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Thinking about going to my first Arcade Auction, Wanted to know some feedback
Flake:
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--- Quote from: Flake on January 16, 2009, 12:29:16 pm ---I love arcade autions! Super Auctions comes through my area about 3 times per year. I got my mame cabinet from them for $80 (after the buyers premium and sales tax). It was a non-working Killer Instinct 2 cabinet that had been converted. It was basically just a cabinet with a control panel so I suppose I did pick up 4 8-way joysticks with the deal. I have also purchased an Itouch5 from them at $285 (again after tax and buyers premium).
Super Auctions only has about a 2 hour preview period the morning of the auction and then the bidding begins. Typically the groupings of machines are megatouch/touchscreen games, arcade games (seperated by upright, cocktail and driving cabs), pinball machines and dart boards. Usually they start at the megatouch/touchscreen games and then move onto arcades, then pinballs.
As far as pricing, it depends on the demand in the crowd. Typically, old working classics like ms. pacman and galaga go for $500+. The 40-1 or 60-1 Mulitgames go for $800-$1200. Newer shooter games go for probably $300-$500. This past June the showcase cabinets were going super cheap $200 or so.....I guess because they are so big they have limited buyers. Last November a working almost perfect condition (had always been home use only) Gauntlet Legends went for $400.
Pinballs vary more but up until this last November auction were going for $1,500-$2,500. In November the price range was more like $400-$1200. This is a huge price drop from the typical $2000 they typically go for. I'm hoping for a similar price structure on them come April's auction.....hehe.
Anyway, as others have stated, plan on spending the whole day, unless you have a real good idea of when they begin bidding on what you want. Its fun anyway, I like seeing what games go for what price. At the place they hold our auctions there are concession stands that sell burger/hot dogs/ and more importantly beer so that keeps your energy up for the day.
I will caution this though, its easy to get carried away, everytime I go I'm tempting to just open the wallet and dish out all kinds of coin.....you gotta show a little restraint, unless you have unlimited funds and space.
One last note, it took me the last November auction till I was able to understand the fast talking auctioneer.....it was hard for me to understand where exactly the price was at certain times.
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DUDE!!! Most of what you are saying is exactly what I wanted to hear. I have one question though, on the showcase cabs, Are they empty? If not what kind of games have you seen? I'm interested in a candy cab and a showcase. And if they are games and not empty, $200-$300 is PERFECT!!
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Wait....your in my area, and arent you looking to start an arcade or something? I think I noticed this in another forum anyway.
Dont go buying up all the goods at the next auction!!!! LOL
mrclean:
I'm not sure if I'm going to buy anything. I'm going to cross my fingers for the day/night before preview. I might just snag one specific title that I'd like to add to my collection and hopefully the bidding doesnt' go too high. Maybe I'd grab a dozen cheap projects ? It's really tough to say but I did compile a list already of around 125 games that I would be interested in. It's entirely possible that something that's not on my list will catch my eye but i'm going to try to stick with what I would truly want. It's almost like shopping at a grocery store when your hungry always a terrible idea.
dreamakuma:
Well I'm taking about $800 with me because this is for my home use. I'm only looking for tekken 3(showcase), A marvel super heroes vs street fighter(anything), any kind of lightgun game, perferably a house of the dead(any of the series),A Neo geo mvs in a candy would be the best thing for me ever,and if it went for the right price a Hydro thunder sit-down cab. but I'm only going to afford one or two cabs. So I'll be there for it. Man, Flake, you made me antsy for this thing. I heard about this super auction from you and thought I could wait, THEN you told me the prices. I'm like a kid waiting for cristmas now. THANKS A LOT!!! LOL!
mrclean:
Do I get the chance to see any of you BYOACers at the NJ ones? any east coasters? No set date yet but it should be March / Latest April.
mrclean:
I had Asteroids in mind as one fo the roughly 125 games I would be interested in, but no guarantees I would even see it at the auction but I really wanted to know how available are replacement monitors for the vector games ?
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