I'm going to say that is wishful thinking. I think the "many machines" available will be outweighed by the many more bidders. Sure, a few might get excited and blow their wad early, but the overall pool of money is not going to dry up.

It sounded a lot more appealing before I heard the Captain and his premiums will be involved. I was planning to come, but not sure now. I am curious though, do out-of-staters pay the sales tax? I don't think I did last time I was there, but maybe things have changed.

Have you seen the price of shipping a container lately? Probably one thing you won't have to worry about this time.

I noticed some machines have already disappeared from the Captain's listings: I wonder if those were loaners that were removed or pre-sold. There's also been some added.

Sure would be nice if there was an option on Captain's site to list everything at once in a better format, that would facilitate transformation into a spreadsheet. Has anyone done that? I was thinking of doing it, mainly so I can add some pricing information as a guide. I wonder if there's some scraping software or browser plug-ins that might help.

I might end up doing it, but my method requires manual work. PM me if you'd want a copy.

Yup, sales tax added last. Basically amounts to about 24% or 27% over hammer price, depending if you're paying cash.

I did decide to put the catalog into a spreadsheet, with an extra column to put your bid limit or whatever you want.

This is output of the first 40 rows tuned to work well with 2-on-1 output: resulting in two 40-row columns per page in landscape format.

Can probably bring some extra hard copies if you don't want to print yourself.

Banning-P1.pdf

Hhm, I wonder if this was part of the second weekend listing that was up briefly. I didn't notice this earlier in one of my spreadsheets or I would have played with the URL parameters.

2000 Armored Car
2001 Defender Gun
2002 Dunkshot Basketball Table
2003 Frogger Cocktail Table
2005 Old Time Basketball Pop A Shot
2007 QUIX
2008 Slither (cocktail)
2009 Cyber Storm Upright
2010 Minefield by Stern Classic
2011 DONKEY KONG DOOR ENTRANCE GREETER STATUE
2012 SEGA OUTRUN CUSTOM MADE GO-CART DRIVER
2013 TUNI COCKTAIL TABLE

Damn, this was too tempting for me to go to: free ride, and free transport of a game, so I'm here, knowing the prices were going to be high, but I didn't imagine this. Oh well, it's fun to check out the collection one more time and get to play some rare games.

I sat near Weeks in the auction room. He was giddy as a school girl. The MoP clan were all cheering the prices and "great buys", along with the captain, ha.

Heard some curious stories: "Boss told me to come to the auction and get this list of games for him: 'bid whatever I need to.' "

Condition of the games are not above average as some on here are claiming, as though they were well maintained. After personally inspecting them, most are average player condition or worse. Many have issues, and most are dirty with old rubber.

This has to be a case of abnormally high media attention and uneducated bidding. People are thinking this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Man, hate to bring this up, but the way bubbles usually burst is with a blow-off top. Could this be it? I actually don't think so, we'll be back to our more "normal" premiums, but this is what it usually looks like.

Since I wasn't interested in bidding at these rates, I've been paying close attention to the others to keep myself occupied.

There is a whale out here. Watched one guy pick up 11 pins, totalling $32,000 hammer, that's about $40,000.

Not sure what to make of this guy, they're not astute picks: includes mostly common Gottliebs and EMs people are making incredulous comments about.

When was the last time? I'm betting if you saw them now, you'd conclude they've gone down hill if that's what you thought they were then.

Saw some pretty goofy problems that were easy fixes if these games were being looked at or played regularly.

If anyone's still eyeing that must-have game, but wants a detailed assessment, and maybe better pics, I'll hire myself out. $20 a game.

But let me know by morning if it's on the block tomorrow (Saturday) and leave your ph# so I can text you details. If there's something specific you're interested in, mention it. I'm not going to be going online during the action.

I'll do one public one for fun, if anyone wants to choose one.

Did I mention a whale throwing dumb money around? That one is a buy of his.

