway SS $6,500 $8,125
46 Raven - Gottlieb Premier SS $2,400 $3,000
22 Ready Aim Fire Rare $2,900 $3,625
389 Red & Ted's Road Show Williams SS $4,700 $5,875
50 Rescue 911 - Gottlieb $3,700 $4,625
506 Revenge From Mars Midway SS $6,500 $8,125
603 Road Race Gottlieb EM $2,100 $2,625
476 Rob Zombie Spookshow Sooky $11,000 $13,750
359 Robocop Black Cabinet Data East SS $6,500 $8,125
32 Rock Encore! Gottlieb Premier $3,300 $4,125
584 Rock Star Gottlieb EM $6,500 $8,125
649 RockMakers Bally EM $1,900 $2,375
39 Rocky Gottlieb SS $10,000 $12,500
454 Roller Disco - Gottlieb SS $3,700 $4,625
393 Rollergames Williams SS $3,500 $4,375
537 Rolling Stones Bally SS $7,500 $9,375
661 Round Up Bally EM $4,500 $5,625
608 Royal Guard Gottlieb EM $2,100 $2,625
501 Scared Stiff Bally Midway SS $8,500 $10,625
16 Scorpion Williams SS $3,000 $3,750
653 Sea Ray Bally EM $2,400 $3,000
550 Seawitch Stern SS $3,700 $4,625
361 Secret Service Data East SS $5,700 $7,125
356 Sharkey's Shootout Jeanette Lee Stern SS $3,900 $4,875
598 Show Boat Gottlieb EM $2,600 $3,250
26 Silver Slugger Gottlieb $2,900 $3,625
531 Silverball Mania Bally SS $3,900 $4,875
457 Sinbad Gottlieb SS $2,900 $3,625
618 Sky Line Gottlieb EM $2,600 $3,250
3 Sky Rocket Bally EM $2,600 $3,250
378 Skylab Williams EM $2,400 $3,000
599 Slick Chick Gottlieb EM $7,800 $9,750
382 Solar Fire Williams SS $4,600 $5,750
465 Solar Ride Gottlieb SS $2,500 $3,125
387 Sorcerer Williams SS $3,400 $4,250
337 South Park Sega SS $7,700 $9,625
473 Space Hawks Bell SS $2,600 $3,250
526 Space Invaders Bally SS $7,000 $8,750
368 Space Odyssey Williams EM $3,000 $3,750
391 Space Station Williams SS $3,600 $4,500
644 Space Time Bally EM $1,700 $2,125
8 Spanish Eyes Williams EM $2,700 $3,375
412 SpeakEasy 2 player Bally SS $4,600 $5,750
12 Special Force Bally $1,900 $2,375
421 Spectrum Bally SS $6,200 $7,750
11 Spin Out Gottlieb EM $1,700 $2,125
614 Spin-A-Card Gottlieb EM $2,200 $2,750
443 Split Second Stern SS $2,800 $3,500
415 Spy Hunter Bally Midway SS $3,900 $4,875
635 Square Head Gottlieb WH $2,200 $2,750
435 Star Gazer Stern SS $9,700 $12,125
556 Star Trek Bally SS $6,000 $7,500
350 Star Trek Data East SS $7,400 $9,250
347 Star Wars Data East SS $8,000 $10,000
480 Star Wars Premium Model $11,500 $14,375
335 Star Wars Trilogy Sega $8,200 $10,250
53 Stargate Gottlieb Premier SS $5,300 $6,625
430 Stars Stern SS $2,600 $3,250
431 Stingray Stern SS $2,700 $3,375
602 Stock Car Gottlieb EM $2,800 $3,500
405 Strange Science Bally Midway SS $5,200 $6,500
572 Strange World Gottlieb EM $2,900 $3,625
509 Stranger Things Limited Edition Stern #97/500 $11,000 $13,750
51 Street Fighter II - Gottlieb Premier SS $4,800 $6,000
461 Striker Gottlieb SS $3,200 $4,000
29 Super Orbit Mylstar $2,300 $2,875
59 Super Soccer - Gottlieb EM $2,800 $3,500
369 Super-Flite Williams EM $3,000 $3,750
2 Superman Atari SS $3,700 $4,625
557 Supersonic Bally SS $3,500 $4,375
578 Sure Shot Gottlieb EM $1,800 $2,250
42 Surf N Safari - Gottlieb $3,600 $4,500
569 Surfer Gottlieb EM $3,200 $4,000
629 Sweet Hearts Gottlieb EM $1,900 $2,375
504 Tales of the Arabian Nights Williams SS $14,000 $17,500
62 Target Alpha Gottlieb EM $2,400 $3,000
399 Taxi "Marilyn Edition" Williams SS $5,900 $7,375
573 Team One Gottlieb EM $2,100 $2,625
353 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Data East SS $7,300 $9,125
396 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Stern SS $5,000 $6,250
