Nine Ball Pinball (pricecheck)

Would help if you gave a location

#5 2 years ago

DJB

djblouw

Pinside+ Addict

$4000-4800

The game boots up, pf looks to be in pretty decent shape, cab is decent, all hard to find pieces are there.

#6 2 years ago

BMP

Palmer

Pinside member

Quoted from jj44114:
Would help if you gave a location

Why? Will that change your price evaluation?

#7 2 years ago

REW

woody76

Pinball Marketing

Nashville, TN

9y 142K 6,848 6 98

Nice looking Nine Ball man. Playfield is usually blown on these. Don't take less than $4k.

#8 2 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 221K 9,409 108 1 1

OP
Quoted from Paulwall7789:
Sorry for the repost, I was unable to post pictures on previous post due to not being verified. I have a Nine Ball Pin Ball Machine and wondering how much it is worth. I am currently moving homes and interested in selling the machine due to lack of space. The Machine is working but needs some minor work done to it. The 4th player scoring module needs to be replaced. I am wondering what the value of the pin ball machine is? Thanks in advance.
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Yeah, you put in for me to verify you, but that’s not how it works. You either find someone you know in person who’s already on Pinside to verify you, or donate. Your Nine Ball looks great! It sucks the player 4 is out. The classic Stern’s are hard to find.

The displays look like 7 digits, but it’s weird on the high score they’re flashing 6 digits with a 0 in front. Anyone know what that’s about?

#9 2 years ago

DJB

djblouw

Pinside+ Addict

Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:
Anyone know what that’s about?

Either a digit out from the signal (easy fix), or the photos were just at the right time. Most likely the first, but again, an easy fix for anyone that is interested in this game.

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#10 2 years ago

HRG

poppapin

Pinside member

12y 135K 11,332 6 7 1

Quoted from djblouw:
$4000-4800
The game boots up, pf looks to be in pretty decent shape, cab is decent, all hard to find pieces are there.

Dream on. As said before search the archives $1-2K

#11 2 years ago

TDG

Tommy-dog

Pinside member

Quoted from poppapin:
Dream on. As said before search the archives $1-2K

I just sold a project one for $1000 last month but it was a project game. Complete but non-working. Playfield had the typical wear and backglass was bad.

#12 2 years ago

WeatherbyMAG

Pinside member

Julian, PA

6y 73,150 758 6

Quoted from poppapin:
Dream on. As said before search the archives $1-2K

A Populated Playfield & cab & backbox wiring harness for a 9 ball will bring $1000-$2000 these days. I will gladly pay $1500 if someone has a populated 9 ball PF & harnesses.

This game will easily sell for over $4000. I have customers who were recently looking for one in worse shape than this one, that were willing to pay in that $4-$5K range to get one to then spend thousands ontop of purchase price to have restored.

I think the days of touching the more desirable Sterns ala Star Gazer, 9 Ball, Quicksilver, Catacomb etc for under $4K are long gone. Star Gazer has long been up there price wise & 9 Ball & Quicksilver are quickly getting into the Star Gazer price range.

#13 2 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Haha 1-2k, halarious

#14 2 years ago

TDG

Tommy-dog

Pinside member

Quoted from WeatherbyMAG:
A Populated Playfield & cab & backbox wiring harness for a 9 ball will bring $1000-$2000 these days. I will gladly pay $1500 if someone has a populated 9 ball PF & harnesses.
This game will easily sell for over $4000. I have customers who were recently looking for one in worse shape than this one, that were willing to pay in that $4-$5K range to get one to then spend thousands ontop of purchase price to have restored.
I think the days of touching the more desirable Sterns ala Star Gazer, 9 Ball, Quicksilver, Catacomb etc for under $4K are long gone. Star Gazer has long been up there price wise & 9 Ball & Quicksilver are quickly getting into the Star Gazer price range.

I guess I sold mine too cheap at $1000 last month. It was even a hard sell at $1000. The first few CL guys who came out to look on it pass. It was person #4 who bought it. I can't believe it would sell for a lot of money even in nice condition. Every time I play a 9-ball, it feels like a turd game. I sold the project Stars pin for a $800. Are all these older classic Stern games worth big money?

#15 2 years ago

TPR

frunch

Pinside member

Point Pleasant, NJ

11y 135K 3,642 10

Quoted from Tommy-dog:
Are all these older classic Stern games worth big money?

No, definitely not. That said, any chance you have a project Quicksilver, Stargazer, or Cheetah?

