Anyone sell a game at CAX?

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Saw a bunch of FS tags on games. Anyone get any interest?
 
i took home damons krull but we talked back and forth on that one for a while beforehand. and yes i will get you the money next week i will not let you forget i still need to pay for it :)
 
Saw a bunch of FS tags on games. Anyone get any interest?

No. One guy thought it said $800 on my DKJR then looked again and he was surprised it was $400 but wasn't interested because he said his wife would kill him if you brought home another game. Poor whipped bastard...
 
Yeah it seemed like the only sales that went down were either deals that were preset to go down at the show or between collectors that were friends and cut last minute deals. Even overheard someone say in a somewhat stunned demeanor that he had not gotten any calls at all on whatever game he had tagged for sale.
 
The broken Hyperball by the Apollo 13 sold, the Prospector pin by where 11strings played Saturday night, and I think it was Back to the Future or Twilight Zone that sold as well. As for arcades, I didn't see any go.
 
I sold crazy climber(Could have sold it 2x or 3x), and sinistar. Had a few calls about T&F, but so far not sold.. Sold tapper at the show(was pretty much done deal before the show). I also had a few other deals worked out before the show. I was a bit surprised toobin did not sell, but now that I have more room, I might keep it.

I hear ice cold beer sold as well as 1 of the star wars cockpits.

I had 2 people who wanted to buy my atatck from mars but it was not for sale(could not find a NFS sticker)..

There were quite a few games with price tags on them. Generally, if I take a game, it has a price on it. If the price is way too high, its usually beacuse I don't want to sell it. Some stuff I take is not for sale at any price. This year that was Space lords, cloak & daggar, and AFM. I did not put a price on proto hydra and proto klax. I would have sold them to a good home, but I don't mind keeping them either.
 
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Karl's Blasteroids sparked two prospective buyers. Of course, the monitor took a crap before a deal could be finalized so he ended up taking it back to WA.

I know the Black Hole pinball was sold. Karl hauled that up to Vacaville for someone.
 
The Satan's Hollow cocktail was for sale, the Meteor pin next to the Black Hole was also for sale. There were a bunch of other pins for sale at typical prices (I was looking :) ).

It's not a bad way to buy, you can play it, check it over, and probably haggle on the price. Just have to work out transportation. ;)
 
I sold my Class of 1812 to a guy w/ a killer early 90's Gottlieb collection up near CAX...but the deal went down before the show. Had that not happened, I would have brought it for CAX and tried to sell it there.
 
The broken Hyperball by the Apollo 13 sold, the Prospector pin by where 11strings played Saturday night, and I think it was Back to the Future or Twilight Zone that sold as well. As for arcades, I didn't see any go.

Curious. Was the Hyperball working at any point? Mods (steve) helped me get mine back working finally last year. They can be troublesome and with the beating and vibration, I can't imagine what a couple of days of constant play would do at this age. Still love my game. Only problem is the unholy racket it makes when playing. ;)
 
Curious. Was the Hyperball working at any point? Mods (steve) helped me get mine back working finally last year. They can be troublesome and with the beating and vibration, I can't imagine what a couple of days of constant play would do at this age. Still love my game. Only problem is the unholy racket it makes when playing. ;)
It just had a really, really weak shot. Like shooting the balls almost half way up the playfield. I've never opened one up, so no idea what it's like, but it didn't work all weekend. The other one that was there was always being played, especially by me and my buddy (100+ games on it from Friday PM on). Someone broke the Z-Bomb button out on Saturday morning and by Sunday afternoon it was sticking to the left (pointed at "A") sometimes. I would love to hear that "unholy racket" coming from my garage.
 
Karl's Blasteroids sparked two prospective buyers. Of course, the monitor took a crap before a deal could be finalized so he ended up taking it back to WA.

I know the Black Hole pinball was sold. Karl hauled that up to Vacaville for someone.
Blasteroids could have been dumped while still in Santa Clara, but I figured that I had room and do like the game, future trade bait... it ended up staying at Taylors since the last two wouldn't fit on the truck and trailer, had to pick the two that were 86'ed off the island. It could have been sold if I could have gotten it working, but no spare chassis and no time to screw with it.

The Black Hole pinball did go back with me, purchased at the show by a guy from the Sacramento pinball group. Brought it out to Vacaville for him, he had a very impressive collection of pins and maybe twenty gorgeous vintage jukeboxes that were all restored. He got the seller down to $500 for a working Black Hole, I thought that was a steal even given its cosmetic issues... I did think about that Meteor for a bit, but just no damn room. I probably could have gotten it for $350 after talking with the owner of that row of pins while tearing them down.

Taylor's/Damon's Krull also went on the trailer back with me to Placerville.
 
karl, you should have said somthing to me about the blasteroids. I had some rebuilt 4900 & k7000's at the house. If you know the interested parties, maybe we can help you sell it..

The black hole was a steal.. They wanted to trade it to me for the sinistar, but I sold my BH pin many years ago..
 
I shut it off on sunday evening. I think it was working fine up until then. Then I noticed garbage on the screen. Killer deal for a nice cocktail..
 
Really? Damn. I hope it ran for most of the day Sunday...I wasn't able to make it until 8pm. It was back on when I checked in, and so far as I know it ran fine from then til show close around 9:30. I did at least run all day on Saturday. Thanks for taking it down when needed.
 
Sold 2 games cold at the show. Missile Command cocktail and a Klax mini. Both were priced to move and open slots for the trip home.
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