Might be going hunting a cheap EM or project to keep my hands busy. Anyone want to bring me something?

What's going on? What kind of sale?

I'll be there as usual. Might drop by to view Friday evening after work too

http://auctiongamesales.com

Search pinside to get the scoop on these auctions.

Let us know what you see if you do. Thanks!

On the way.

Looking forward to updates.

From pictures I've seen on facebook here is a partial list of pins:

D&D
Captain Fantastic
Big Hurt
Simpsons DE
Gorgar
DW
LW3
Gramd Lizard
Star Trek DE
Nascar
Who Dunnit
Ticket Tac Toe
Dale Jr
EATPM

Hammer Prices:
Shrek 3750
Elvis 2900
NF 1600
LW3 1000, 1150
WH2O 2700
Playboy Stern 1400
Grand Prix 450
WCS 1800
SP 2000
Dale Jr 2200
EATPM 2000
Tic Tac Toe 300
Who dunnit 1600
NASCAR 1900, 2000, 2150
Star Trek 1800
Grand Lizard 1700
Dr Who 2900
Big Hurt 1250
Simpsons DE 1650
Gorgar 500
Checkpoint 1400
Dun & Dragons 1700
Cap Fan 150
Millionaire 750
Fire 1500
Carnival 300
Jungle Lord 700
Comet 500 BB
TAF 3950
BR 2200
Little Pro 375
Jokerz 400 not set up
Cyclone 1300
Space Shuttle 450
Dolly 65 not set up
Jungle Lord 200, no BG etc
Dolly 300
TOTAN cabinet only 70
HS 900
JP 2600
BW 125 beat
LOTR 3850

That's quite a list. What was the shape of the machines? Any standout deals? Dolly Parton for $65?

I attended this auction, my first. I had decided about 1 week prior that I was making the 8 hour commute to the auction and I was coming home with my first pin. I didn't have anything on my "want" list and the only stipulation I had was a $2000 spending limit. I made the drive down with my girlfriend on 3 hours of sleep and we arrived at 9:45am for a 10am start time. We quickly browsed the games and then signed up for a bidding number, this process was relatively quick. From here we sat and waited, and waited, and waited until 4:30pm, which is the time they got to the pinball machines. It would have been nice to know that the pinballs are always the last thing they auction off as I could have gotten more sleep Anyways, we spent most of the day playing the various machines, looking up their value on Pinside, and narrowing down the ones we were going to bid on. The final list was No Fear, Grand Lizard, Dungeons & Dragons, Fire!, Black Rose, and Highspeed. For the most part, the pins were in pretty good shape. The Dolly for $65 wasn't setup and didn't work.

The No Fear was the third game they auctioned off and I didn't bid on it at all, and it ended up selling for $1600, which was well under the value listed on Pinside. I quickly got knots in my stomach because I felt I should have bid on the game and didn't. Grand Lizard was the next pin to be auctioned from my want list. My girlfriend really liked this machine out of all of them so she was really encouraging to bid, which we did and won the auction for $1700, yes a little on the high end. However, I didn't want to lose this auction, and then get outbid on the next 3 machines and we were absolutely driving home with something after an 8 hour commute. I'm hooked now and we will be going back to the March auction to add to the collection. This time I have a lot more knowledge and know what to look for so I'm excited for this next auction to take place.

Awesome, yeah you should have asked some locals about the way the auction works.... pins move last and it pisses all of us off but thats the way the auction works... I hope you have good luck on the next auction and welcome to the pinball... its a sickness and addiction

Damn, Delaware! I also met someone from Michigan at the last auction! No wonder prices are high, people are commuting in from around the US!

Yea, unfortunately all of the google searching I did this was the closest auction I could find. Now that I am a member of pinside I noticed there are all sorts of expo and stuff where games are for sale in PA and NJ, so I will definitely be hitting them up as well.

The games I want always seem to be in PA. I wouldn't mind living a little closer to there

That sounds pretty cool. Auctions are a big deal around here and we have quite a few but not any arcade style. The closest one I think is Sieverville, TN. Grand Lizard is an awesome looking game. It's funny you chose that over the DMD. Most people want that style. Do you have any pics of the GL? A lot of them seem to have playfield wear.

I'm not sure I follow when you said it was funny I chose the GL over the DMD. As for pics, I haven't really taken any but will this weekend and post them. I think the PF is pretty decent as I have seen GL's with far worse PF's than mine.

Most people who buy their first pin, buy a DMD. They just don't look for older pins.

I'm thinking about coming to the March one, but it's the same weekend as my wife's birthday, so it's gonna be quick if anything.

Well I didn't go looking for an older game per se, I was looking for something under my budget. I missed out on No Fear initially and then actual fear set in that I wasn't going to win a pin at all, so I went all in on GL. The World Cup Soccer was in my price range but the game had no appeal to me so I didn't even consider it. I definitely want to try and grab a DMD at the next one though.

I think it's next weekend back in Winston-Salem

You are correct. Every other month its in Winston Salem, however I can't make next weekends auction but I can for the one in March!

Do any of you head there Friday evening during the preview period? Thought it would be good to check out what's there ahead of time, but wasn't sure if many of the pins are set up then.

Some of the locals do, although I haven't. Pins are dead last in the auction and more get set up throughout the day. You will have hours to check out and play the games if you show up in the morning.