Atlanta Auction Results - Games arrived at my house *PIX* 03-01-06

[MYX]

Hey all,
What a great day. We headed down to the auction. My friend is opening up a new business and he will have a small game room in there too, so, we were out to buy. We got to the auction and it was games as far as the eye could see. Usually this is no big deal as most of the games suck. But not in this case buddy, this was an amazing site. I would say that at least 95% or more of the games worked and most were in nice shape. I took several pictures which I will try to post tomorrow. I spent the last hour typing up all the games from the auction. If I spelled one wrong, get over it. I saw many BYOAC folk today as well as a celebrity... well sort of. This was really cool. I will talk more about that tomorrow as well. So Here is the list

      
Tabletops      
Multigame 4 game   $655.00   
Multigame 4 game   $955.00   
Multigame 75 game   $1,400.00   Plus 1 year warantee
Galaga                           $550.00   
Ms. Pacman             $630.00   New Monitor
Multigame 75 game   $1,500.00   Plus 1 year warantee
Centipede                $375.00   
      
Uprights (Row 1)      
Ms. Pacman   $450.00   Pac Man Cab + Speed Chip
Ms. Pacman   $425.00   
Pacman            $425.00   Speed Chip
Galaxian     $375.00   
Ms. Pacman   $200.00   Bad Conversion Paper bezel and marquee + wavy monitor
Centipede   $400.00   
Multicade (9 game)   $900.00   
Multicade (9 game)   $900.00   
Multicade (9 game)   $900.00   
Ms. Pacman             $475.00   
Multicade 4 game   $850.00   
Ms. Pacman / Galaga   $750.00   
Multicade (39 game)   $1,200.00   
Ms. Pacman   $400.00   
Ms. Pacman   $450.00   
PacPlus               $100.00   
Multicade (4 game) Trackball only   $550.00   
Galaga                $500.00   
Multi Arcade 75 Game   $1,150.00   
Multi Arcade 75 Game   $1,150.00   
Multi Arcade 75 Game   $1,150.00   
Ultracade   $950.00   Crazy Cooter (we all spit on it in your honor.)
Ms. Pacman   $325.00   
Return of the Jedi   $400.00   A Friend of mine got this. Hoz. Hold needed major adjustment.
Leathal Enforcers   $250.00   
Leathal Enforcers   $300.00   We won this.
Pacman                       $225.00   In a Make Trax Cab. Little Printer paper

[TravistyOJ]

Man today was pretty fun, but oh how I wish I had money.  Everytime I think about that NAOMI candy cab I couldnt get, I get the heeby-jeebies!  

BTW, no prob on the Bust-a-Move, LOL

[golddbz2000]

hehe, no love for the bustamove, huh?  Today was great; I was so excited to see all those cabs, I came home and worked on my own.  I was really impressed with the number of people; with the cold and the rain, I never expected that kind of turnout.  I hope the next one has as many great cabs as this one did.

I saw so many mortal kombats today, I hope I don't have nightmares

[RoBoCoP]

I had made a seperate post about today also, I am just "pasting" here what I had in the other, you were typing same time as me

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Thanks for all the reading BYOC, thought I could return some contribution.  I attended the Atlanta SuperAuction today.  13% buyer premium, 8% sales tax, tons of stuff for sale (by other auction results I have seen).  I am interested in any good deals in this list if you have an opinion.

It is worth noting that SuperAuctions had advertised that this was the last time "at this location" which I think led people to believe it was the last auction to ever be held in Atlanta.  This wasn't correct, they are just in danger of losing their site they usually use as the fairground in considering knocking down the old warehouse type building they use for the auctions.  This may have upped the consignments since there was some confusion.  They are hunting a new location to resume in Atlanta.

Other notes, just my opinion (nothing against dealers)

* Lots of dealers bidding stuff up all over the place and then dropping out
*1 particular guy probably bought 50 things and seemingly hurt the "normal" guy being able to get something :O
* Some people were wayyy over market IMO on junk
* Mysteriously several things I noticed that had been working fine were not when the bidding began.  This included 2 specific items I wanted that the "same" guy mysteriously big very high on IMO given they were not working
* Someone in the know please comment about the prices on the Multicades...
* I would estimate that I am missing about 30 items.
*  I bought 2 jukeboxes, 1 NSM and 1 Rowe R-94 with Sony 10 CD already installed, both full of records etc.