I was "WOWed" by exactly one game today: never seen one as nice as the one I saw today. So I won't say there aren't any gems.

This is definitely feeling like a boondoggle. Brain-storming for constructive things I can do!

I thought it was a bad sign, but still hoped it might have been just the theme-effect. I hoped the same with Superman. After that, I knew it was over.

Day 1 Summary:

Big Cheese of the Day: Buyer of 11 machines for $40,000, mostly common Gottliebs

Mark of the Day: Buyer of Nightmare on Elm Street, $7,250

I didn't get fleeced too bad (Deal of the Day): Nitro Ground Shaker, $2,900 ?

Or is it used games selling at premiums driving up new prices? You know when Stern sees their used games are selling for more-than-new another price increase will likely come soon. Same with JJP. GnR LE gets priced up in the used market? Let's add another $1,000!

Kind of a chicken-and-egg thing, which came first? It doesn't matter anymore, it's in full effect both ways now! How long can this resonating cycle continue?

I do find one thing about all the price indignance amusing though: didn't we do this?

Let's promote the hobby! Let's put on shows and publicize them. Let's put our machines on location for more to enjoy. Let's hold and promote tournaments. Let's introduce our friends to pinball!

Now it's a grand success and everyone's pissed! LOL... What exactly was our goal, ha?

The most entertaining thing at the live auction was the interaction between the Captain and the "pinball aficionado" David (Miner? Moore? Is he a pinsider?).

Captain often interjected comments when David was speaking, often to the point of annoyance and David couldn't finish his sentences. The funniest one was when Space Station came up, and he says "One of the three from the space series". Captain starts throwing out ridiculous titles that obviously have little relation to Space Station. You see the fake smiles on Dave's face covering up the pain from Captain's cluelessness. He seems smart and makes some funny comments too, but for someone who owns pins he doesn't seem like much of a pinhead.

I could see Dave struggling to know how to respond, and I finally shouted out "Space Shuttle!". He was grateful, ha. I think the other one he probably had in mind was "Pin*Bot" but didn't come to me 'til a few minutes later.

Did a pinsider buy Transporter? I think that was a good deal at $4,000. That one was in particularly clean shape and looked very low play.

I was slightly negatively biased about game condition after the first day. That was mostly Data East and Segas and those were mostly below average, but there were also some better-than-average condition machines too, and a few gems, like Transporter.

The shitty online pictures work both ways: hide how bad a game is, but much more rarely also how good a game is. You really need someone on the ground there if you're interested in a machine to tell you the true story.

The cab was planked pretty badly. Playfield was alright and plastic buildings were in good shape. I was interested in this title, but it passed my limit.

Ah man, I feel for ya. That was one of the few where Captain's stupid comments were true. "You won't see another one in this condition." LOL...

$5,000 all in is not bad value on that. Having not come away with anything either, I'm second-guessing and thinking maybe I could have thrown a couple of bids on this one too.

Congrats on the buyer of that one.

I also wonder what the hobby would be like today if more thought that way.

I actually think the goal was more, "let's not let the hobby die. We want Stern to survive and keep making games." It looked close for a while there. No one could foresee a pinball explosion. Even Stern was predicting its death.

Created a separate thread for just pricing reference and analysis. Maybe this will be a seminal event, we'll have BB and AB pricing, "Before Banning", "After Banning", ha. Weigh in on that with the poll on that thread.

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

Took a peek at the results, looks like it was actually a one-off winner.

Come to think of it, I remember seeing him wheel it down to his truck, and elaborating to someone why he bought it, but I wasn't paying much attention, except, "there's the guy that got the Bronco!", ha.

.

Having just sold a RCT for $3,000, ( https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/archive/117464 ), and knowing there's not a lot of demand for this game and not difficult to find, the results also bemused me. Crazy to think all the better games you can get for 7K!

