Another Atlanta Super Auction - June 16th

[thennomeking]

Historic Rushton Mill
1240 Lyndon Avenue
Griffin, Georgia
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Preview: 8:00AM to 10:00AM
Auction starts at 10:00AM

This time around my partner's uncle wont be rushed to the hospital before they get to the Raiden II cab I wanted, and went for $75...I am also bringing an electripack so I dont have to worry about the power going out every couple minutes...

Results of the last auction:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=63020.msg630911#msg630911

Hopefully there wont be as many dead cabs this time around.  So who else is going to be there?

[KDOG]

I'll be there. This time with some money. looking for a dead Pacman style cab among other things.

[ArtMAME]

I will be there!!! 

Just finished restoring one of the dead cabs I got at the last Rushton Mill SuperAuctions:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=67357.0

I am ready for another project... or two... or three...

[thennomeking]

You know I wanted to buy two of those dead cabs, an S-TV that needed a new monitor (Die Hard Arcade was in it), and a NeoGeo 4 slot, which had three games in it.  But what you did with it is far beyond what I was going to.  That is just pretty.

But this time my group wont look like we work there.

[thennomeking]

Ok, now it is only a week out - the topic should fare better.

[Luigi]

And again I'll take a look at the pictures that somebody hopefully posts...read the list of machines that went for a few (or more) bucks and dry some tears in my eyes that something like that doesn't happen in germany 

...could someony please buy a Tempest upright for me and ship it to Gemany for $100 (shipping only of course)

[ArtMAME]

Just got a call from good ol' Fred from SuperAuctions telling me about the auction that I already knew about...   

It's on now...

Anybody else hear from Fred??? 

[DARRYLICSHON]

i just got news i have to work at noon , i may be able to go for alittle while, seems to happen every time 

[thennomeking]

Ok Artmame, you are going down...

Luigi, aslong as they are cool with it, Ill try to take pics of the cabs.  I dont really see a problem, but Id like to throw in that caveat just in case.

[ArtMAME]

I took pics at the last one.  Click on the pic to see the photoalbum:

http://home.earthlink.net/~asumner/artsarcadelab/id31.html

I asked Mr. JR for permission beforehand(short bald guy with glasses and teeth missing), and he was appreciative that I asked permission.  Ask one of the auctioneers before hand, so that if anybody says anything, you can say JR or Johnny or whomever said it was OK.

I am so ready... let's get it on!!!

Son of a GUN, we'll have BIG FUN at the SUPERAUCTIONS!!!

[thennomeking]

That was my plan.  Them or the girls running registration. 

I have also thought about bringing a battery pack, but I think Ill take a few blowouts over lugging that thing around.  Its pretty much a car battery and an inverter. 

And how could we have anything but fun at these things?  Free arcade games for two hours, thats living s dream.

[ArtMAME]

Just got back... not many pieces this time... maybe 100 or so... last one they had there had three times as many pieces...

Several board members were there and we all walked away with some great deals.  But it was still pretty scant  .  The auction was over by lunchtime...

Still lots of fun...I will post pics and prices later.

[thennomeking]

I walked out with a unicorn of a cab for me:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/fastbilly1/DSCF1095.jpg
Before today I had never seen a VS cocktail/camptop.  I have seen other games, but never a vs.  Both sides work aswell.  Now to find a Dr Mario pcb.

A friend of mine bought the MvC competition cab, and another bought the Econofloss cotton candy maker.  Over all I will say it was the smallest I have been to, but I also think I had the most fun at this one.  As per JR's approval, I have pics of the overall, Ill post them after I have more than a couple hours of sleep in me.  And after a couple games of VS Baseball.

[ArtMAME]

Here are some pics that I took:

http://s177.photobucket.com/albums/w210/ArtMAME/Super%20Auctions%206-16-07%20Griffin%20GA/

[KDOG]

Ya there was a lot more stuff last time. I got the other mvs 10 bucks . If I had lager transportation  I would have bought  more. thennoeking I was the one that said it look like a bbq grill. That cab is just not my favorite style of cab but it is unique and playable .    I still can't believe that the multigames go for so much.

[GAtekwriter]

I should've gone... I should've gone... I should've gone... does anyone know how much the PinBot went for?  ARGHHHHH!

Jim

[thennomeking]

The funny thing is after we dropped off and set up the MvC - which only needed some tweaking on the vert and horiz holds and a new quick connect, we had just my cab strapped to the back of the truck with only a partial cover (it is only a couple blocks from one house to the other).  During that time we had two people offer to buy it.  I actually like the design a fair amount.  I mean it is a bit gaudy, but it is also unique, it draws your attention to it.  Sadly it makes me look like a Georgia fan (I am an Auburn alumni).

Worse case scenario, it breaks and I mame it with LCD screens for my Gauntlet cab.

