AUCTION RESULTS superauctions St.Louis Oct29 Updat FINAL cabs, driving, pin

[AC.]

Went to a superauctions auction on Saturday Oct 29, 2005 in Belleville Illinois -- near St. Louis.  Below is a partial list of the final bid prices on some of the machines.  There was also a 13% buyers fee plus 7% sales tax, so add 20% to the below prices.  I'll add to this list soon with additional cabinet prices, pinball, and driving cabs.  The list is ordered based on the lineup in the auction, the 1st one on the list (MsPacMan) was the 1st one sold.

[game] - $[winning bid]

MsPac - 460
Pacman mini - 450
Galage mini - 600
Galaga (broken) - 225
Asteroids Deluxe - 325
DK Junior - 325
Tempest - 400
Space Invd Cab w 5in1 - 250
Turbo - 110
Tekken 4 - 375
MsPac - 240
Qix - 110
Arachnoid - 85
MsPac - 375
Asteroids Deluxe - 375
Destroyer - 150
MsPac (broken) - 350
Ehrgeiz - 150
Space Duel - 225
Hogan's Alley - 200
Outrun - 150
MetalSlug3 - 125
Alpha - 75
Lethal Enforcers - 225
Xmen - 100
Clutch Hitter - 75
Robocop - 150
Final Fight - 135
Final Lap3 - 125
Tekken - 680
Hang Time - 280
Tekken 2 - 100, 175, 175
Mortal combat2 - 75
Terminator2 - 325
Tekken 3 - 200
World Series 99 - 475
Wizard of Wor - 300
Golden Tee 2005 - 1,850
American Speedway - 25
Final Lap3 - 125
Sunset Riders - 100
Areo fighters - 150
Street Fighter - 100
WF Wrestlefest - 75
Surf Planet - 175
Street Fighter3 - 75
Marvel Super Heroes - 100
Die hard - 175
Speed Buggy - 110
Xmen - 70
Empty cab w/4 player controls - 125
Run and Gun - 175
Fisherman's Bait - 225, 235
NBA Jam - 260
Crime PAtrol - 35
3player off road - 260
Tekken 3 - 150
RevolutionX - 125
GoldenT 99 - 300
Deer Hunting - 490
2player Off Road - 225
Rampage - 100

[eggedd2k]

wish they had auctions like that in the uk

[walls83]

Street Fighter3 - 75


?

your kidding right?

[MameJunkie]

I feel ill...man some of those prices are cheap.

[Jess--]

if you ring around arcade operators (and the companies that supply pool tables to pubs) in the uk you will quite often find that they have a cheap cabinet kicking around (picked up my first cab for

[MameJunkie]

sods law?  Is that UK's version of Murphy's Law here in US?

[Jess--]

think that murphys law is the same as sods law...

anything that CAN go wrong WILL go wrong (especially if you are trying to demonstrate it working well)

[nostrebor]

I bailed on going to this auction.

Last year the St L auction before Christmas offered considerably higher prices for similar games.

How were the dead row prices?

Was there a Gyruss present? If so please lie to me and say it sold for more than $300.

[Xiaou2]

 Yes, sure those prices might seem low... but,

 that list does not show the actual condition these were in.   Some may have had non working boards, monitors, broken controls, poor cabnet...ect.

 Then, there are the fees.   Add 50 to 100$ to some of those.

 And finally,  think about the expense of driving there,  with somethng big enough to hold a game or two.. and then driving back. 

 ohh and i almost forgot...  many cheap games sold, are not really sold.  If nobody bids high enough..  the seller will bid to buy his game back.   Its not supposed to be like that.. but thats what happens.

[MameJunkie]

Maybe our fault for ASSuming but since some were marked as (broken) I assumed that all others were in working condition which also means all parts there.

[Jabba]

ohh and i almost forgot...

[AC.]

I bailed on going to this auction.

Last year the St L auction before Christmas offered considerably higher prices for similar games.

How were the dead row prices?

Was there a Gyruss present? If so please lie to me and say it sold for more than $300.

No Gyruss present.  The dead row contained about 40 cabs and the prices were from $15 - $50 each.  I had been WAY outbid on a driving model so I was pissed and did not stick around to watch the dead row.

Don't forget that %20 surcharge (13% buyer plus 7% sales).  I overheard a lady freak when they told her her bill was $3,200.  A $2,560 purchase will nail you with $640 in fees and taxes.

[stratjakt]

Wow.  Guess it all depends where you are.

Prices were considerably higher (on average) at the Baltimore auction on the same day.

Though some went for good prices, on average though I'd say the games fetched twice what they did at that one.

So buy in St Louis, sell in baltimore..  Sounds like a business plan worthy of Kramerica.

[AC.]

