Evel Knievel EM
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I have a '77 Bally Evil Knievel EM Pinball machine (IPD No. 793) and am thinking of selling it. I have had it since the mid-80s and have always kept it in good working order. There are a few dings on the cabinet corners after many moves, but the playing fields, glass, art, etc all look good. I have seen several digital versions around for sale, but since there were only 155 of the EMs, I can't find comparable sales.
Any ideas on what the EM version is worth?
Quoted from Coindork:Evil < Evel
Yes. Oops. Typing too fast 
Quoted from tomdrum:It's a name your price game. Of course location matters and yours is "unknown". If you're in N America you'll get more since many collectors are here. Shipping from overseas now with C-19 complicates things.
I'm in the Pacific Northwest.
Quoted from Mikala:Most of us here would tell you it’s worth only $500 and offer you $600 to be nice and take it off your hands.
Seriously though, can you upload a few pics? Would like to see that playfield.
I will get some pictures posted.
Quoted from ethnkr:I have a '77 Bally Evil Knievel EM Pinball machine (IPD No. 793) and am thinking of selling it. I have had it since the mid-80s and have always kept it in good working order. There are a few dings on the cabinet corners after many moves, but the playing fields, glass, art, etc all look good. I have seen several digital versions around for sale, but since there were only 155 of the EMs, I can't find comparable sales.
Any ideas on what the EM version is worth?
Here are some photos...
One note about the vertical spinners. I got this machine from a Harley Davidson dealership in the early 80s when they had a bankruptcy, closed dealerships and sold everything in them. That dealership put Harley Davidson stickers onto those spinners. I have never tried to remove them.
Also, I have the original electrical diagrams.
IMG_4657 (resized).jpgIMG_4660 (resized).jpgIMG_4661 (resized).jpgIMG_4658 (resized).jpgIMG_4663 (resized).jpgIMG_4664 (resized).jpgIMG_4659 (resized).jpgQuoted from CrazyLevi:I’ll guess $9k but I could be off.
Either way congrats. That’s a holy grail for EM guys. I love it, which I stumbled upon one.
What’d you pay for back it in the day? 500 bucks?
Yep. Exactly. $500. Seemed like a lot to me at the time!
Quoted from too-many-pins:If you are "serious" about selling it I would tell people to make you a "serious offer" and best offer by ??/??/2020 will own it. I would also include "if you are the highest offer you have 14 days to get it picked up or I'll move on to the next highest offer". To me that is being fair to everyone - fair to you because you have a chance to see where market actually is on the machine and fair to buyers because they can offer what they think it is worth (or what it is worth to them).
I don't know what to think as far as actual value but my best guess would be in the $7500 to $9000 range depending on how bad someone wants one at that point in time.
Thanks for the advice.
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