Pictures from Saturday's auction in Mesquite, TX

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Xphile:
lol...i found out yesterday in the newsgroups that that guy is known as ' Mr. do-rag' or 'stinky' (depending on what part of the country you're in...) he goes to *all* the auctions, and bids his own machine up to what he wants to get for them, even if it means he's takin' them to the next auction..:-) aparantly, the mame cabs are his..

good pics..

AlanS17:
I'll make it up there to Mesquite one of these days when I'm not broke cuz I know I'll buy something whether I can afford it or not. My brother lives up there and he's got a truck so it's all good. Plus he's a collector too so dragging him out there wouldn't be hard. They are coming to Corpus Christi this weekend, though... That's only 3 hours from me. I wonder who I could drag out there with a truck. :)

RacerX:

--- Quote from: AceTKK on March 17, 2003, 05:53:43 am ---Cool! I will make it out to Mesquite one of these days. I live in Houston but haven't been able to justify the trip yet. Did they have any deals on empty cabinets? How much were they going for?

thx,

-Ace-

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Unfortunately I couldn't stay at the auction the whole time (I had friends along. I'll leave them at home next time. ;) ) I don't know what the MAME cabs went for. They did have some cabinets that were in really bad shape. A friend of mine forgot her driver's license and we had to go back later in the afternoon, and I heard some of the cabs that were in poorer condition going for $125. Some of the worst ones probably went for less.

AlanS17, let me know about how much the cabs go for. The auctioneer was saying that you could buy a cab in Mesquite and take it to Corpus next weekend and make a profit. Of course, I know he was just trying to get the bidding higher. But I would be curious to see if that was an unusual auction, price-wise. Most machines that were in good condition were going in the $450 to $750 range depending on the game and its condition.

One thing that I found interesting was that at one point the auctioneer made an announcement that if they caught you behind the machines messing with them after the review period was over, they would prosecute you. Apparently they've had problems with people messing with the cabinets in order to make them appear to not be working so the bidding won't go as high.

Also, as has been mentioned, the people watching alone is worth going. I saw the king of all mullets at this thing. :D

RacerX:

--- Quote from: Brax on March 17, 2003, 07:45:20 am ---Lol! I like the old Elvis nerd with the TCB tattoo. It's worth it just to go skid watching! hehe

Great cabs! Too bad you can't report the Mame sales to someone.

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Yeah, I couldn't figure out exactly what the proper course of action was with those MAME cabs. So every time I walked by them, I would say to my friends in a loud voice, "That thing is running MAME. That's highly illegal! Look, it's running ArcadeOS as the front-end!"

Stupid, I know, but I just wanted to discourage people from bidding on them if I could.

bigugly:
the mame cabinet that was on the first row with all the classic machines that was called 'williams arcade classics' (i think) went for $575. i didn't see or hear where the others ended. the one i saw sold didn't even work right. i saw three different people looking at it and the games would freeze after a few seconds every time.

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