I cannot speak to the value of this machine but I don't think it's out of the realm of reasonable if you grew up playing one. The thing I think you'll find to be difficult is finding the missing plastics, unless you have them and they were just removed for cleaning.

At $200 you probably won't have much trouble getting most of your money back if you decide to get rid of it. Chicago Coin doesn't have the biggest following though and the missing parts may be hard to come by. If they are indeed missing.

http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=833

IPDB is going to be the place that has the most information on the game, unless someone has created a website for it elsewhere. As mentioned, CCM pinball games do not have a huge following and therefore won't have much info. They just didn't keep much info on EM games back in the day. There are some entries that have little to nothing known about them. http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3206

Nope. Unless it was a game your dad bought as a kid and has passed down as an heirloom, it wouldn't be worth it. You'll have way more into it than what it's worth. Just clean it as best as you can, repair or replace anything broken, clean and adjust switches and just enjoy it. Just doing that, if you decide to sell, you'll probably get out of it what you have into it.

That is one of the better Chicago Coin games. If the game is complete, I'd say it is worth nearly double what you paid. In terms of a professional restoration, I'd skip it.

That "Rust" is probably nicotine from a million smokes. This day and time, if I had this machine in hand, I would restore it to as nice of condition I could with the cash I have.
Professional Restoration means different things to people.

The game looks to be in good condition with low plays. Anything under 50,000 plays is low in my book. The playfield looks like it will clean up nicely and your pictures show no signs of wear either. The back glass looks very nice too.

I like the playfield design with the roto spin target unit, roll underwire scoring, rollover buttons, Star extra ball feature and more. The Chicago Coin pins seem to get a bad rap. I just don't see it though. I've played a totally restored CC (100+hrs work) a few months ago at a collectors home here in NJ and it was awesome.

According to the 2016 Mr. Pinball Price Guide, Festival is valued at around $350. Interestingly, the book lists production numbers being anywhere from 184-1,454 units made based on the statistical analysis of known serial numbers.

I'd say that's a cool find you got there. I agree with Vic Camp, Chicago Coin games don't deserve the reputation they have. They're a ton of fun.

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