Bridgewater Township, NJ
Sorry to say that another pinball lover has moved on. Joe Fela from South Plainfield NJ has passed at 76 years old. He was a die hard pinball collector that like most of us had more machines then he would ever get to. He had a massed around 170 machines in his collection, From 1953 threw 2015. He had to sell a bunch to cover his living expenses over the last few years, mostly the more expensive digital's. Still can't believe he got 6 grand for his Joust! He was feeling weak and went to the hospital for some test and 8 days later was gone. Wanted to let the people that remember him know, as he could not make the Allentown or York show for at least the last 8 years. His size and legs could not do it anymore. He told me when I first met him in 1992 that he bought his first machine around 1982 , High Hand. Like all of us he had plenty of story's of machine he should NOT have bought and the ones he wish he did! That second one we all have a story to tell. I have at least 5 machine's I wish I did not walk away from 
RIP Joe, I hope they DO have that perfect Gameroom in the sky!
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Bermuda Triangle
I had seen many large collections, but had never entered a home that was essentially all pinball machines. Also purchased a Gottlieb Liberty Belle from Joe back in the late 90's. A nice man - always interesting pinball conversations.