But I'm also perplexed by your description. Does "cheaply manufactured" = "cheaply made"? You've used both terms which apparently should be similar but you've given them odd connotations. I've never though of RCT as cheap as far as lacking in features: it seems pretty packed. It also has that Pat Lawlor feel with lots of shots and combos, even having parallels to TAF. I find the play and shots feel fun, but where it's always fallen down with me is with the theme and integration. Never found the audio or dots that engaging either. Has just never resonated with me. A friend of mine was eager to have me keep it though, because these characteristics make it a perfect candidate for a retheme.

Anyway, the funny thing is, the guy I sold it to was really excited to get it, even paid to ship it. It's his first pin and he told me of his fond memories of playing it on location. I know others that also think it's underrated and fun. So it does have its fans. Never imagined there was a big enough one to pay 7K plus for it though, ha.

Interesting, not all the big bidders from the previous weekend came back for today. But 1660 did, but he's all arcades. Let's see about just pinball though:

Big cheese of the day: Hhm, not a lot of multi-winners this time. This is interesting though: same guy bought Roller Coaster EM and Roller Coaster Tycoon! But let's give it to 5858 for his LoTR LE win at $15,500! Nearly $20K, but who's counting? Not him apparently, ha.

Mark of the day: Bidder 6229 for BK LE at $8,300. Hope he's not expecting SoR LE! LOL, anyone else feel these guys may have referenced that for price? That's the title that comes up if you google "Black Knight LE"!

Deal of the day (aka. I didn't get fleeced too badly): 300 picks up TX-Sector at $2,600. Okay, it's missing a couple boards, but seems you can probably find those and still get a total less than what a working one sells for? By the way, who scraps a TX-Sector to get some other System 80 working: which title warrants that???

Anyone else want to play? Could easily choose some others.

Guess you aren't reading the posts: see my comments in post 3697.

He's on staff, he's watching the internet for online bids and calling them out. He gets creative once in a while to keep it interesting I guess.

On calling bids, I found it weird that they have spotters on the floor, that call out for the floor bidders who indicate silently. I think bidders should voice their bids. This routine kind of discourages it.

I found the chick doing it annoying, her antics would discourage me.

I was wondering what that thing normally goes for. The manufacturer web site does not inspire confidence, ha. Broken Links, missing pages, mashed-up styles.

Brochure is a bit more reassuring...

