heh alpha and kid........ any good scores yesterday??
Yesterday was a big bust. Fewest number of total games since I've been going to the auction, and first time I left without buying anything. It was 105 degrees out and everyone was pretty miserable.
The pins went for too much as usual. I had my eye on Tales from the Crypt and Bride of Pinbot and both went for $1400-ish. Neither was perfect. The regular pinbot had some deep wear on the playfield, the Black Knight was decent but not great, Fish Tales looked solid except for very faded cabinet, Cybernaut was in good condition and went for $450.
Few classic games and they all went for way too much money for the most part. Painted black centipede went for like $300something, Scramble went for $300something, Pole Position upright went for $200something I think...a nice chicago coin Funland went for $1,000...and the working Red Baron cockpit was a pass, even though I wanted to keep bidding, but again the severe heat I think was making everyone cranky and Chris was just like fuck it, it's a pass when we stalled around $400.
There was a non-working Mach 3 cockpit that someone got a good deal on, a nice Midway Strikeforce that was a decent pickup for someone, a decent Lucky & Wild for someone with the room, a non-working dedicated Rampage with an awesomely unfaded marquee and bezel and original sticks for $50, and a really sweet original Whac-a-mole that actually worked that went for $550 which seems like a very solid deal.