Dynamite Amusments - Mitchell, IN - 07/31/04 - Auction Results

[pitfaller]

Note: Ammended/Edited version of my post to rec.games.v.a.c....

American Demon:  You mentioned pool tables before?  You should probably skip that part of the list....


Dynamite Amusements
Mitchell, IN
July 31st, 2004

Photos of some of this stuff pre-auction (not today on-site) likely still up at:

http://www.auctioneereasy.com/dynamiteauc/Raw/Thumbnails.htm

Biggest disappointment?  

2 actually - one being that I have no room for some of the larger games that went cheap - even though I didn't have a truck with me, I could have found a way to get one only to lug the machine back to Bloomington with absolutely no way to store it or even bring it into the house...

The main one though would be the lack of parts - for an amusement operator who is liquidating I figured there would be more than a box of 24 new joysticks (one lot), a box of old joysticks (my only buy of the day - $17 out the door - there were two Ikari-rotaries in there so wasn't bad at all), a small box of buttons, a bag of micro-switches,
two (three?) coindoors, some coin mechs, locks, 1 lot of marquees (8 to 12 wrapped so you were getting a mystery lot) - not much on the arcade part front (at least the basic stuff) - A few people probably scored some good monitors though but ultimately untested

One RGVAC'er there - maybe more - American Demon from these boards had to work in the morning and the other guy who was looking for help coming down from Chicago decided to skip this one - so I have no clue if any arcade controls folks were there at all...they can chime in if they so desire about their presence there and any scores they may have had.  

Otherwise the usual mix of some regional operators, locals, bar/restaurant owners, folks for whom 1983 was the peak of fashion and hair styles, more than a few folks wearing tee-shirts proclaiming their favorite place to vacation in Florida, etc.

Right before the start maybe 200 people mulling about, dropped to about 100-ish fairly quickly and remained there for the rest of the day - still a lot for this small burg - expected fewer myself.  Fair amount of kids - all pretty well behaved (and quiet too!)

Have most of the final bids here - ignored all the misc. pool stuff (cues, balls, etc)

Listed in auctioned order - these are the hammer prices - add 16% to 19% buyers premium/taxes (cash vs. everything else) for out the door totals.

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New 27" Monitor - About $100
24 new joysticks - $60 I think for all of them
Scary driving panel - $1
NFL Rushing Hero kits - 3 of them - $12 each
Birdie King CP and Board - $10
Dynamite Cop kit - $5
X-Men kit - $5
NeoGeo KOF cart - $1
Judge Dredd HD - $7
Infinity Touchmaster HD - $10
Big Buck Hunter HD (Brand New) - 80
NBA Jam and Tournament Ed. Boards - $25
Street Fighter CP [2 small modules] - $10

Street Fighter EX2 Huge Marquee (brushed metal appearance) - $1

Counter Top Champ - $140
Empty CP for MAME - 2 player - black - $35
27" Monitor - used - $10
25" Monitor - used - $20

Street Fighter - dead monitor - $70

Skins (recent golf game w/analog joystick? and keypad on cp) - $225

Locked and Loaded - $350

Mame Verticle - $475

King of Dragons - $200

NeoGeo 19" 1 slot w/Blazing Star - $175

Turbo Outrun - $250

Tekken 2 - bad monitor - $100

Snow Bros - $190

X-Men COA 2 Player Cab with Street Fighter boards - $125

Turkey Hunting USA - $850

2 Empty Shooting (Light Gun) cabs - w/monitors - $25 and $30

Empty Shooting (Light Gun) cab - no monitor - $1

NBA Jam Tournament Ed. - Empty Cab - $60

Laser Ghost - $150 - Great price too bad I don't have the room

Indy Heat - $310

Lucky Wild - $275

Deer Hunting USA - $650

Virtua Cop - $475

Pole Position sit down - $375

Ridge Racer sit down (deluxe?) - $650

World Rally sit down - seen a lot better days... - $250

Foosball - $375

Empty cocktail - no glass - $40

? Cocktail with Journey overlay covered by a standard black overlay - $60 - my God, they actually made a cocktail version of the Journey game...

Sente? Cocktail (has trackball) - monitor broke - $60

Un-official Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail (hacked together) - ugly top - $400

Shoot to Win Basketball Game (large throw basketballs at hoops in a cage) - $225

Ms. Pac-Man Cocktail - Dedicated - looked real good - $600

3 MAME cocktails - 1 joystick with one button per player - brand new ugly things - must unplug and restart to switch games - still can't believe the guy selling his stuff bought these originally for probably $3000-ish (according to one RGVAC-er) - was hesitant to sell all three (wanted to hold two of them back) but after the first went for $1300
he pretty much said F**k it, and let the others go too.  Note that these *only* had maybe 5 or six classic games on them (think of the selection on those Atari or Namco joysticks you can buy in the store and hook up to your tv - that's what I'm talkin about...)

$1300
$1100
$1400

After witnessing this I understand why folks making crappy looking MAME machines and selling them through eBay/internet can charge what they do...  I can only say as someone who hasn't been to an arcade auction in many years I was stunned - though apparently this is a common occurance...

Dynamo Air Hockey - $350 - Probably a very good price

Valley Pool Table - $275 - some happy folks playing pool somewhere tonight - same for most of the below...

Valley Pool Table - $550
Valley Pool Table - $375
Valley Pool Table - $475
Valley Pool Table - newest one - $650
Valley Pool Table - $450/75
Dynamo Pool Table - new felt - $525

Might have missed one of the tables there...