http://www.fxsimulation.com/downloads/x2-brochure-web.pdf

Day 5 Hammer Prices

940 Big Valley Pinball Machine $1,000
941 Expressway Pinball Machine Bally EM $1,500
942 Flicker Pinball Machine Bally EM $1,800
943 Amigo Pinball Machine Bally EM $1,500
944 Hang Glider Pinball Machine Bally EM $1,300
945 New World Pinball Machine Playmatic $1,300
946 The Wiggler Pinball Machine Bally EM $2,700
947 Wizard! Pinball Machine Bally EM $3,700
948 Black Jack Pinball Machine Bally EM $4,300
949 Night Rider Pinball Machine Bally EM $2,300
950 Freedom Pinball Machine Bally EM $1,800
951 Freedom Pinball Machine (rare Prototype) Bally EM $3,300
952 Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball Machine Bally SS $4,400
953 Caveman Pinball Machine Gottlieb $2,200
954 Evel Knievel Pinball Machine Bally EM Rare! $7,700
955 Old Chicago Pinball Machine Bally EM $1,700
956 Ro Go Pinball Machine Bally EM $1,400
957 Capt. Fantastic Pinball Machine Alt Backglass Bally EM $3,500
958 Capt. Fantastic Pinball Machine Bally EM $4,000
959 Icarus Pinball Machine $1,700
960 Mousin Around Pinball Machine Bally $3,700
961 Party Animal Pinball Machine Bally $3,200
962 Cyclone Pinball Machine Williams $8,700
963 Panthera Pinball Machine Gottlieb 80 $2,400
964 Cheetah Pinball Machine Wide Body Stern $6,000
965 Totem Pinball Machine Gottlieb $2,600
966 Space Shuttle Pinball Machine Williams SS $5,100
967 Laser Cue Classic Pinball Machine $5,100
968 Firepower II Pinball Machine Williams SS $3,200
969 Firepower Pinball Machine Williams SS $4,200
970 Blackout Pinball Machine Williams SS $3,400
971 Gorgar Pinball Machine Williams SS $3,200
972 Laser Ball Pinball Machine Williams WB $2,100
973 Pokerino Pinball Machine Williams SS $1,700
974 Contact Pinball Machine Williams SS $1,900
975 Warlok Pinball Machine Williams SS $6,200
976 Stellar Wars Pinball Machine Williams SS $1,700
977 Star Light Pinball Machine Williams SS $7,500
978 Phoenix Pinball Machine Williams SS $3,000
979 Time Warp Pinball Machine Williams SS $2,000
980 World Cup Pinball Machine Williams SS $2,500
981 Flash Pinball Machine Williams SS $3,600
982 Primus Pinball Machine Stern Kapow! $8,100
983 The Pabst Can Crusher Pinball Machine $6,900
984 Big Buck Hunter Pinball Machine $5,600
985 The Sopranos Pinball Machine Stern SS $10,100
986 Indiana Jones Pinball Machine Stern SS $9,600
987 24 Pinball Machine Stern $7,600
988 Verne's World Pinball Machine Spinball SS $4,700
989 Jolly Park Pinball Machine Spinball SS $5,700
990 Pool Champion Pinball Machine Zaccariah $1,600
991 Farfalla Pinball Machine Zaccaria SS $3,600
992 Circus Pinball Machine Zaccaria EM $2,000
993 Combat Pinball Machine Zaccaria EM $2,500
994 Locomotion Pinball Machine Zaccaria SS $3,200
995 Devil Riders Pinball Machine Zaccaria SS $2,800
996 Magic Castle Pinball Machine Zaccaria SS $4,100
997 Zankor Pinball Machine Zaccaria $3,200
998 Time Machine Pinball Machine Zaccaria SS $2,700
999 Pinball Champ Pinball Machine Zaccaria SS $3,600
1000 Devil Riders Pinball Machine Zaccaria SS $3,100
1001 U Boat 65 Pinball Machine $2,700
1002 Attila the Hun Pinball Machine Game Plan SS $2,300
1003 Sharpshooter Pinball Machine Game Plan SS $1,500
1004 Old Coney Island Pinball Machine Game Plan $2,300
1005 Full Throttle Heighway Pinball $5,500
1006 Oktoberfest Pinball Machine American Pinball $8,300
1007 Hot Wheels Pinball Machine American Pinball Co. $6,600
1008 Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons Pinball Machine Stern SS $7,100
1009 Cosmic Carnival Pinball Machine Sun Coast $5,100
1010 Houdini Pinball Machine American Pinball Co. $6,000
1011 Domino's Spectacular Pinball Adventure Pinball Machine Spooky $4,900
1012 Alice Cooper Nightmare Castle Pinball Machine Spooky $6,700
1013 NBA Basketball Stern Rare Pinball Machine $7,500
1014 Safe Cracker Pinball Machine Midway SS $9,900
1015 The Hobbit Black Arrow LE Pinball Machine Jersey Jack $8,200