These are the last on the list of the uprights. Nearly all the games there worked.  If they did not work, they sold very cheap - unless it was a collectable cabinet.  I can not confirm what worked on this list. At this point, I was walking around the whole auction and only followed up to get the prices.


Road blaster - 125
GoldenT 99 - 100
GoldenT Classic - 175
GoldenT 2000 - 105
Twin Eagle2 - 50
Turbo Outrun - 170
Great Rally2 - 25
Area51 - 75
Mortal Kombat - 80
Tekken2 - 25
Capcom Bowling - 50
Romstar - 80
MonacoSuperGP - 100
Staduim Hero - 120
Tekken 2 - 135
Krazy Bowl - 100
Battle Shark - 295
Area 51 - 475
World Racing - 95
Soul Edge - 45
Special Crim Investigation - 120
Final lap - 80
World Racer - 135
The Simpsons - 225
Tekken3 - 145
Lethal Forces - 90
GoldenT - 200
Hang On - 125
Lethal Forces Gunfight2 - 170
Lethal Enforcers - 125
Alpha - 80

[Nipedley]

if you ring around arcade operators (and the companies that supply pool tables to pubs) in the uk you will quite often find that they have a cheap cabinet kicking around (picked up my first cab for

[Fozzy The Bear]

Everything in the UK is hugely over priced compared to other countries... Haven't you noticed this before.

Frequently the US Dollar price for an item is exactly the same as the UK Pound price.  A computer costing $500  will be for sale in the UK at

[AC.]

Driving model prices:

GP Rider - 425
PowerDrift - 325
Virtua Racing(monitor out) - 125
California Speed - 825
DaytonaUSA2 - 1,525
Stun Runner  - 85, 110
Daynota (seat missing, not working) - 75
Road Riot (dual cab, no monitors) - 60
Rush Extreme Racing -  900, 650, 700
Alpine Surfer (with big screen TV monitor) - 675
Crusin USA(not working) - 450
Harley Davidson - 950
T-Mek - 310

[Jess--]

Nipedley

try hunting around the midlands, there is still a fair few around, already have my next cabinet in my sights, original 4 game neo-geo, fully working with new monitor

[Doc Thirst]

Street Fighter3 - 75


?

your kidding right?

This was actually an "odd" deal.  The auctionair must have been tired or something because most of the folks there (myself included) thought he was saying 175.00.  There was a collective groan afterwards when he said 75.00

[AC.]

PINBALL:

Star wars1 - 1,475
harley davidson - 1,425
Tales from the crypt - 1,250
Congo - 1,200
Jurassic Park - 725
Wet Willy - 1,050
Roller Games - 1,110
Striker Extreme - 1,075
Operation Thunder - 500
Getaway - 775
Whirlwind - 775
Batman - 500
T2 Judgement day - 900
thunder - 325
Dr Who - 725
Night Rider - 350
Stingray - 325
Stargate - 600
Fire - 975
Indy500 - 1,175
Strikes n spares - 675
Vegas - 425
Grand Lizard - 500
T2 Judgment Day - 1,300
Rascue 911 - 450
Mousin Around - 450
Last Action Hero - 400
Demolition Man - 700
Riverboat - 500

[F1are]

hooray for auctions!  yeah 75 for sf3 is crazy even if it is sfIII:NG or sfIII: SI, since its normally tough to get the cps3 board alone for that price.  if it was SF3: third strike that was going for 75, i will be pissed.  I cannot find a 3s for less than 350..that's including bootlegs.   

[MYX]

I just picked up a Defender at the Super Auction in Atlanta. It was my first arcade auction. What is not listed on the price list is the pure chaos of trying to find power, playing 20 games you have not seen in 20 years, having it shut off half way through because some other dweeb needed power for HIS cab, and stale popcorn. I will be back to more of them.

My only gripe is the 13% buyers premium plus 8 % tax added on top.

Hey were the pins working? the one I went to had about 4 that were working well and all the rest had some serious issues.

[Dartful Dodger]

having it shut off half way through because some other dweeb needed power for HIS cab

I accidentally did that to two guys playing street fighter at the Rockford auction.  When I was behind the cab I couldn't tell which socket was being used.  At the time I felt two inches tall, but I needed the power to test a game I wanted to buy and they were just playing around.

[MYX]

THAT WAS YOU!!! jk

[AC.]

Hey were the pins working? the one I went to had about 4 that were working well and all the rest had some serious issues.

As far as I could tell, all the pins were working.  I'm sure they experienced glitches and catastrophic failure after the buyers got them home.  There were even 3 empty pinball cabinets - without legs, glass, guts, or the backboard.  I knew they would go cheap (all 3 in a package for $40) but I could not figure out what the hell I would do with them. I only remember one - an old starwars.