Pinballs:
Baywatch ($625) no power on (was working earlier just fine)
Playboy ($1500) no power on (was working earlier just fine)
BadGirls ($350)
Flash ($350) older pin, good condition
Monopoly ($1950) excellent condition, nearly bid
Junk Yard ($1700)
Addams Family ($2250), playfield well worn
Dracula ($1425) Good Condition
Nascar ($2900) brand new, only today's plays essentially, not impressed by game
The Machine ($1350)
Indy 500 ($1450), I wanted this but not at that price, above average condition
Silver Slugger ($200) I should have gotten this, pretty good condition given age
Giligan's Island ($1325)
Sharkey's Shootout Tournament Edition ($1450), good condition
Fish Tails ($1375) average condition
Creature of the Lagoon ($1925)
Knockout ($250) pretty good condition given age
Dr. Who ($1750) last pinball helped drive price up
Cosmic Mars ($100) interesting, table top like coffee table pinball, OLD, good condition

Cocktails (maybe missing exacts here
Ms. PacMan ($630) not original
Galaga ($610) not original, little rough
Multicade ($900), 9 games
Multicade ($1400), 75 games
Multicade ($655) 4 games
Multicade ($1500) 75 games
Multicade, 23 games ($950)
Centipede ($375) old original, age showed little rough
Galaxian ($375) monitor faded

