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Woodrail Price Check

By VGC1612

4 years ago


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#11 4 years ago
 
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Quoted from Knxwledge:

I need a price check on a woodrail too... there's an El Paso that looks to be in pretty damn good shape from the picture. Seller says they haven't plugged it in in 20 years. Has legs. Here's the pic they posted.
Edit: I did see the price list posted, but looks like there was only one sold, was wondering if anybody else knew of any other sales. If not what's the average price for a woodrail in this condition?
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That kind of non working woodrail is only probably $200 -300.

Spot Bowler was in great demand a few years back and really nice ones always went over $2000.

Knock Out was always $3000 plus.

It's a shame that more people don't add one to their collections as they have a unique charm.

Also, many of the 1950 - 1955 Gottliebs are fantastic players, when and if they play as they should.

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#17 4 years ago
 
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Quoted from snyper2099:

While I agree on all points, no one is paying thousands for a woodrail "worth thousands" if all the people that were looking for them now already own those titles.
If space was unlimited for pinball enthusiasts, I know they would appeal to more people. These days pinball is a modern game with modern players. Very few of those players want to even play a woodrail, let alone OWN one!

Demand has softened in what was already a very niche area.

Shame really as some of the 50's Gottliebs are fantastic players. Sure they don't play like JP and the like but they are a huge challenge.

Was only a few years ago that 1950 Glamor went for $15000 on ebay so there are some exceptions.

And Glamor is not a great player!

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#23 4 years ago
 
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Quoted from jrpinball:

Yeah, but it's one of the extremely rare woodrails. Big dollar collectors go for games like that because of the prestige of owning one, more than anything else.

Yes, its like Mermaid.

Quoted from thirdedition:

If anyone around the Cincinnati area is letting go of a wood rail for under $1000 in good working order let me know. I love the older games.

Try and find one of the great Gottlieb mid 50's games.

1954 there was a hardly a bad title.

Hard to compare years, decades but one of the greatest ever years for pinball.

Not that I was even born then so don't know what the actual experience was.

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Quoted from o-din:

That would be the one. And that would be the one I paid almost $2k for.

I paid $4000 for another 1955 classic - a Sweet Add A Line.

Classic game.

Not sure why so few pinheads seem to appreciate these classic titles.

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Quoted from poppapin:

Agree!! 1954 was a good year.[quoted image][quoted image]

This 1954 game, Diamond Lil, is probably one of the best playing em's ever.

No gobble holes, no trap holes.

Just you versus machine, with nudging an absolute must.

No wonder the King played it!

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#35 4 years ago
 
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Quoted from poppapin:

Agree!! 1954 was a good year.[quoted image][quoted image]

Ps if you look closely in the photo it's Stage Coach next to Diamond Lil!

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#54 4 years ago
 
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Quoted from snyper2099:

You are kidding right? It's been explained in this thread like 3 times.
Modern pins don't equate. In my totally unscientific estimation if you own one pinball machine made after 1992, chances of you owning one EM is less than 10%. Chances of you owning a woodrail.... probably like 1 or 2%. I wish this was not true but it's just the way things are with modern pinball owners and trends.

It was a rhetorical question.

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