1016 Dialed In Limited Edition Pinball Machine Jersey Jack $7,500
1017 AC/DC Let There Be Rock Limited Edition Pinball Machine Stern SS $11,000
1018 AC/DC Back In Black Limited Edition Pinball Machine $18,500
1019 Iron Maiden LE Pinball Machine Stern $8,900
1020 C.S.I. Pinball Machine Stern $5,600
1021 Iron Man Marvel Pinball Machine Stern $5,700
1022 Aerosmith Limited Edition Pinball Machine $11,200
1023 Batman (86 Autograph Limited Edition) Pinball Machine Stern SS $15,500
1024 Funhouse Pinball Machine Williams SS $9,500
1025 Riverboat Gambler Pinball Machine Williams SS $3,600
1026 The Machine: Bride of Pinbot Pinball Machine Williams SS $5,400
1027 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Pinball Machine Williams SS $9,900
1028 Black Knight 2000 Pinball Machine Williams SS $7,100
1029 The Getaway: High Speed II Pinball Machine Williams SS $7,000
1030 Johnny Mnemonic Pinball Machine Williams SS $4,400
1031 White Water Pinball Machine Williams SS $8,100
1032 Hurricane Pinball Machine Williams SS $4,300
1033 Indiana Jones The Pinball Adventure Pinball Machine Williams SS $15,000
1034 Star Trek: The Next Generation Pinball Machine Williams SS $14,000
1035 Demolition Man Pinball Machine Williams SS $4,700
1036 Bram Stoker's Dracula Pinball Machine Williams SS $6,400
1037 Diner Pinball Machine Williams SS $5,500
1038 No Fear: Dangerous Sports Pinball Machine Williams SS $4,100
1039 Congo Pinball Machine Williams SS $6,300
1040 JackBot Pinball Machine Williams SS $4,000
1041 The Flintstones Pinball Machine Williams SS $7,500
1042 Fish Tales Pinball Machine Williams SS $5,900
1043 Junk Yard Pinball Machine Williams SS $6,200
1044 Medieval Madness Pinball Machine Williams SS $16,000
1045 No Good Gofers Pinball Machine Williams SS $8,200
1046 Monster Bash Pinball Machine Williams SS $10,500
1047 Star Wars Episode I Pinball Machine Williams SS $6,000
1048 Video Pinball Atari Classic Upright Arcade Game $3,900
1049 Varkon Upright Pinball Machine Williams SS Rare $23,500
1050 Super Mario Bros Mushroom World Mini Pinball Machine Gottlieb $7,400
1051 Punchy The Clown Mini Pinball Machine Gottlieb $3,300
1052 Bell Ringer Mini Pinball Machine Gottlieb $1,500
1053 Nudge-It Mini Pinball Machine Gottlieb $1,900
1054 Bromley's Little Pro Golf Arcade Game $3,600
1055 Hot Shot Basketball Midway Arcade Game $3,100
1056 60 in 1 Multicade Mini Upright Arcade Game 19" LCD Panel Single Player $1,500
1057 60 in 1 Multicade Mini Upright Arcade Game 19" LCD Panel Single Player $1,300
1058 60 in 1 Multicade Mini Upright Arcade Game 19" LCD Panel Single Player $1,600
1059 Nicktoons Racing Sitdown Arcade Game $2,000
1060 Muppet Video Tug Boat Mini Upright Arcade $2,100
1061 Ziggi The Clown Capsule Vending Novelty $800
1062 Bozo Balloon Bulk Vending Machine $700
1063 Addams Family Values "ticket" Redemption Game $1,100
1064 Bosconian Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,100
1065 Super Pacman Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,200
1066 La Zarian Classic Bally Midway Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $3,600
1067 Bosconian Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,900
1068 Galaga Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,900
1069 Omega Race Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,700
1070 Gorf Mini Cabaret Bally Dedicated Arcade Game $2,100
1071 Do! Run Run Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,800
1072 Pac-man Dedicated Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,900
1073 JR Pac-Man Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,100
1074 Make Trax Williams Classic Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,500
1075 Defender Stargate Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,300
1076 Centipede Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,600
