I think the prices are up but the traffic is down near me anyway,
was so much trading at one time on C-list you always found something new or interesting.
Perhaps the majority is in lockdown mode - they picked up a good score or two and are waiting things out? Sitting back and letting the N.I.B. gang have the game right now

You need to drive up here and play a few games to hold you over until you find one.

When the 7500 le's stop selling out then the market will have slowed.

I have no agenda. If prices go up my collection is worth more. If prices go down it's easier to buy more. In the "B" level games where I spend my time and money, prices keep going up.

+1 I think this is what I am about if the pins I want we're worth$10 or $10000 I would still want them. But less likely to scrap together the 10g I guess.

There are people in this thread saying that fewer pins showing up for sale on CL and other places means the market is slowing down and prices are decreasing? Actually, it means that there is less supply. That usually means higher prices assuming the demand is the same or higher.

I sold a space shuttle (750) and a f2k (650) last month listed on here first got a couple inquires on the ss only one low offer nothing on the f2k. Listed them on craigs a couple weeks later and sold both within ten days. space shuttle went to an arcade f2k a party room that you rent to host kids b-day partys both buyers were thrilled to get a working pin so cheep.
My take on it is that there are primarily two kinds of guys on pinside the cheep ones who would rather buy a broken game and fix it (and have more $ in it than if they just bought a working one) and the guys that want a perfect example no matter what it costs.

yea, I disagree as well when tax time hits, pin prices will shoot up again as well.

I think RobT nailed it.

that's good, means the prices will come down to earth

I can agree the SELLING of machines is slowing, but not the market in general. Prices are still high, and machines are still selling at those high prices. The people may be waiting a little longer to get that price, but it eventually sells if it is indeed a quality machine.

I think more pinheads are picking up the pins they want and holding on to them. Thats the only thing I am afraid of, not finding the pins I want from people who dont know what they have. Shows like american restoration and american pickers only pumps up peoples ego's that they have something worth money and now you cant get a bargain. I am finding more bargains on arcade machines then pinballs now. 2 years ago it was opposite.

Just sold an AFM on ebay. I had guys emailing me offers and bidding on the machine within seconds. Buy-it-now was done within 24 hours, and this is a 9.5K machine. I would love to buy a Whitewater, but the going rate lately seems to be 4K and up. This was a 1-1.5K machine when I started my collection. I'm not in the hottest pinball market, Houston, but I see very little of what the OP is talking about IMHO.

I think it's levelled off a bit.
But I think the demand is weakening.
With NIB prices hitting the 8K region less new people will be joining our obsession.
The true "collectables",(Top ten pins)will always hold their value,but b and c titles are levelling off perhaps even dropping a bit.Scott

I especially love the "official" and "no hard data".

Here's some hard data for you: I bet if you had a dollar for every thread on every forum about prices falling / price bubble / the end is coming sell now for the last 10 years, you could buy NIB right now.