Where can I find price guides for EM games? Anyone here know about these things?

pookdolie · Feb 23, 2011

I think some of those are quite desirable, but I'm not sure...

I know one EM I would love to have: a Sigma Derby. To find the space for one - and one for sale - would be next to impossible though, I imagine.

Oryk Zinyo · Feb 23, 2011

jehuie said:
He has:

S.A.M.I - Midway
Night Bomber - Chicago Coin (missing or broken gear he says)
Arctic Gun - Williams
Haunted House - Williams (couldn't see it and he didn't have time to move stuff)
Gran Trax - ? Don't know what it is. He said it's an EM also, couldn't see it.
A small basketball game thing that I actually bought
A chuck-e-cheese "proto" called Magic Pizza
Some kind of Space Invaders clone (didn't see it)
Dune Buggy - Midway
Some old pins: Sky Jump, Bank a Ball, El Dorado

All rather rough but could be restored. They appear to be complete and based on his level of enthusiasm I'd say they were truly all working when he put them in the 20 years ago.

SAMI is highly sought after, and any thing CEC related always sells well. Haunted House is pretty high on many collectors lists as well. Arctic Gun doesn't get much love, but is just as good as Haunted House in my opinion.

Lets see some pics of the basketball game...

jehuie · Feb 23, 2011

Yeah if I could have gotten some of them for, say $200 to $300 I would have bought at least a couple. Or if I could have had the HH for $400. But nope. It sounds like minimum $750 on anything. If they were all working and in nice shape they might be worth that.

aloc · Feb 23, 2011

nah maybe just maybe the HH. if you just had to have it. but those prices were way high. check back in a month or 2 see if his mind has changed. he knows you arnt waisting his time as you did buy a game

z3k3 · Feb 23, 2011

aloc said:
nah maybe just maybe the HH. if you just had to have it. but those prices were way high. check back in a month or 2 see if his mind has changed. he knows you arnt waisting his time as you did buy a game

I agree. HH is the only real desirable EM there. Whoever said S.A.M.I. is highly sought after hasn't been collecting for a while. At least out on the east coast, I've seen many go cheeeeep.

Schusler · Feb 23, 2011

z3k3 said:
I agree. HH is the only real desirable EM there. Whoever said S.A.M.I. is highly sought after hasn't been collecting for a while. At least out on the east coast, I've seen many go cheeeeep.

Actually, that El Dorado can go for good coin as well....

Oryk Zinyo · Feb 23, 2011

z3k3 said:
I agree. HH is the only real desirable EM there. Whoever said S.A.M.I. is highly sought after hasn't been collecting for a while. At least out on the east coast, I've seen many go cheeeeep.

That was me and I know six guys on the west coast actively looking for SAMI. Shipping costs always seem to push it just over the threshold of what they are willing to pay, though.

I can only speak to the two markets I have dealt in, Seattle and Hampton Roads. The desires in the two markets vary greatly and it seems that no one in the Hampton Roads area cares about EM machines (or black and white vids) at all, including pins.

jehuie · Feb 23, 2011

So a few pics are in order....

A view inside one of the storage units

A view inside the other storage unit

This is the Chuch-E-Cheeze game he calls a "proto"...says he worked with Bushnel and helped launch CEC. Said the sideways sign is from an old Bushnell company as well.