1077 Dig Dug Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,400
1078 Battle Zone Classic Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $3,100
1079 Asteroids Deluxe Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,700
1080 Front Line Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $3,100
1081 Moon Shuttle Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,800
1082 Battlezone Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,800
1083 Phoenix Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,900
1084 Eagle Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,000
1085 Sega Turbo Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,900
1086 Zaxxon Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,200
1087 Sega Outrun Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,300
1088 Thunder Blade Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,800
1089 Crush Roller Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,000
1090 Mr Do's Castle Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,300
1091 Mars Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $2,200
1092 Space Demon Nintendo Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,700
1093 Klax Mini Cabaret Arcade Game $1,300
1093A Super Chexx Bubble Hockey Arcade Game ICE $2,900
1094 Domino Man Dedicated Bally Midway Cocktail Table Arcade Game $2,000
1095 Circus Charlie Cocktail Table Arcade Game $1,600
1096 Tron Classic Bally Midway Cocktail Table Arcade Game $2,800
1097 Space Zap Cocktail Table Arcade Game $2,100
1098 Golden Tee 98 Cocktail Table Arcade Game $1,700
1099 Red Tent Nintendo vs. cab Hogan's Alley, Ice Climber Arcade Game $3,700
1100 Warlords Atari Cocktail Table Arcade Game $5,400
1101 Dig Dug Atari Classic Cocktail Table Arcade Game $1,400
1102 Tapper Budweiser Cocktail Table Arcade Game $3,300
1103 Space Invaders Jatre Specter Cocktail Table Arcade Game $1,100
1104 Bubbles Dedicated Cocktail Table Arcade Game $2,400
1105 Champion Baseball Cocktail Table Arcade Game $1,300
1106 Millipede Classic Atari Cocktail Table Arcade Game $1,500
1107 Joust Cocktail Table Arcade Game $3,100
1108 Crazy Climber Cocktail Table Arcade Game $2,200
1109 Crystal Castles Cocktail Table Arcade Game $1,900
1110 Pengo Cocktail Table Arcade Game $1,100
1111 Cosmic Guerilla Cocktail Table Arcade Game $1,600
1112 Seeburg Discotheque Jukebox $1,200
1113 Rockola 488 Jukebox $1,500
1114 Sega Gun Fight Lot of 2 Mechanical Gun Game Project $4,000
1115 Sega Drive Mobile Mechanical Driver Arcade Game $8,500
1116 UMC Bowl-A-Rama Full size Mini Bowling Arcade $17,100
1117 Nintendo Shooting Trainer Project L@@K!!! $6,900
1118 Chicken Thief Antique Rare Mechanical $3,300
1119 Apollo Moon Shot Rifle Mechanical Arcade $2,000
1120 Twin Rifle Mechanical Arcade Game $2,200
1121 Williams Stockade Mechanical Arcade Game $2,000
1122 Allied's Wild Cycle Mechanical Arcade Game $1,300
1123 Gumball Rally Atari Mechanical Arcade Game $1,900
1124 Circus Novelty Arcade Game Kasco $1,700
1125 William's Crane Sidewalk Mechanical Arcade Game $4,100
1126 Airball Mechanical Arcade Game $1,900
1127 Steam Shovel Chicago Coin Mechanical Game $1,900
1128 Midway's Chopper Mechanical Arcade Game $3,300
1129 Space Pilot Mechanical Arcade Game $3,600
1130 Fire Chief Mechanical Arcade Game $3,400
1131 Monte Carlo Mechanical Arcade Game $1,100
1132 Open The Safe Mechanical Arcade Game $4,200
1133 Pac-man Battle Royale Deluxe Arcade Game $5,400
1133A Slither (cocktail) Arcade Game $1,300
1134 Two Tigers Bally Classic Arcade Game $3,500
1135 Space Invaders Arcade Game $2,100
1136 Space Invaders Deluxe Bally Arcade Game $2,600
1137 Space Zap Classic Upright Bally Arcade Game $8,100
1138 Galaxian Classic Bally Arcade Game $3,600
1139 Galaga Classic Bally Upright Arcade Game $2,700
1140 Galaga 88 Arcade Game $2,000
1141 Gaplus Classic Bally Arcade Game $1,900
1142 Solar Fox Classic Bally Arcade Game $4,500