[ArtMAME]

Well, Chris was kind enough to post the results in the Google newsgroup.  I am just copying and pasting here (with a few additional comments):

Uprights
Ms Pac-Man  $275
Ms Pac-Man  $275
Multi-Arcade  $2500
Ms Pac-Man/Galaga  $925
Multicade  $950
Multi-Arcade  $900
Pac-Man 25th/Ms Pac-man/Galaga  $600
Multicade  $900
Ms Pac-Man/Galaga  PASS
Multicade  ?
Multi-Arcade  $1050
War of the Bugs  $100
Multi-Arcade  $1100
Lethal Enforcers  $135
Marvel Superheroes  $200
Roadblasters  $160
Fighting Vipers  $175
Vs Golf  $60
Cruisin World  $600
Radikal Bikers  $135 (Very clean cabinet)
Terminator 2  $220 (wobbly monitor)
Area 51  $325
Terminator 2  $320 (Working great, guns a little scratchy)
Armored Warriors (in a Korean candy cabinet)  $350
Power Stone (monitor issues)  $50
Radikal Bikers  $190 (Very clean cabinet)
Rampage World Tour  $150
Radikal Bikers  $110 (Very clean cabinet)
NBA Showtime  $250
Cruisin World (standup)  $700
Hammerin Harry  $90
Super Punch-out! (top monitor dull)  $125
PlayChoice-10 (game select monitor dead)  $90
Choplifter  $100 (in wood-grained Williams cabinet)
Wyvern (in a weird cabinet from Holland)  $90
Tournament Solitaire  $50
Viper  $100
Mechanized Attack  $125
Cisco Heat  $160
Marvel Superheroes  ?

Cocktails
48-in-1  $1475
Centipede  250
Fire Escape?  $150
Golden Tee  $125
Vs Baseball (red tent) $125

Showcase
Marvel vs Capcom  $250
Tekken 3  $200

Driving
Hyperdrive  $525
Vapor TRX  $750
Rush: The Rock (was working earlier)  $200
Hyperdrive  $525
Rush: The Rock (missing buttons but working)  $275
Virtua Racing dual (no monitors)  $1
Race Drivin (bad colors, otherwise worked)  $80

Pins (yep, that's all)
Rocky and Bullwinkle  $568
Road Show  $1100
Funhouse  $825
Maverick  $750
Big Guns  $500
ABC Monday Night Football  $550
Pinbot (broken, nasty playfield)  $225
Slugfest  $900
Flip-a-Ball (bingo)  $50
Cyclone  $850

Misc.
Safari EM (powered up) $50
KO (Zamparela Punching bag game) $45/$45

Dead Row
Frogger (monitor issues)  $50
Blitz 2000 Gold (dead monitor)  $110
NBA Hangtime  $40
Turbo Force  $1
Area 51?  $5
Big Buck Hunter (no guns, monitor worked, bad hard drive)  $100
Millipede  (no bezel glass, working boards, bad monitor)$50
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (water damage)  $1
Tri Sports  (in Centipede cabinet with sides painted black)$2
Neo-Geo 4-slot (deal of the day, had $100 worth of games in it)  $5
Wizard of Wor  (no bezel glass) PASS
Galaxian  $35
Kung Fu Master  PASS
Ms Pac-Man (No monitor, no boards, mostly gutted but nice bezel and marquee, sides fair)  $5
Vs The Goonies  $10
Super Chase  PASS
(empty Nintendo cabinet)  $5
Neo-Geo 2-slot  $10
Bad Dudes  $10
Galaxian  $40
(empty Nintendo cabinet)  PASS
Jungle Hunt  PASS
Maximum Force  $1
Street Fighter II CE  PASS
Surf Planet  $10
Pole Position (complete, nice cabinet for its age)  $1
Safari (EM)  $5?
Arabian (bad board, cabinet in great shape, side art was probably near perfect)  $80
Team Quarterback  PASS

Deals of the day:

Neo-Geo 4-slot (deal of the day, had $100 worth of games in it)  $5

Arabian (CP overlay was a bit torn,  but cabinet was damn near perfect, bad roms) $80

Terminator 2 (Working all the way, buyer was prepared to pay twice that much) $320

Rampage World Tour (Working great, nice cabinet, nice monitor) $150

Any of the working Radical Bikers
(if you like that game, clean cabinets, nice monitors) $135/$190

Millipede (Great sideart, working board, no bezel glass) $50

Vs Baseball (red tent) $125 (Buyer was very excited to get this one)

Pole Position $1
(Complete non-working, nice cabinet, found $1.25 in change inside when I got it home...
 Wow dude, I made 4 cents off that deal!!! )

[swolgam]

Question?

Ive never been to an auction but plan on hitting the next one in my area.  For instance, the NEO that had the $100 worth of games inside, do these people that enter these machines into the auctions know the values of their machines?   I think i wouldve researched first before throwing in an auction a cab full of games.  Hello EBAY.   

I was just curious.  Looks like alot of ms pac and galaga cheap for the taking.  I can't wait to go to my first auction.  I hope to grab some decent cabs.

[JimmyU]

I walked out with a unicorn of a cab for me:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f394/fastbilly1/DSCF1095.jpg
Before today I had never seen a VS cocktail/camptop.  I have seen other games, but never a vs.  Both sides work aswell.  Now to find a Dr Mario pcb.

A friend of mine bought the MvC competition cab, and another bought the Econofloss cotton candy maker.  Over all I will say it was the smallest I have been to, but I also think I had the most fun at this one.  As per JR's approval, I have pics of the overall, Ill post them after I have more than a couple hours of sleep in me.  And after a couple games of VS Baseball.

Your cab looks like would happen if this



mated with this



 

I really like because it's not something you see everyday.

[thennomeking]

While I dont have a Powerdroid or R5D4, well life sized, but atleast it is in good company:


Artmame, I wouldnt have touched that Arabian with a 10 foot pole.  It had been on Craigslist a couple times and the insides are shot.  Needs a new psu, romset, all new wiring, and probably a new monitor.  The fella who owned it said it was plugged straight into the wall and one day just wouldnt turn on.  He never thought that the thunderstorm a couple nights before could have had anything to do with it.

And Id say you got the best deal out of everyone.  A nice looking Pole Position standup, and they paid you to take it...

[castlesteve]

now that's damn funny..