Anyone going to the Starburst Auction on July 10th?

[GGKoul]

I should be there... And I assume Menace will as well...

[menace]

yep--I just pray to gawd that the other people that attend have enough sense to wear deoderant this time--Some of the guys smelled pretty foul last time , and the heat never helps matters

[yitbos96bb]

Where is it?

[oldskoolcade]

nope I gotta pass on this one.  My neighbour's really psyched about starting his own cabinet project, so he may end up dragging me along with him.  I'm kinda holding out now for a buddy of mine who's dad won one of those rental unit auctions a bunch of years back that ended up being loaded with about 10 cabinets.    Most of them no name conversion cabs, but I do recall he had a pole position, and Asteroids, a ms. Pac Man, and an Arkanoid that were originals.   Unfortunately most of them were basically mistreated over the years (stored in an old barn), but one of these weekends I wanna swing by his shop and check them out.   My buddy's old man is a bit of a dink too, so even though he probably doesn't understand that they could be restored, repaired  or converted to something useful he'd rather they rot then give them away.     We'll see what happens...

In the meantime, have fun at the auction - and bring a megaphone for gramps the auctioneer..........25 bucks for a Tekken showcase cab.....that ain't right!

Cheers!
Mike

[blacktiger]

Canada their web site sez

[AmericanDemon]

Who picked up a tekken showcase for 25 bucks?!?!

[mmmPeanutButter]

I'll be there saturday...   got to pick up some parts too (parts dept opens at 12).


Now I know that there are apparantly some rules when wearing a t-shirt...

Never wear a band shirt for the band that you're going to see.

Apparantly, it is ok (and even cool) to wear a beer shirt to the beer festival.

So what category does the arcade shirt to an arcade auction fall into??  Cool, or mega faux pas?

 

[Grauwulf]

I'll be there for sure. Are you going to bring my joysticks with you GGKoul?

[RayB]

I can't be bothered to attend.

[Nefesis]

was there anything good?

[menace]

Lots of stuff but it got overpriced pretty fast on some stuff--a three  player super sprint with a nice monitor but other wise average cab went for $425 (I have never seen one go so high--apparently the guy was muttering "I must have this" every time he lifted his number to bid  )

 I picked up a non working speed buggy for $25--took it home, checked all the connections and boom she works so who knows What I'll do with that.  One of the guys that came with me picked up a generic street fighter for $100 but the monitor looks to have a blown flyback so we'll see.  Some golden tee 2000's for 325$ in nice shape, a demolition man pin for $825 that was in good shape, the bride of pinbot pin for 1050$ that also was iin good shape.  A buddy took down some prices so I'll egt the list and post back here.

[Grauwulf]

Yeah, I left shortly after they moved to the big building. There were quite a few larger "simulation" type games there and quite a few showcase cab games. How much did the X-Men boardset go for?

[GodSend25]

Good lord what a weird auction.  Things started off soooo cheap in the first building (less then 200$ for a pinball machine is unheard of.. mind you not a good one.. but still).  

I was hoping to get my hands on a foosball table in the sub 300$ range.. fat chance.  It seemed like there wasent much around for the frugal buyer (in terms of quality and price).  I cant believe the neogeo cabs went for that much, and what was with the NFL Blitz for approx 800$?? (yet only 500$ for a chexx hockey, even with the ducttape on the goals)...

I wonder what these auctions were like 3 or 4 years ago before the mame craze....

[menace]

My brother was saying that they used to sell batch lots (like 5 or so) of machines for 25$ since no one would buy just one dilapitated cab.  and there were alot more classic machines mixed in there since guys were cleaning out their warehouses.

Then comes the mamers and all h3ll breaks loose!  

[RayB]

There used to be alot more bargain frankencabs, back in the day (late 90's). At the time, I lived in a high-rise apartment, so I attended these more out of curiosity than to pick up anything. I remember a fully working Xybots going for $25 (what a unique MAME cab that would make), a converted PacMan with intact side-art, for $25, etc, etc...

As for high prices, I don't necessarily blame MAME'ers... It's machines that can still make money in a bar that go for alot. For example foosball tables NEVER go for cheap. And that's cuz they aren't being bought for someone's basement. Those machines are going to be earning $ in some bar a week later.

[patrickl]

Isn't it also a case of the original players now coming of age (and getting money) and then they want to put the game they always played in their home?

[Dartful Dodger]

Isn't it also a case of the original players now coming of age (and getting money) and then they want to put the game they always played in their home?

I think so.  

Wait till we are put into nursing homes and start dieing off, our kids and family wont want to keep a refrigerator sized game, that (by that time) can be played in a wrist watch computer.

I wonder how much/less these games will be worth by then.

[Grauwulf]

Here's a list of what was at the auction.

1. hardware
2. hardware
3. hardware
4. outrun
5. hardware
6. fun fest pinball hardware
7. Hollywood heat pin
8. road riot
9.strike master
10. perfect billiards cocktail
11. car kiddie ride
12. heavy unit (this was an upright cab that has SFII in it I think)
13. golden tee 2k
14. roberto soccer table
15. golden tee 2k
16. 1944 loop master
17. alpine racer
18. tetris cocktail
19. full court frenzy II
20. full court frenzy II
21. pool table parts
22. ping pong table
23. alpine surfer
24. awesome rat
25. street fighter
26. street fighter
27. world heros
28. roller games pin
29. cadillacs and dinosaurs
30.dynamite cop
31. showtime
32. game show pin
33. demolition pin
34. chexx hockey
35. alpine surfer
36. moto frenzy
37. street fighter II
38. Neo-geo 1 slot/super spy
39. area 51 in 33 inch dynamo
40. fighting viper
41. hurricane pin
42. turf master
43. aero fighters
44. fabi table
45. blitz 2000 gold
46. lucky and wild
47. golden tee classic
48. street fighter II pin
49. alpine racer II
50. sharkey's shootout pin
51. bride of pinbot pin
52. san fran rush
53. video poker w/bill acceptor
54. area 51/max force
55. super sprint
56. antique car kiddie ride
57. max force
58. print club
59. slam dunk slot
60. x-men children of the atom board
61. bill counter
62. merit gold countertop
63. touchmaster 7000
64. infinity countertop
65. infinity countertop
66. merit classic ruby
67. magic touch II counter top
68. magic touch countertop
69. champion countertop hardware
70. merit emerald countertop
71. street games countertop
72. pit boss countertop
73. ice ball
74. 18 wheeler
75. san fran rush
76. rush the rock
77. drillomatic
78. sega super GT
79. fabi table
80. NSM galaxy jukebox
81. the simpsons
82. independance day pin
83. crusin usa
84. max force
85. gauntlet dark legacy
86. hook pin
87. royal rumble
88. dolly pacman
89. tokyo wars deluxe
90. wave shark
91. dolly
92. touchmaster cabaret
93. 3.5x7 valley pool table
94. 3.5x7 valley pool table
95. dynamo air hockey
96. 4x8 dynamo
97. 4x8 dynamo
98.copier machine
99. plexi barrier.

[menace]

this is all my buddy had for pricing...

Hardware $25
Hardware $100
Hollywood heat pin $125
Road riot $25 (what a steal--damn I wish I had got that)
Car kiddie ride ($100)
Heavy unit ($75)
Golden tee 2k $325, $275
Closed top fuse ball $475
Alpine racer $175
Alpine surfer $200
Street fighter $150, $100
World heroes $175
Game show pin $625
Demolition pin $825
Area 51 in 33 ince dynamo $425
Fighting viper $225
Hurricane pin $875
Turf master $250
Fabi table $550
Street fighter pin $650
Sharkey