The price guides say between $750 - $1150 in good - very good/excellent condition working. Just ball park. Deduct accordingly. Maybe someone that actually sold one can chime in.

It says they made 2,419 of them which in 1949 was a very high production number, so no, it's not real rare. I'm guessing it's because Gottlieb and the bowling industry went hand in hand and bowling-themed games were popular, so they produced a lot of them. Average production runs for this era were around 700 or so. I think of semi-rare being under 700 and rare being under 300. As I said, maybe someone that owns one can tell us a little more about it.

I think it will be tough to find. I have never seen one for sale. I think it was a popular game so many were beat up and trashed.

And condition as ever rules re price.

Beat up one might go for $300 but a mint, original ( if one even exists ) might go way over $2000.

And Spot Bowler is another really hard to find game! Even harder to find in real nice condition.

A good friend of mine has one he'd sell with a new Shay bg here in Ontario.

Ted

hi I do have a bowling champ that id sell.. it does have a shay bg and it does work. there are some sockets to replace for lights.. and although some touch up on field. id want 600 CDN for it with the metal legs.or 650 with a set of wooden legs. im located in Orillia Ontario.

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