Basically this story is a huge bummer, but interesting to read some of the details beyond the doomed museum...
Basically this story is a huge bummer, but interesting to read some of the details beyond the doomed museum...
Interesting indeed.
Serves as a warning against hoarding and encouraging to see new collectors get their dream tables and actually enjoy playing them, not stuffed away in a warehouse collecting dust.
Quoted from Decat:Serves as a warning against hoarding
Hoarding? How many of those pin would have wound up in the dump if that guy hadn't bought them. He deserves a medal.
Gene was a hoarder.
David wanted nothing more than to preserve pinball history. Calling him a hoarder is an extreme disservice to someone who paid a very high price trying to share his love of pinball.
Too bad his incentive of one game of pinball for every hour volunteered at his original museum didn't exactly pan out. I visited the first museum in Georgetown on an "closed" day. The window displays and descriptions were interesting. Loved the giant 2" flipper bats at the entrance.
A poor location. Even if the landlord did not throw him out, I don't think he would ever gross dollar one.
Quoted from jfh:Calling him a hoarder is an extreme disservice to someone who paid a very high price trying to share his love of pinball.
I disagree about the hoarding. There are all kinds of hoarders, some it's just junk everywhere with a complete disservice to the objects, others, it's more structured, and preserved, as in this case. But this is hoarding IMO - but it doesn't have to be a bad word. I think as pinball people we are all a bit guilty of this idea. I have 27, do I need 27? Could I not have just as much fun with 4?
The only difference is I don't keep ones I can't play or fit into my game room. He has hoarded them, in hoards, but respectfully as a true collector, but I do agree, they are better out for others to enjoy and actually set up and play, especially when it appears they are a strain on his financial situation and time.
I'm sure in 6 months time when the new reality sets in, he would fully agree with this statement too.
Love the stuff atributed to his wife. Reflects the thoughts of most Pinhead wives.
<<<She declined to be interviewed, saying she preferred to keep her thoughts private.>>>
I'll bet she has been telling him her thoughts each and every day since the first round of bad news came in from the Georgetown location. Probably multiple times a day. Poor guy.
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