DreamTR
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Retro's Classic Arcade Auction Clarksville, TN Thursday 6pm Apr 22 RESULTS/INFO
Wow is all that I have to say. We knew what games were going to be there and the auctioneers did an amazing job of getting the word out to people. Local paper, mailers, no one said a word about it here online, and we were not sure if it was going to be dead or a bunch of casual people on Thursday evening since the auction started at night, but it was CRAZY.
To anyone that thinks the economy has something to do with people not buying games? Impossible. With this crowd people apparently just need to be LOCATED for things like this after seeing what stuff went for.
To put this in short, Retro's Classic Arcade shutdown a few months ago and most of the contents of the place were forfeited to Prudential Realty. 45+ machines and the remaining contents were sold to the highest bidder. There were about 150 people at this auction, more than any auction I've been to in awhile...here are the approximate final values (keep in mind Retro's old staff was not bidding on anything since this was all forfeited, and there were very few regulars and overall arcade "dealers" but people were paying PREMIUMS for games.
Donkey Kong-$750
Joust-$1000 (WTF)
After Burner-$375
Centipede-$300 (Trackball was dead)
Crystal Castles-$125 (I ended up with this)
Breakout (not on)-$25 (Scucci got this)
Street FIghter II 19 inch cabinet-$300
Frogger-$450
Tiger Heli-$225 in a Gorf Cabinet
Popeye-$325 (with messed up PCB)
PlayCHoice 10 Single UNit (with 5 games)-$275
1942-$250
NBA JAM Tournament Edition (only 2 joysticks working)-$500
Dig Dug-$250 (with broken joystick)
SPy Hunter Cockpit not on-$100 (I ended up with this)
Burger Time-$325
Paperboy (power board was dead)-$200
Soul Calibur I with super dim screen-$275
Wrestlefest 19 inch 2 player game-$325
Galaga-$600
Area 51-$400
Police Trainer-$400
Martial Masters 33 inch cabinet-$200 (I ended up with this)
Kung Fu Master-$150 (no sound)
Spider-Man 4 player dedicated-$300
Silent Scope EX-$475
Gauntlet Dark Legacy dedicated-$200 (what a steal)
Captain America 4 player-$275
Golden Tee 2K-$500 (WTF)
Steel Gunner-$450 (WTF)
NFL Blitz 2KGold-$425
Track and Field in Asteroids cabinet with Vertical Hold Problem-$80
Clutch Hitter (Dead)-$60
I am sure I missed some, but yeah. LoL
Wow is all that I have to say. We knew what games were going to be there and the auctioneers did an amazing job of getting the word out to people. Local paper, mailers, no one said a word about it here online, and we were not sure if it was going to be dead or a bunch of casual people on Thursday evening since the auction started at night, but it was CRAZY.
To anyone that thinks the economy has something to do with people not buying games? Impossible. With this crowd people apparently just need to be LOCATED for things like this after seeing what stuff went for.
To put this in short, Retro's Classic Arcade shutdown a few months ago and most of the contents of the place were forfeited to Prudential Realty. 45+ machines and the remaining contents were sold to the highest bidder. There were about 150 people at this auction, more than any auction I've been to in awhile...here are the approximate final values (keep in mind Retro's old staff was not bidding on anything since this was all forfeited, and there were very few regulars and overall arcade "dealers" but people were paying PREMIUMS for games.
Donkey Kong-$750
Joust-$1000 (WTF)
After Burner-$375
Centipede-$300 (Trackball was dead)
Crystal Castles-$125 (I ended up with this)
Breakout (not on)-$25 (Scucci got this)
Street FIghter II 19 inch cabinet-$300
Frogger-$450
Tiger Heli-$225 in a Gorf Cabinet
Popeye-$325 (with messed up PCB)
PlayCHoice 10 Single UNit (with 5 games)-$275
1942-$250
NBA JAM Tournament Edition (only 2 joysticks working)-$500
Dig Dug-$250 (with broken joystick)
SPy Hunter Cockpit not on-$100 (I ended up with this)
Burger Time-$325
Paperboy (power board was dead)-$200
Soul Calibur I with super dim screen-$275
Wrestlefest 19 inch 2 player game-$325
Galaga-$600
Area 51-$400
Police Trainer-$400
Martial Masters 33 inch cabinet-$200 (I ended up with this)
Kung Fu Master-$150 (no sound)
Spider-Man 4 player dedicated-$300
Silent Scope EX-$475
Gauntlet Dark Legacy dedicated-$200 (what a steal)
Captain America 4 player-$275
Golden Tee 2K-$500 (WTF)
Steel Gunner-$450 (WTF)
NFL Blitz 2KGold-$425
Track and Field in Asteroids cabinet with Vertical Hold Problem-$80
Clutch Hitter (Dead)-$60
I am sure I missed some, but yeah. LoL

