Cirqus Voltaire - What's it worth today?

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I am interested in picking up a CV and was curious of recent sales. Is there a good place to look online? Anyone sell/buy one themselves?

The game itself is about a 9 - 9.5 out of 10. Really minor flaws in my opinion.
 
I am interested in picking up a CV and was curious of recent sales. Is there a good place to look online? Anyone sell/buy one themselves?

The game itself is about a 9 - 9.5 out of 10. Really minor flaws in my opinion.

The Quote "Top Ten" are getting harder and harder to find.....There hasn't been a ebay auction on one for some time now....

One RPG there going from anywhere from 4000-4800$

Unshopped ones are still anywhere from 3700-4000$ and they dont last long
 
I am interested in picking up a CV and was curious of recent sales. Is there a good place to look online? Anyone sell/buy one themselves?

The game itself is about a 9 - 9.5 out of 10. Really minor flaws in my opinion.

http://www.pinpedia.com/machine/Cirqus-Voltaire/prices

In my humble opinion (and scatter brained thoughts in no particular order), you'll see a major price fluctuation between a pinball owner and a pinball collector. You may see someone on RGP selling their CV for $4600 (collector) and a pinball owner will ask $4K. The economy has really had an impact on game prices and the RGP crowd tends to be stubborn when it comes to the "elite A-list" games. People also tend to forget that this particular title BOMBED and most resellers blew it out the door for ~$2K just to get rid of them.
Not sure how a failed title can be so popular today while successful titles can be had cheap??? I'll never understand that aspect. I've played CV quite a bit and to be honest, it has YET to do anything for me.

I suppose it's no different from the housing market. It pisses you off when your neighbor sells their house dirt cheap which drives the value of yours down. If everyone decided to start selling (insert title here) for X amount of dollars it would have the same effect as the so called (A-list) games today.

So in closing I'll say what I always say. "If you find something you want and can afford it buy it. These machines should never be viewed as an investment."

When a person acquires A list games, you can almost always get your money back out of them or trade them for another A-list or a couple B-list games. It's a "safe" gamble heh.
 
I would say between 4200-4500 ish. Cirqus Voltaire is good game. I've had mine for 2+ years, and it still is a fun machine. The game has a different feel to it, and it plays well in my opinion. The home ROM makes this good game even better-
-Mark
 
Yeah, somehow this one turned in to one of the 5k games, same with Monster Bash. It's amazing since they never used to sell that high 5 years ago but hindsight is always 20/20 :)
 
Retail I would sell it for over 6 grand.

CV, MB, AFM. I have people on a list waiting for these pins and they are willing to pay 7k or more depending on condition.
 
There was one on pinballbash.com several weeks ago which was HUO selling for $6500. Not sure if they got it but pictures sure looked nice. Nevermind, found the post:

Brandon Miller is selling his HUO CV, here is the ad from Mr. Pinball.

Cirqus Voltaire, 1997 Bally: $6500
Domestic, home-use only machine. Bought 9/1998 from an authorized Williams distributor, delivered to my residence, and in my collection since. Fully documented. Outstanding original condition. Purple neon, yellow menagerie ball. 2.0 ROMs installed. Has scrolls (not installed). Game will include extra NOS. Parts for the major wear items that I bought before black monday (rm top plates, rm head, "wow" decals, etc). Has original game manual and most if not all of the original paperwork. A beautiful example of one of best '90s Williams titles. Local inspection and pick-up strongly preferred. Digital pictures available. Feel free to call or email with questions.
Brandon Miller, Phone: ***-***-7886
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210
 
$6000 + sounds way high for a cirqus volitaire. it better be mint and you better be selling it to a rich homeowner who knows nothing about pinball..... i remember they used to go for $3000 years ago, but now most (if you see them offered for sale) are $4200-4500.......i would say if your spending $4500, then you can have your pick of them........$3000 can get you alot of different machines.....the problem is most all people know CV is collectible and good to get......

id like to get one someday. i played one long ago and i dont remember it......very colorful game
 
I bought a CV two weeks ago completely done,new legs,cab decals,leds,etc,etc.I paid 4300.Hunted for over a year.Cheapest CV i found was 3200,needed cab decals,shopping,had wear on the pf.Also was offered another for 3900 "needed work" according to the seller,A "REAL NICE"one for 5000,and a "looks like it slid out of the box" for 7000.00.None of that included shipping and the drive to each one varied,from 5 hrs ea way up to 12 hrs ea way.The one i bought was some what local and ended up being a 6 hr round trip.I set my budget at 4500,and it had to be a DONE machine.BTW In the last three years CV has gone from a 2800 machine to what it is now,GREAT INVESTMENT.
 
.BTW In the last three years CV has gone from a 2800 machine to what it is now,GREAT INVESTMENT.