1143 Satan's Hollow Bally/Midway Arcade Game $2,900
1144 Pooyan Stern Arcade Game $4,200
1145 Millipede Classic Atari Arcade Game $2,100
1146 Sarge Bally Midway Classic Arcade Game $2,100
1147 Bosconian Classic Dedicated Bally Midway $2,700
1148 Wizard of Wor Arcade Game $2,300
1149 Kick Classic Bally Midway upright Arcade Game $1,800
1150 Timber Rare Bally Midway Arcade Game $6,200
1151 Tapper Budweiser Classic Bally Arcade Game $6,600
1152 Domino Man Classic Dedicated Bally Midway Arcade Game $16,900
1153 Mappy Dedicated Bally Midway Arcade Game $3,100
1154 Arch Rivals Classic Arcade Game $1,600
1155 Return of the Invaders Arcade Game $1,000
1156 Tetris Classic Upright Arcade Game Atari $2,000
1157 Super Sprint 3 Player Racing Classic Atari Arcade Game $6,100
1158 Smokey Joe Atari Black & White Classic Arcade Game $4,400
1159 Drag Race Upright Classic Arcade Game $1,800
1160 AfterBurner Deluxe Sega Jet Fighter Motion Arcade Game $9,500
1161 Tsumo Motion Simulator Arcade Blue Ball Arcade Game $1,900
1162 Tsumo Motion Simulator Arcade Red Ball Arcade Game $1,600
1163 Marvel VS Capcom Showcase Podium 33" CRT Arcade Game $2,000
1164 FX Simulation Green Giant Feature Attraction Ride $14,000
1165 Computer Space 2 Player Arcade Game $10,000
1166 Crossfire Arcade Game $10,200
1167 Lazer Command Arcade Game $2,000
1168 Breakout Arcade Game $2,700
1169 Stunt Cycle Arcade Game $3,500
1170 Super Breakout Arcade Game $2,600
1171 Gotcha Atari Classic B/W Arcade Game $9,100
1172 Rebound Arcade Game $10,600
1173 Anti Aircraft Arcade Game $1,000
1174 Avalanche Arcade Game $5,100
1175 Space Race Atari Classic Arcade Game $6,500
1176 Video Pinball Atari Classic Upright Arcade Game $3,700
1177 Computer Space Ball Arcade Game $5,000
1178 Guided Missle Classic Arcade Game $2,300
1179 Playtime Midway's Classic Arcade Game $1,500
1180 Tank Classic Arcade Game $1,800
1181 Hockey Arcade Game $2,400
1182 Circus Arcade Game $2,400
1183 Midway's Gunfight Arcade Game $3,700
1184 Head On Sega Gremlin Arcade Game $2,700
1185 Steeple Chase Atari Classic Arcade Game $5,200
1186 Pong Classic Arcade Game $20,500
1187 Ultra Tank Arcade Game $5,500
1188 Sub Hunter Taito Classic Arcade Game $19,500
1189 Basketball Atari Arcade Game $2,800
1190 Video Pinball Atari Upright Arcade Game $2,300
1191 Road Runner Arcade Game $2,600
1192 Disney Tetris Sega New Astro City Candy Cabinet $4,700
1193 Space Lords Dual Monitor Classic Atari Arcade Game $1,800
1194 Eliminator Sega Upright Arcade Game $4,900
1195 Espial Sega Dedicated Upright Arcade Game $1,000
1196 Rush'n Attack Arcade Game $1,900
1197 Tazzmania Dedicated Stern Classic Arcade Game $3,600
1198 Space Ace Cinematronics Arcade Game Cabinet $3,500
1199 Victory Road Rotory Joystick Arcade Game $2,200
1200 Off the Wall Atari Dedicated Arcade Game $5,800
1201 Journey Rare Bally Midway Classic Upright Arcade Game $7,700
1202 Ataxx Dedicated Leland Upright Arcade Game $1,700
1203 Rally-X Bally Midway Arcade Game $2,700
1204 Venture Dedicated Exidy Arcade Game $3,000
1205 Pepper II Classic Arcade Game $2,500
1206 Mouse Trap Exidy Classic Arcade Game $4,500
1207 Twin Cobra Arcade Game $1,600
1208 Crazy Kong Part II Arcade Game $1,000
1209 Burger Time Classic Bally Midway Arcade Game $3,300
1210 Fast Freddie Atari Arcade Game $3,100
1211 Blood Brothers Arcade Game $1,500
1212 Dig Dug Atari Classic Arcade Game $2,200
1213 Krazy Kong Arcade Game $1,800
1214 Gunsmoke Romstar Arcade Game $2,600
1215 Dynamite Cop Arcade Game $1,500
1216 MVS presents Neo 2 slot Arcade Game $1,500
1217 Eswat Cyber Police Arcade Game $1,000
1218 Mechanized Attack 4 Arcade Game $1,100
1219 Operation Wolf 3 Dedicated Arcade Game $2,200
1220 Soul Calibur Namco Fighter Arcade Game $1,300
1221 Tuni Upright Arcade Game $1,600
1222 SEGA OUTRUN CUSTOM MADE GO-CART DRIVER ARCADE L@@K!! $4,500
1223 DONKEY KONG DOOR ENTRANCE GREETER STATUE $3,700