#16 2 years ago

???

jkashani

Pinside+ Frequent

Greystone Park, NJ

9y 119K 3,592 6

Mine was listed not too long ago. Got two solid 5k offers but got cold feet.

#17 2 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Quoted from Tommy-dog:
Are all these older classic Stern games worth big money?

Pretty much.

#18 2 years ago

DJB

djblouw

Pinside+ Addict

Quoted from poppapin:
Dream on. As said before search the archives $1-2K

When you wake up from 2009, please check in to the real world.

#19 2 years ago

CAE

play_pinball

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 131K 2,077 38 34 1

Quoted from Tommy-dog:
I guess I sold mine too cheap at $1000 last month. It was even a hard sell at $1000. The first few guys who came out to look on it pass. It was person #4 who bought it. I can't believe it would sell for a lot of money even in nice condition. Every time I play a 9-ball, it feels like a turd game. I sold the project Stars pin for a lot less than $1000. Are all these older classic Stern games worth big money?

Where'd you list it? You'd have a frenzy listing one at that price on Pinside. MPU100 games are still relatively cheap (and underrated), though.

#20 2 years ago

DJB

djblouw

Pinside+ Addict

Quoted from Tommy-dog:
I guess I sold mine too cheap at $1000 last month. It was even a hard sell at $1000. The first few guys who came out to look on it pass. It was person #4 who bought it. I can't believe it would sell for a lot of money even in nice condition. Every time I play a 9-ball, it feels like a turd game. I sold the project Stars pin for a lot less than $1000. Are all these older classic Stern games worth big money?

Either you're the worst person at marketing a pin for sale, or you're trolling. Hard sell at 1k for a 9ball? yeah, I'm pretty sure we know which one is true.

#21 2 years ago

???

jj44114

Pinside member

Quoted from Palmer:
Why? Will that change your price evaluation?

yes because shipping would be an additional $400-500.

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#22 2 years ago

HRG

poppapin

Pinside member

12y 135K 11,332 6 7 1

Quoted from TheLaw:
Haha 1-2k, halarious

Check the archives.

#23 2 years ago

HKY

HoakyPoaky

Silver State Pinball

11y 144K 3,675 128

Yep just price it accordingly, then wait for the right buyer. Won't take that long either. I stopped chasing for one because I had too much money invested in my classic Sterns already. They're getting so pricey.

9 Ball is one of the sought after Sterns though. Great rules (especially for the spinner), great art, tournament focused gameplay and it also has multiball. Plus it's pretty hard to build one from scratch due to the wiring harness availability, the controlled drop banks, the unusual single drop target & the spinner bracket. The blue apron decal is unobtainable now.

Yours looks pretty nice. Cabinet still vibrant. Playfield isn't roached out. I'd say around $5000. GLWS

If I knew where you were, I'd be tempted to buy it myself.

#24 2 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Quoted from play_pinball:
Where'd you list it?.

Couldn't have been very wide. I know a few people in KZoo that would have sniped it quick, let alone the rest if Mi.
I mean unless it was a major major project. Even still for 1k I csnt see it lasting.
But hey, proves there's srill deals out there!!

#25 2 years ago

TDG

Tommy-dog

Pinside member

Quoted from play_pinball:
Where'd you list it? You'd have a frenzy listing one at that price on Pinside. MPU100 games are still relatively cheap (and underrated), though.

The 9-Ball I sold had a -200 MPU in it. Did Stern make these with -100 boards too?

#26 2 years ago

WeatherbyMAG

Pinside member

Julian, PA

6y 73,150 758 6

Quoted from Tommy-dog:
I guess I sold mine too cheap at $1000 last month. It was even a hard sell at $1000. The first few guys who came out to look on it pass. It was person #4 who bought it. I can't believe it would sell for a lot of money even in nice condition. Every time I play a 9-ball, it feels like a turd game. I sold the project Stars pin for a lot less than $1000. Are all these older classic Stern games worth big money?

Yes, someone got a steal. Would not have been a hard sell if it had been on Pinside or FB Marketplace, it would have sold within minutes of being posted in either place. I would have probably paid at least up to $2500 sight unseen on it. I can virtually restore about anything, so all I would have needed to know is if the basic components I need to get a game built were there (ie. the rare parts, wiring harnesses, drop target mechs etc).

The other issue with a game not selling easily that you can run into is pricing a game way lower than it's actual value, some people will actually think it's just a scam & move past it & not even bother trying to chase it down.