The fact of the matter is the only solid investment these days is silver and gold. Why do you think gold and silver prices are soaring? Silver was @ $12 a troy ounce 2 years ago. Today it's over $40!!! The fact of the matter is pinball machines aren't going to feed your families if the economy implodes and we are WELL on our way to that happening. Precious metals are going to be the ONLY thing that will be of any use as a currency. Gold is too valuable which makes silver a prime candidate for currency. Did we not learn anything from the great depression?

FACT: The dollars value in 1913 (when the Federal Reserve was started) was 98%. Today it's worth less than 4%.
The problem we face as a nation today that we didn't in the great depression is we have hit the ceiling for borrowing money. WE have come to the point we can't afford to pay the interest on our loans. Many countries are looking to get away from using our currency as the backup currency. Most people also don't know that we are the only country that can print more of it's own currency and not answer to anyone for it. Hell even China warned the U.S. a couple years ago to knock this shit off. And guess who owns the vast majority of U.S. debt .... yep get ready to fly the Chinese flag. :eek:

The Federal Reserve is supposed to guarantee the dollar bill by the amount of gold/silver it has on hand. That is also a farce now. They print more money than what they can truly back by the precious metals they have on hand.
And has everyone forgot that back in 2009 approximately 9 TRILLION dollars just magically disappeared and NO ONE has been held accountable for it?
The FEDERAL RESERVE isn't even owned by the Federal Government and doesn't have to answer or comply to anyone. Bernandke has even stated on national TV they do not have to answer to anyone and they can do as they please. Do yourselves a favor and watch this interesting 5 minute clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXlxBeAvsB8&feature=player_embedded

A shit storm is on the horizon folks - and there's nothing any of us can do about it other than prepare for the people we love.
 
Retail I would sell it for over 6 grand.

CV, MB, AFM. I have people on a list waiting for these pins and they are willing to pay 7k or more depending on condition.

No offense, but who are these people who'd pay that much for pins? I mean, if you know enough about pinball to know about which pins are desirable, I'd imagine you'd know enough about the hobby to how to find them for a better price.
 
The fact of the matter is the only solid investment these days is silver and gold. Why do you think gold and silver prices are soaring? Silver was @ $12 a troy ounce 2 years ago. Today it's over $40!!! The fact of the matter is pinball machines aren't going to feed your families if the economy implodes and we are WELL on our way to that happening. Precious metals are going to be the ONLY thing that will be of any use as a currency. Gold is too valuable which makes silver a prime candidate for currency. Did we not learn anything from the great depression?

FACT: The dollars value in 1913 (when the Federal Reserve was started) was 98%. Today it's worth less than 4%.
The problem we face as a nation today that we didn't in the great depression is we have hit the ceiling for borrowing money. WE have come to the point we can't afford to pay the interest on our loans. Many countries are looking to get away from using our currency as the backup currency. Most people also don't know that we are the only country that can print more of it's own currency and not answer to anyone for it. Hell even China warned the U.S. a couple years ago to knock this shit off. And guess who owns the vast majority of U.S. debt .... yep get ready to fly the Chinese flag. :eek:

The Federal Reserve is supposed to guarantee the dollar bill by the amount of gold/silver it has on hand. That is also a farce now. They print more money than what they can truly back by the precious metals they have on hand.
And has everyone forgot that back in 2009 approximately 9 TRILLION dollars just magically disappeared and NO ONE has been held accountable for it?
The FEDERAL RESERVE isn't even owned by the Federal Government and doesn't have to answer or comply to anyone. Bernandke has even stated on national TV they do not have to answer to anyone and they can do as they please. Do yourselves a favor and watch this interesting 5 minute clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXlxBeAvsB8&feature=player_embedded

A shit storm is on the horizon folks - and there's nothing any of us can do about it other than prepare for the people we love.

You're referring to the "Gold Standard" that's not something that's been recently absolved. That's been done with since the 1930s, no country's currency is based on it. But look out, dude! The sky is totally falling!! BIG BOLD RED LETTERS!

Mmm that's some tasty flamebait!
 
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You're referring to the "Gold Standard" that's not something that's been recently absolved. That's been done with since the 1930s, no country's currency is based on it. But look out, dude! The sky is totally falling!! BIG BOLD RED LETTERS!

Mmm that's some tasty flamebait!

If you can possibly believe that all is right with this world then I envy you and your ignorance. :rolleyes:
While you are correct about not being backed by precious metals, it was actually removed in 1971 by Nixon. Posting from work clearly has disadvantages as some of my projections fell flat due to being incomplete. I apologize because misinformation is a terrible thing.

But even worse is our currency is backed by air. Nothing there, nor anyone to control the destruction of it either.
 
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