X-Men 4 player - $75

Caveman Ninja - $250

Crazy Bowl - $305

NeoGeo - 2 slot - forget the games - $285

1000 Mile Rally - $300

Terminator 2 Shooting Game - $350

Jurassic Park - The Lost World - shooting game - machine in really good shape, but also a very large machine which is why it sold for - $300 - *really* wish I had the room...

Dig Dug - monitor off a bit but side art pretty good - $250

Speed Buggy - $140

Ultimate Mortal Kombat - $210

Knights of the Round Table - $210

Super Monaco - works/doesn't work/etc - $45

Legal Enforcer 2 - $350

Badcats pinball - $750
Champ pinball - $300
Wipe Out pinball - $625
Nightmare on Elm Street pinball - $525 - not bad at all
MS's Frankenstein pinball - $800
Police Force pinball - $650
Police Force pinball - $600
Motordome pinball - $450
Getaway pinball - $1150

Namco Time Crisis - $650

NeoGeo - 2 slot - forget the games - $295

Big Buck Hunter - $1500 (the things that make money in bars and on route never cease to amaze)

Laser Ghost  - another one - $220 - another good buy for those that have the room

Under Fire - $155

Space Gun - $200 - not bad for such a funky cabinet

NFL Hard Yardage cab - no board - $80

Another MAME cab - $575

NeoGeo - 2 slot - forget the games - small monitor - $275

Gauntlet Legends - $425 - a good price - was one of the two I stuck around for but more than willing to pay

Primal Rage - dedicated - side art in good shape - nice machine - $250 - again, good price but just out of my range (I blame Doom 3 and my stupid 32 meg video card)

Bottom of the 9th - $310

Lethal Enforcer - $325

Yet another MAME cab - $400

Revolution X - $400?

Couple slot machines went in the $200 range I think

$200 to 400 for some crane grabber - plush dispenser dealies

5 or 6 Jukeboxes went before the pool tables - $400 to $600 range I believe - all with thier full compliment of CDs...

Didn't hear what the guy's pickup and trailer went for.

[MonitorGuru]

I;ve never been to an auction, but I've noticed that prices posted seem to be comming down for the games that were bid up the last few years (mspac, etc..) but the lesser wanted games seem to be going up.

Wonder if it is the Mame effect now (vs the Ebay effect from 2000-2003).

My local "retailer" of off-route games still wants $1100 for anything with the letters PAC or GAL in it, even when I told him to check ebay and they were now in the $600-$800 range.

[AmericanDemon]

Damn man.  Thanks for the report Pitfaller.  I coulda cleaned house.  I had 1200 in my pocket.   Mental note, ask off for auctions even if not scheduled to work.  I coulda been playing some pool today and some arcade games.

[Witchboard]

I would have liked to got my hands on one of those MVS-2 cabs.  I went to an estate auction not too long ago.  They had a small game room with a number of uprights, couple of cocktails and a couple of pins.  Nothing went for below $300.  I was hoping to walk away with something for about $250, but there was somebody there that thought anything under $300 was "giving them away".  He walked away with 3 of them.

[Jedi Master Matt]

What a great auction!  Most everything was going for dirt cheap prices.  

I was lucky enough to walk away with four items.

A double opening coin door - $7.50
A box of 72 feet of rope lighting - $17.00
One upright empty video poker cabinet - $10.00 (this sucker is a spitting image of a Pac-Man)  It should clean up nicely.
One somwhat empty MAME in progress NBA Jam TE conversion from Hit the Ice cab - $60.00.  This includes a four player set-up with a 2 1/4" trackball, part of a coin door, bezel, marquee, and who knows what else inside.  This should be a great four player sized cab if I ever get the urge to build it.   This thing was/is DANG heavy though.

I was also bidding on the box of used joysticks, wanted those rotary sticks so badly.   I'm glad they're going to a good home.   Let me know if you want to unload one of them.

I do notice a ongoing trend at these auctions.  The growth of the MAME cabinets being sold with ROMS.  I don't have any issues with cabs being sold empty; but, to sell a cab that plays "a bunch of games" to an unsuspecting buyer who doesn't understand the potential legal issues is an issue.   Especially if the buyer is planning on using the cab for profit.  The whole issue with the cocktail cabs playing multiple games was disturbing.   It was very smart from the sellers point of view to do because it drived up the prices; but, I worry about the purchaser who may be trying to make some money off of the cab.

Oh, well... it was a good time.   I'm glad I didn't stick around for the pinball machines.   I would've walked away with one of them.

[paigeoliver]

arcade auctions have always sold bootleg and nonlicensed equipment. Go to the auction sometime and start looking inside the Ms. Pac machines there, you will see 4 bootleg boards for every original one.

What would happen if you brought a Mame cabinet to the auction with no roms? You would be lucky to get $100 for it.

[pitfaller]

Agreed.  All those MAME machines at auctions, you must realize, have been and are likely to be soon again out on route.  The coindoors were not there for "authenticity" - they were there to have people drop quarters in them.

Same thing with the slot machines, video poker machines, etc.

Not supposed to have them but bars (esp. rural ones) got them all over the place.  That these sales and placements on route occur so openly should tell you how much law enforcement cares about this nickel/dime stuff (they *do* have better things to do).

Only with video poker do they occasionally clamp down when things get too blatant/common (i.e. they look the other way until too many places have too many machines and/or they start getting complaints) - it always perks back up again though - just my exp. in Wisconsin and Indiana...

Really wish I had room for the Jurassic Park Lost World shooting game...