The prices have just been getting ridiculous on certain Sterns due to supply & demand. Low supply, very high demand. Just have to advertise in right places for guys with $ to see them.

1981 Bally games are same way.... prices just keep going up on those, lower build #'s & high demand... but I don't see them as bad as the later Sterns. Centaur, EBD, Viking, Medusa, Flash Gordon, Fathom etc. Very hard to find cheap crappy ones to restore anymore. We're now at a point where you gotta pay $3000, $4000 + just to get a complete game to then dump thousands in labor & then thousands in parts to have a nice restored example. It's getting ridiculous cost wise on some of these games.

#27 2 years ago

CAE

play_pinball

Pinside+ Frequent

6y 131K 2,077 38 34 1

FWIW, I paid $2k + a days driving to get my barn fresh Nine Ball a couple months ago and I'm pleased to have it. It also has a roached bg and playfield, but those are both readily available to replace. By far the most I've paid for a classic Stern*, but that's where it's at now.

*note for those checking my collection, I scratch-built my Quicksilver and Star Gazer. Technically they cost more than $2k total but not really the same situation.

Quoted from Tommy-dog:
The 9-Ball I sold had a -200 MPU in it. Did Stern make these with -100 boards too?

Sorry if my comment was unclear. Nine Ball is an MPU-200 game. Stars is an MPU-100 game (and probably the most sought-after one... still not very expensive).

#28 2 years ago

TDG

Tommy-dog

Pinside member

Quoted from djblouw:
Either you're the worst person at marketing a pin for sale, or you're trolling. Hard sell at 1k for a 9ball? yeah, I'm pretty sure we know which one is true.

It was not hard to sell but the first few guys who came out did not buy it. The 4th guy did. It sold in one day regardless.

#29 2 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Crazy Levi's Pinball

New York, NY

10y 148K 33,559

Quoted from poppapin:
Dream on. As said before search the archives $1-2K

Maybe stop searching the archives as they are bullshit. Unless the archives go back like 6 months.

Every time I post a game on CL I get someone quoting "average pinside value" to me and I laugh at them and sell it 10 minutes later for asking price to someone else.

#30 2 years ago

TDG

Tommy-dog

Pinside member

Quoted from WeatherbyMAG:
.... if it had been on Pinside or FB Marketplace, it would have sold within minutes of being posted in either place.

I buy a lot of games from KLOV (Arcade forum). I don't think there are a lot of pinball people on KLOV so some deals pop up now and then.

#31 2 years ago

TDG

Tommy-dog

Pinside member

Quoted from frunch:
No, definitely not. That said, any chance you have a project Quicksilver, Stargazer, or Cheetah?

Nope, sorry. I do like the artwork for Stargazer and if I had one then I would keep it for the artwork alone.

#32 2 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Man i wish I had a Stargazer to trade for 2 better classic Sterns!

#33 2 years ago

DIC

Dicky

Pinside member

Brisbane

8y 31,550 190

Quoted from TheLaw:
Man i wish I had a Stargazer to trade for 2 better classic Sterns!

Curious what would you trade SG for

#34 2 years ago

BMP

Palmer

Pinside member

Quoted from jj44114:
yes because shipping would be an additional $400-500.

That has nothing to do with the value of the game.

#35 2 years ago

???

jj44114

Pinside member

Quoted from Palmer:
That has nothing to do with the value of the game.

To me it does

#36 2 years ago

BMP

Palmer

Pinside member

Maybe reading comprehension is not your thing. He asked for a price check. It's not a for sale ad. The cost of shipping it to you has nothing to do with the value of the game.

#37 2 years ago

???

jj44114

Pinside member

Quoted from Palmer:
Maybe reading comprehension is not your thing. He asked for a price check. It's not a for sale ad. The cost of shipping it to you has nothing to do with the value of the game.

Get a life.

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#38 2 years ago

BMP

Palmer

Pinside member

Quoted from jj44114:
Get a life.

You too. Happy holidays.

#39 2 years ago

MAT

snyper2099

Cincinnati Pinball

16y 103K 7,649

I own one in similar condition. I traded a very nice game for it two years ago (a 9 out of 10 original D.P. Bride). I valued that game at 4500 at the time and had people wanting to buy at that price... so there is an actual transaction for reference. I don't regret it at all... I play NB a lot more in a month that I have played BOP in my entire lifetime. I found it to be a bore.

I would pay 4K for yours if I did not already own one. It's hard to find this game in the condition you've posted. Good luck beating down the crazy Pinsiders!

#40 2 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict