I'll be in Tulsa with a long-bed F250 and an enclosed 12'x6' trailer, so room for 16 pins or so.

What if I offered a "bidding service" whereby you tell me which title and how high you'll bid, and I'll bid for you. You would only pay the $50 if you win the auction! I'll also text pictures/videos if required, and give my feedback on the machine's condition. As soon as I notify you that we've won, you send me the winning bid amount, plus $50 extra, as a Paypal friends and family transfer.

If we win, I will not get involved with any 3rd-party crating or shipping. However, if you are attending TPF, I could deliver there. I could also drop off directly in the DFW area on the way back. I would ask a small crating and transfer fee for the delivery service.

If I can help out a few of you guys, it will pay my travel expenses. My biggest risk is someone flaking on paying for a bid, but hey, I'd still have the pin!

If anyone is interested, pm me.

I'd probably let you have it just to make the $50. None of these titles are "must-haves" in my book, except of course the 1977 Stern "Disco"..sarcasm.

Complainers? On Pinside?

I've spent the last day researching every pin on that list. Its amazing how many have no past classified ads on Pinside, and no sales history. Especially the 1950's and early 1960's titles.

The collector must have been the pinball-ad "first responder" for the Tulsa area for many, many years! Like someone else said, its a parade of low-end pins!

I bought it. Very clean.

I did I guess because I bought it. Biggest nips in pinball!

They gave you the keys to the machine when you paid. I bought three and none had anything in them. It was what you see is what you get.

Prices were sky high. If you were going by Pinside pricing, things were going for 2x that. Games you wouldn't pay $300 for on CL sold for $750. There was too much "dumb money" in the crowd, IMHO.

Jay, the auctioneer, told me he rented three 24' box trucks from Uhaul (the biggest they rent). Jay and his crew proceeded to make one trip of three trucks per day over 180 miles each way, R/T, for three days, to get everything moved. That's 360 miles a day in a box truck, plus loading/unloading.

Jay and his workers took the time to re-assemble 160 pins, and pay a local pinsmith to come in and fix what he could. They had to set up each pin, as they had been stored with head and legs separate. Pinsmith goes by the name Pin Dr. - super nice guy (he has a liftgate on the back of his truck - PIM-PIN!).

The auctioneer is to be applauded, because with all his labor, food, travel, and motel expenses, his profits are not near as much as many may assume!