Pictures from Saturday's auction in Mesquite, TX

[kspiff]

LOL.. I saw that, too, but didn't get it until now.. was wondering why it was listed under Arcade Parts & Accessories

I can see selling MAME cabs at an auction.. but not for that much when the conversions are so shoddy.. and not with ROMs or MAME..

Oh, and is anyone else in Houston or near there?  I was planning to take the day off and go to the upcoming auction on (I think it was) April 5.. if you didn't know (I just found this yesterday, maybe it's not very well publicized?), check the listing @ www.gameroommagazine.com.. and if anyone went to their auction last year, please post your comments!

I've got this madness all of a sudden for a dedicated Galaga.. well, OK, I've always had it  

[MrArcade]

Now that is funny!

[Generic Eric]

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Oh, and is anyone else in Houston or near there?  I was planning to take the day off and go to the upcoming auction on (I think it was) April 5.. if you didn't know (I just found this yesterday, maybe it's not very well publicized?), check the listing @ www.gameroommagazine.com.. and if anyone went to their auction last year, please post your comments!
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http://www.arcadecenter.com/2002expo/index.html
My wife is the chick wearing the blue tye dye shirt in the second pic on the first page.  Shes playing pinball.


It was a blast, but not what I was hoping for.  I pictured a big trade show.  Which is probably why my wife came along.  She new I wanted to find something to start my project on.  Turns out, what everyone does is bring their pins and vids in, charge $5 dollars a head (that was last year, this year it is $10) and you play for free.  Apparently there was a tournament, but I didn't stay late enough for that.
http://www.arcadecenter.com/
Its at Fitzgeralds there in houston.  I played the hell out of some pinball that night.  Last year we got there early and got to play the games that were already set up.  When everything was ready, the told everyone to get out so they could start taking the money.  Oh yeah...its at Fitzgeralds so there was a full bar.  I got drunk.  The atmosphere was great...lots of old video games, pinball machine...man, I never played so much pinball as I did that day.  Old 80's music in the background.  

Anyway, I'm gonna plan to take the day off again and go to it this year.  

[kspiff]

D'oh!  No game sales whatsoever?  Hm.. I dunno about that.. not worth taking a day off for to me (and I would have to take the day off, no way around it with my work schedule).

Maybe I'll try to dig up more info.. sounded too good to be true, though.

[Generic Eric]

Sorry...there were games for sale, and pinballs too.  But they were collectors prices...ya know...sellers market.  Nothing really on the lines of project cabs.

[kspiff]

Yeah.. the situation for getting a cab down here is pretty sad.. so far I've gotten 2 for free (and one was a gambling game; I just got lucky on this deal) and an APB that cost $250 (which works pretty solid, but could use some work [including maybe a new cap kit]).  The site vidpin.com has cabs for sale local, but their prices are horrible, too.

I wouldn't mind collector's prices, but oftentimes the price just doesn't match the condition.  Hell, when it does the price gets even worse.  Average for a G/VG (working but not very pretty) machine in working condition seems to be @ $450-600.

[RacerX]

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...

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=3215436123

 

[SNAAAKE]

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...

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=3215436123

 

WTF is this?  

Its disturbing..

WHAT HAPPEND TO THAT UNDERWEAR ?
Someone kicked REALLY hard in his ballz or somethin?
AND people are bidding on it..am I the only one think this is VERY disturbing

[rampy]

FWIW someone in the RGVAC community put up a page dedicated to mr do rag - stinky/shill auction guy

*shrug*

rampy