Megatouches:
About 10, some working, some not, none top of line, $30-$250

Uprights:
Tiger Heli ($75) mini cab, small monitor, kinda cool
Pole Position 2 ($35) rouch and monitor not good
Multicade 23 games ($960) average cab
Multicade 23 games ($920) average cab
War Final Assault ($425) nice all around
Mortal Kombat 2 ($150) below average shape
Maximum Force ($525)
Multicade 9 games ($650) terrible cabinet
Lethal Enforcers Gunfighter 2 ($225)
Lethal Enforcers ($225)
Neo Geo Fullsize, 1 slot ($275) average shape, game bust a move
Zaxxon ($50) original cabinet, rough around bottom edges console, no power on
Mortal Kombat 2 ($275)
Blitz 99 ($375) rough, looked like bar game
Mortal Kombat 2 ($300)
Blitz 99 ($375) rough
NBA Jam TE ($175) age showed
High Impact Football ($250) age showed
Gunsmoke ($120) screen jiggling
Mario Bros ($150) original cabinet in excellent shape, only 2 bidders to $125 SOLD
Centipede ($250) monitor burn in
Virtua Fighter ($125)
Ms. Pac Man ($225) monitor fried, cab very rough
Mortal Kombat 4 ($350) no power up
X-Men vs. Street Fighter ($350)
Area 51 ($100) no power up
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 ($325)
Killer Instinct ($325)
Virtua Fighter ($375)
Wrestle Mania ($250) nice shape, no power on
Soul Edge ($175)
Mortal Kombat 4 ($500)
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker ($250) side art not good, 2 bidders, started at $5
PaperBoy ($50) rusted handlebars, rough shape, had to beg for $50
Metal Slug X ($250)
X-Men Versus Street Fighter ($335)
Neo Geo Aero Fighters 3 ($100) BIG cab, 1 slot
Die Hard ($200) no power on
Virtua Fighter 2 ($225)
Techno Bowl Football ($50) HUGE ORGINAL side by side cab
Hard Driving ($25) among last 10 items sold
Klax ($50) rough  among last 10 items sold
Racin Force ($50) among last 10 items sold
Sega Out Run ($50) among last 10 items sold
Great 1000 Mile Rally ($150) among last 10 items sold
Unknown Cab ($50)
Thunder Blade ($110) amont last 10 items sold
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 ($225)
Mortal Kombat 4 ($300) no power on
Mortal Kombat 3 ($350)
Teenage Mutant Turtles ($190) no power on
Blizt 99 ($225) roughest one among last 10 items sold
Ms. Pacman ($525) last upright sold, newer looking but was Super PacMan
Klax Mini Cab ($300) rough looking
Congo Bongo ($360) orginal cab in good condition
Donkey Kong Junior Mini cab ($100)
Hang On ($160)
Super Monaco GP ($270) little rough
Super Monaco GP ($210) better one went for less
War Final Assault ($650)
Virtua Racing ($375)
Road Blasters Mini Cab ($285) monitor burn in
Crystal Castles ($275) NEAR NEW, Best one I have seen since 1980's
Lethal Enforcer ($300) console rough
Lethal Enforcer ($250) better condition than 1 above
Return of the Jedi mini cab version ($400) above average condition
Ms. Pacman ($325) missing back of cabinet
Ultracade 40 or so games ($950)
Multicade, 75 games ($1150) cab/sideart/console etc. brand new
Multicade, 75 games ($1150) cab/sideart/console etc. brand new
Multicade, 75 games ($1150) cab/sideart/console etc. brand new (buyer took all 3)
Galaga ($500) cabinet near new, from home owner
Ms. PacMan ($450) missing cab back
Ms. PacMan ($400) cabinet 8/10 my book
Multicade, 75 games ($1200) cab/sideart/console etc. brand new
Champion Street Fighter ($270
World Series 99 ($475) nice shape
X-Men ($275)
NBA Jam TE ($160) rough shape
Mortal Kombat 2 ($400)
Mortal Kombat ($175)
New Astro City ($275) this was a "shorty" cab, big monitor (27"?)
Carnival King ($500)
Champion Edition Street Fighter ($450)
2004 Golden Tee, Fore ($675) monitor ugly
Martial Champion ($225)
Beachhead 2000 ($800) near new
Centipede ($275) original, decent
Gauntley Dark Legacy ($500) near new
Galaga ($275) monitor loose sitting in bottom
Ms. PacMan ($500) cabinet UGLY
Multicade, 75 games ($1150) Same Buyer Bought all 3
Multicade, 75 games ($1150)
Multicade, 75 games ($1150)
Ms. PacMan ($400) ugly cabinet, bad shape
Golden T, 2005 Fore, Tournament Edition ($1650) told Canada Edition wth is that?
Golden T, 2005 Fore, Tournament Edition ($1650) told Canada Edition wth is that?
Golden T, 2005 Fore, Tournament Edition ($1400) told Canada Edition wth is that?
Birdie King ($50) rough shape, 1/2 player buttons not working
Fisherman's bait ($375) "smaller cab" I bid on this but changed mind BAD IDEA now
Fisherman's Bait, Marlin Challenge ($475) sound stuck on 100% loud
2005 Golden T, Fore ($900) "wide console" average "bar" condition
Neo Geo "Mini Cab", 4 slot ($675) 4 games included
Multi Game/Trackball ($550) Centi/Milli/Missile Command/Bowling
MultiCade, 23 games ($1100)
PacMan ($400) monitor not good, original though
Rampage World Tour ($250) excellent shape
Galaga/Ms. PacMan ($750) the "reunion" game
MultiCade, 39 games ($1200) "basic" looking cab


Sitdown games:
Indy 500 2 player ($850)
Crusin Exotica ($2425)
Crusin Exotica ($2450)
Crusin Usa ($500)
San Francisco Rush The Rock ($475)
San Franciscn Rush the Rock ($650)
Cruisin USA Driver 1/Driver 2 combo ($1950, $1950)
Crusin Usa ($280) old
Daytona USA 2 battle on the edge ($525)
Cruisin Exotica ($1100)
Time Crisis 2 ($1450) 2 player game
Dirt Devils ($1050)
Suziki Tours 2 players $50 HUGE item
Super Hang on ($125) tons of wear
Area 51 Site 4 ($385)
Blitz/Showtime ($500) huge monitor (27 or 30")?
Dark Siloutte Silent Scope 2 ($1300)
Big Buck Hunter ($600) huge version
Crusin Usa, Driver 2 ($600)
Crusin Exotica ($1200)
Crusin World ($1100)
Crusin World ($725)
Hydro Thunder ($110) old, burnin, mon weak
Moto Frenzy ($150) old, worn
California Speed ($350)
Sega Super GT 2 players ($1650)
Indy 500, 2 player ($675)
Crisis Zone ($550)
Crusin Usa, Driver 1 ($650)
Six Gun Select ($600)
T-Meis, 2 player ($200) HUGE
Surf Planet ($25) almost had 2 pay to get someone to take it, huge mon ALL WHITE
Daytona USA ($525) last sit down auctioned

