Well, Chip called the other day pointing out this auction at a Christmas tree farm and store that had a couple of arcade games.
It was a 3-day thing and Chip couldn't get there until Friday. I figured out the games would probably be auctioned today (Thursday). Only 30 miles or so, and we thought the crowd might be disinterested in the games. I've seen this happen before, so since I could escape for a while, I ran for it.
A Donkey Kong and a Ghosts N Goblins. Both worked. DK could use some attention- side art, cp, joystick, t-molding, etc.
GNG looks like a dedicated cab. I'm kind of meh about both, but would take them at a cheap price. DK would have made good trade bait with Chip.
Anyway, TONS of people. Lots of farm stuff, not the usual arcade crowd. About 200 people and crap that I would have figured for $20-$30 items is going for 200-300. Maybe I know nothing about collectibles.
Maybe these peeps have been watching too much American Pickers.
Anyway, I'm trying to get a top price in my head for the pair of games. Finally, they come up and the auctioneer wants to bid for choice. Great.
To keep it short, the DK fetched $525 and the GNG fetched $500.
Far more than I would have went for the pair.
At least I could walk away at that point, but not before grabbing one of the winning bidders and striking up a conversation about my games for sale and exchanging info.
Sometimes you just can't tell how something is going to play out. Anyway, I had to try. Not knowing would have been worse.
Kerry
It was a 3-day thing and Chip couldn't get there until Friday. I figured out the games would probably be auctioned today (Thursday). Only 30 miles or so, and we thought the crowd might be disinterested in the games. I've seen this happen before, so since I could escape for a while, I ran for it.
A Donkey Kong and a Ghosts N Goblins. Both worked. DK could use some attention- side art, cp, joystick, t-molding, etc.
GNG looks like a dedicated cab. I'm kind of meh about both, but would take them at a cheap price. DK would have made good trade bait with Chip.
Anyway, TONS of people. Lots of farm stuff, not the usual arcade crowd. About 200 people and crap that I would have figured for $20-$30 items is going for 200-300. Maybe I know nothing about collectibles.
Maybe these peeps have been watching too much American Pickers.
Anyway, I'm trying to get a top price in my head for the pair of games. Finally, they come up and the auctioneer wants to bid for choice. Great.
To keep it short, the DK fetched $525 and the GNG fetched $500.
Far more than I would have went for the pair.
At least I could walk away at that point, but not before grabbing one of the winning bidders and striking up a conversation about my games for sale and exchanging info.
Sometimes you just can't tell how something is going to play out. Anyway, I had to try. Not knowing would have been worse.
Kerry