Let's see, Day 5...

Mark of the Day: Bidder 6464 Picks up Stern Indiana Jones for about $12,000 otd. Another case of referencing price of the wrong machine perhaps?

Big Cheese of the Day: Bidder 1953 spends a bundle on only 2 machines: picks up IJPA and MM for about $38,000 otd.

Deal of the Day (I didn't get fleeced too badly): Hobbit Black Arrow at about $10,000 otd? There's probably some others...

The other machine, besides Transporter, that I noticed was in unusually nice condition was the Stern NBA. $9,000 is a lot, but at least that one is what most are probably expecting of "museum quality."

Nice, one of the few machines I thought went for a not unreasonable price. Did you sell it to John? For how much? I would have found that hard to let go!

I remember following the Pinside Rat Race sale with great interest a few years ago.

It wouldn't sell at $7,000. Whoever got it at $6,000 is feeling pretty good right now!

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-rat-race

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-rat-race-1

Congrats on making a good sale of your Alien!

I like the thoughts, but I didn't get your final conclusion on this 3rd point. It doesn't seem all that different from how some "good" hobbyists get involved. Lot's of 'em don't know what they're doing at first. What is the "bad for the hobby" part?

I was also wondering about this, there's been rumors about auctioning off the project games too. At one point, these curious lots in the 2000's were show in the catalog, and I was wondering if they portended this.

2000 Armored Car
2001 Defender Gun
2002 Dunkshot Basketball Table
2003 Frogger Cocktail Table
2005 Old Time Basketball Pop A Shot
2007 QUIX
2008 Slither (cocktail)
2009 Cyber Storm Upright
2010 Minefield by Stern Classic
2011 DONKEY KONG DOOR ENTRANCE GREETER STATUE
2012 SEGA OUTRUN CUSTOM MADE GO-CART DRIVER
2013 TUNI COCKTAIL TABLE

I think everyone knows, ha: to John Weeks, the owner of the games, and Captain's Auction Warehouse gets the premium fees, and the state is getting its share in taxes too.

The non-profit didn't own the machines, John did.

I was referring to the sales tax, not deductions from John's share. But not surprising he'll be (ab)using some loopholes, ha.

You sound like you just believe what you want to believe. What is it you're trying to get at, and why the intense interest? Somehow, I suspect you make errant assumptions.

LOL, probably closer to the truth than the opposite end of the spectrum of possibilities. Happy Birthday!

Is there a site that has price estimates for video games? When I process all the auction data, I thought I might join it with some price estimates and display a % overpaid estimate. I thought KLOV used to have that, but I don't see it anymore. Anywhere else? I don't follow arcade games much. I'll just use the pinside estimates for pinballs.

Yes, I did. The first weekend is posted below. I just haven't processed the second weekend, probably will not get to it 'til next week, but I'll update the thread then.

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