They also had about 10 jukeboxes (45's and CD's), crane games (6), Amusement only "electronic slot" type games (10 or so), Dart Game (3 only 1 working), 1 skee ball basketball game, 10 pool tables (2 Dynamo's that I thought were nice $700 and $800)

[ArtMAME]

Yes!!! That was definitely a BLAST!!! RETROBLAST that is!!! ...

My first auction...and I can't wait for the next one!!!  I better start making room in my garage and saving up some money!!! 

Thanks MYX for all the advice and support!!!   

SHOUT OUT!!! to all the BYOACers who were there ...see you at the next one!!!

[Patent Doc]

Loved meeting up with you guys at the Auction.  ArtMAME, TravistyOJ, MYX, 1hookedspacecadet, it was great meeting you guys.  James love the tokens.  See you guys at the next one.  Hopefully then I want be solo on the parenting duties and can spend more time checking out the games and bidding on a few.

Patent Doc

[GGKoul]

Any pictures?

[golddbz2000]

this was an awesome arcade auction!  I was surprised at how many people bid wayyy over the actual cost of cabinets (btw, what was up with that mystery cab that sold for 200??? unbelievable). 

Yesterday was great; got to meet a couple of new people that hadn't been to one of the auctions and some people that were beginning their collections   It sucks getting up early, but it's great meeting friends.

It was great meeting ArtMame, MYX and James from Retroblast.  Not sure who Patent Doc or RoBoCoP was, but I'm sure I saw ya!

[RayB]

Wow. So many Ms Pacs...  And a Congo Bongo? Don't see too many of those.

[MYX]

Wow. So many Ms Pacs...  And a Congo Bongo? Don't see too many of those.

No and it was in excelent condition and it looked like either a brand new monitor or entirely unused.

[MYX]

Ok here are some pix. I just got to look at them. I am sorry for them being blurry. I forgot to reset the exposure. I had set it long for something I was shooting. 

[MYX]

Oh yeah, Our celebrity find. James from Retroblast. Ok perhaps not a full blown celebrity, but I have read his articals for a while so it was cool to meet him. Again sorry about the blur. He is no where near this blurry in person.

[MYX]

And for those who are not getting the scope of this auction. It was really really really fdddrigin big (in yer best scotish accent). (BTW this is Row 2)

Also, next time we sould go in shifts to take down prices. It is a real pain in the butt. It was also fun.
Thanks to TravistyOJ for finishing taking prices when I was tired of it. I am getting a little nervous because the movers have not arrived with my games and still have not even called. I am feeling a little sick about it. Neil who bought these games did not want to put these in storage so they will live at my house for 2 weeks to a month       He really had to twist my arm     .
Centipede x 2
Multicade 39 game
ThunderBlade
RoadBlasters
Leathal Enforcers
Air Hockey

One asside. As a thanks for helping him with getting the games and offering to help fix up the ones he bought, he gave me one of the 2 Centipedes. Yeah, my wife has claimed it and now states that it IS hers. Well, ok as long as I get to play it. 

[Havok]

One of these days I'll drive over to Jersey to check out an auction - I've never gone to one. Seems like the prices were a bit high though. The thing that really kills me is the "buyer premium", I can handle the sales tax, but an extra 13% on top of tax? Seems like a ripoff. Do the sellers have to pay to list their cabs too?

[Witchboard]

Do the sellers have to pay to list their cabs too?

If I understand correctly, no.  That's what a buyers premium is.  You're paying the sellers fees for auctioning off a cabinet when you win it.

13% seems pretty high.  The local auctions I've been to only charge 10%, but it still creeps up on you.

[MYX]

If you are going to sell they take %13.9 off your winnings too.