499 The Addams Family Special Collectors Edition Gold Pinball Bally Midway SS $22,500 $28,125
1 The Amazing Spiderman Gottlieb $3,500 $4,375
471 The Atarians Widebody Atari $3,800 $4,750
486 The Bally Game Show Midway SS $3,000 $3,750
474 The Jetsons The Pinball Company $5,700 $7,125
10 The Red Max Rare Bally $5,900 $7,375
451 The Rolling Stones (Limited Edition) Stern SS $8,000 $10,000
490 The Shadow Midway SS $6,200 $7,750
355 The Simpsons Data East SS $8,500 $10,625
530 The Six Million Dollar Man Bally SS $3,700 $4,625
475 The Thunderbirds Home Pin $4,500 $5,625
348 The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard Data East SS $9,000 $11,250
342 The X Files Sega SS $6,500 $8,125
513 Theatre of Magic Bally Midway SS $11,000 $13,750
472 Tiger Rag Bell SS $2,500 $3,125
383 Time Fantasy Williams SS $4,400 $5,500
7 Time Line Gottlieb SS $2,800 $3,500
660 Time Tunnel Bally EM $5,200 $6,500
44 Title Fight - Premier SS $3,300 $4,125
372 Toledo Williams EM $2,600 $3,250
463 Torch Gottlieb SS $3,200 $4,000
40 Touchdown Premier SS $2,900 $3,625
545 Transporter Bally $4,000 $5,000
376 Travel Time Williams EM $1,800 $2,250
428 Trident Stern SS $3,000 $3,750
492 Twilight Zone Midway SS $15,000 $18,750
344 Twister Sega $5,600 $7,000
373 Valencia Williams EM $3,300 $4,125
647 Vampire Bally EM $7,300 $9,125
107 Varkon Pinball Arcade Game Williams $11,000 $13,750
420 Vector Bally SS $4,700 $5,875
532 Viking Bally SS $4,000 $5,000
343 Viper Night Drivin' Sega SS $4,500 $5,625
441 Viper Stern SS $3,900 $4,875
559 Voltan Escapes Cosmic Doom Bally SS $6,400 $8,000
55 Vulcan Gottlieb EM $3,100 $3,875
6 Waterworld Gottlieb $4,900 $6,125
447 Wheel Of Fortune Stern SS $5,600 $7,000
398 Whirlwind Williams SS $7,200 $9,000
514 Who Dunnit Bally $6,600 $8,250
547 Wild Fyre Stern SS $3,500 $4,375
371 Winner Williams EM $3,000 $3,750
495 World Cup Soccer Midway SS $6,400 $8,000
479 World Poker Tour Stern SS $5,200 $6,500
385 WWF Royal Rumble Widebody Data East SS $7,000 $8,750
425 X's & O's Bally Midway SS $3,000 $3,750
419 Xenon Bally SS $4,900 $6,125

Big bidders. I'm leaving the arcades in here, because it could help to identify them.

Bidder 2959; Avg $4,533; Total $226,625
Bidders2959.pdf

Bidder 2248; Avg $6,581; Total $197,438
Bidders2248.pdf

Bidder 1660; Avg $3,554; Total $174,125
Bidders1660.pdf

Bidder 1540; Avg $3,297; Total $52,750
Bidders1540.pdf

Bidder 1833; Avg $2,733; Total $41,000
Bidders1833.pdf

Bidder 3552; Avg $3,830; Total $42,125
Bidders3552.pdf

Bidders spending over $20,000: showing count of items won, and total spent:

BigSpenders.pdf

Put up the biggest bidders data in post 4. 2959 was the one I was bewildered by the pin choices when watching the first day. One seems to be all arcades. Maybe I'll post a few more of the bigger pin purchasers.

Eventually, over time, might be able to identify who these are. Maybe we should keep those collections in mind. Post back here if you've done some sleuthing or think you're on to something!

Fun to speculate what kind of people these might be: profession, location, motivation, etc. Any speculation or educated guess?

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/banning-museum-of-pinball-auction-price-reference#post-6503822

35 bidders spent over $20,000.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/banning-museum-of-pinball-auction-price-reference#post-6503874