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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: saint on April 04, 2007, 09:33:35 pm
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(Front page news discussion thread) (http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_main.php#2285)
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Has anyone ever gone to this here in Indianapolis? I just moved here a couple years ago and was wondering if it was worth my time going. Wasn't sure how big and the quality of the auction was here.
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I went in 2000 and thought it was pretty good. It's the only one that I have been too though so I don't have much perspective.
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I went to it a couple of years ago. Was decent, although I can't compare as it's the only one I've been too. I have some pics, somewhere, if I can dig them up...
Was fun, but prices that year were a little high for my taste. I'd love to go this year, but I don't have a truck this time and, more seriously, I have very little 'extra cash'.. :)
-Jason
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Ah, here's a link to the thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=48890.0) about the one I went to...
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Might have to swing by this weekend. Thanks for the pictures Jfunk. Maybe that money Uncle Sam gave me back will buy that Double Dragon cabinet I have been looking for. :cheers:
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Any know if there is anyone that offers transport for purchases at this auction?
I was going to go just to check it out but if I decide to get something I have no truck and a bad back so I would need to pay someone to help me transport it. I only live about 10 miles from the auction site.
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Transportation is my biggest issue, too.. Don't know that most will fit in my CR-V..
Well, biggest issue besides $$ :)
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Anybody get to go?
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I didn't make it there. The weather wasn't the greatest so I figure I didn't want to get my hopes up and find something I wanted and then have to haul it back in the back of my truck. Stupid Indiana weather. :badmood:
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I was busy all weekend also so I couldn't go.
I didn't make it there. The weather wasn't the greatest so I figure I didn't want to get my hopes up and find something I wanted and then have to haul it back in the back of my truck. Stupid Indiana weather. :badmood:
I just thought of this... if a lot of people felt this way, it could have made it easier to get good prices. :dunno
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That thought crossed my mind as well.
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I made it there, was my first auction so no clue on what pirces should be had a Defender and a MAME go for 700 that was the high. 45 Cabs, 15-20 pins and one Pac Man cocktail. Only stayed for first half of the cabs to be sold.
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I made it there, was my first auction so no clue on what pirces should be had a Defender and a MAME go for 700 that was the high. 45 Cabs, 15-20 pins and one Pac Man cocktail. Only stayed for first half of the cabs to be sold.
Did you buy or bid on anything?
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had no transportation for a cab, was seeing if there was any parts or anything I wanted to pickup but there wasn't
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This particular one was unusually small. Of the past 5-8 that have happened, only one was this small. Normally, there are almost twice as many videos, 4-5x as many jukeboxes, a few more pinballs, and about twice as many of the specialty cabinets like driving games.
On the other hand, there were a ton of crane games at this particular one, if that's your thing...
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Monmotha, did you buy or bid on anything? Were prices inflated because of the lack of size?
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I bid on a bill validator that went higher than I was expecting (I was expecting it to go for more than I was willing to pay anyway), and I did buy a Midway 4 player JAMMA Harness (actually, that's the first time I've bought anything at this auction, though I have bid in the past). Cabinet prices seemed about in line with where they had been in the past, though I only stuck around for about half of them to sell. Bartops were going slightly cheaper than usual. Monitors were going at about half their normal price.