Venture Marquee, Bezel, and Control Panel

[Joe_Newberry]

This is my first time posting here, so please pardon me if I am out of place asking for some help appraising a few items I have acquired.

I recently purchased a Venture cabinet for my MAME project.  It contained no PCBs, was monitorless, and someone had tried to convert it into a Mr. Do Run Run by cutting off the old side art and slapping on some Mr. Do stickers.  The marquee had a Mr. Do sticker over it, which had been partially cut off.  I used Oops! adhesive remover on it and got it all off.  So the marquee is in good shape.  The bezel artwork is in great condition, but the viewing area has some graffiti lightly scratched into it.  The control panel is the least promising piece of work.  It's all metal, with the original 8-way leafswitch joystick (which is an enormous black ball-top stick the likes of which I've never seen), two leaf switch buttons, and two small, red first and second player start buttons.  The paint is chipped on the front, and someone tried to screw some sort of metal bar over it to keep the paint from chipping anymore, but it seems to have made things worse.  Besides the front chipping, though, the rest of the paint is in decent shape with just some fading.

I'd like very much to sell these items to someone that can use them.  I also have the cabinets power supply as well, though I do not know if it works or not.  There is also the system's mono speaker.  Whether this works or not, I also do not know.  Ditto, the fluorescent light for the marquee and the volume control for the speaker.

I really do not know what sort of price someone would be willing to pay for items such as these.  Some sites say Venture was rare, but that may also just be code for "not very good".  Which would mean collectors aren't falling all over themselves to own items like these.  I would think that the 8-way stick is pretty valuable.  I disassembled it, cleaned it, and played some Galaga with it just to make sure that it worked.  Seems sturdy enough.

I guess my question is, how much should I ask for these items?  I'd like very much to be reasonable about this, but dealing in arcade parts is not an everyday thing for me, so I could use some help.  I have pictures of these items, but I won't waste time posting them unless there's actually someone who thinks they can look at them and tell me what these things should be sold for.

Thanks in advance,
Joe Newberry

[paigeoliver]

Well Joe. Venture is sort of rare. But nothing to write home about. It tends to be a $250-$300 game in working order.

Most of the Exidy games had that same massive joystick.

Marquees for most games tend to be a $10-$20 item. Same for Venture.

Now, your other two items would be worth more, but you say they are both damaged, which really limits their value.

I would take a wild guess and say you could get ABOUT $30-$40 total for your control panel, marquee, and glass. The power supply could probably also bring in another $15 (assuming it is an actual Exidy one, and not a newer switcher).

Volume knobs, speakers and light fixtures are worth much anything usually.