From the Super Auctions Site:
How much does it cost to sell my items?
We're proud to offer the lowest rates in the country!  Bring us 15 pieces or more and our commission is only 9.9%.  Bring less than 15 pieces and pay only 13.9% * commission.  Each item will be charged a $14 entry fee.
* CA customers- 16.9%

I did a calculation in excel and I just left it as all sellers brought 15 pieces
$101,465.00 Total sales that I wrote down. This does not include pool tables, megatouch, redemption or gambling games.
$13,190.45 From buyers 13%
$10,146.50 From Sellers 10%
$23,336.95 They made at least.
But they have to make a living. 

[Witchboard]

Hmm.. the local guy here that has auctions on occasion doesn't charge sellers anything, at least when I asked.  I guess that's the "good 'ol boy" mentality we have out here in the middle of no where. 

[RetroJames]

WORST.

PICTURE.

EVER.


Ugh. I ALWAYS blink which is funny because MYX didn't even use a flash!!!!

Anyway, it was great getting to meet some BYOAC'ers finally and the auction was a blast.  Wish I could have stayed longer and actually purchased a game or two, but I had to rush over to Home Depot to pickup some hardware to mount my 25" monitor in a Dynamo cab I am working on.

By the way, here is a better picture of me for future reference as well as a snap of the new RetroBlast / GameRoom tokens I was handing out at the show. If you were at the auction you may have seen these placed on marquees and control panels throughout the show.

At least once someone was following me scooping them up as fast as I put them down so someone has a real stash of these now!

[Hiub1]

Man, I am so jealous. I think it is a good thing that I didn't go, because I would have ended up buying something that won't fit in my house, haha. Were they selling any parts at all? Anyways, next auction I need to find out early when it is so that I can get off work and go for once and for all.

[MYX]

Hey the tokens are awesome. I got about 5 or 6 then I found a handful of tokens from some arcade in the hydrothunder game I was looking at. When I looked in the Congo Bongo to try to coin it up, there was about a dollar in change. Hey it nearly bought me a coke. It's funny. I remember CB being a heck of a lot harder and cooler when I was young. It seemed very slow and easy at the auction. The moving people finally called and will be delivering the stuff tonight after 6pm.

[MYX]

Gonna hijack my own thread and give an up date about the auction games.

So the movers arrived. Just a word about movers and if there are any on this board I am sorry if this seems offensive. But these guys did not care about the value we feel for these games. This guy was just rippin the games around the truck. Rotating them on a corner sometimes. Little bits of game shaving off all over my driveway and garage. Nothing too destructive, but still upsetting. the air hockey legs are missing the levelers off 2 legs??? Sorry sir, we'll go back and check the warehouse... Sure you will.

So we got the games into the garage and I got to start playing. It is amazing to me the amount of grunge that appears in the games.

[MYX]

I started cleaning up the games. Several of the games have locks but no keys. I pulled out the lock pics and started working on RoadBlasters. the locks were a little fussy, but after a couple of minutes I had them open. Blanket -o- Dust. This game was near toxic with dust. I pulled out the paint brush and shop vac and went to town.

[Hiub1]

Holy smokes man, thats a lotta dirt! The games look good, you should open up your own arcade in the garage. Make some change back, I'd stop by for sure!

[ArtMAME]

Wow!!!...did you really get them all in that tiny little garage???

I finally got my Williams High Impact Football Cabinet into my garage.  I had to wrestle that beast off of my truck and into the garage by myself...

Here are some pics:



Notice it has FOUR...count 'em FOUR n...i...c...e... Wico Balltops. The control panel and the marquee are in great shape...The bezel glass is perfect, I could not find a single scratch on it!!!

[ArtMAME]

More pics:

[APFelon]

If you think that that is a thick layer of dust, you don't work in the coin op business. 

Nice score on the High Impact. I don't think I have ever seen a dedicated HI. I'd love to have one some day.

APf

[RoBoCoP]

Wow!!!...did you really get them all in that tiny little garage???

I finally got my Williams High Impact Football Cabinet into my garage.  I had to wrestle that beast off of my truck and into the garage by myself...

I big on that game, dropped at $175, glad someone from here got it