Flack
12-18-2004, 04:13 PM
Just got back from an arcade game auction here in the city. They had almost 100 games there. Turnout was poor (I would guess between 25-30 people) and it seemed like there were about 4 main sellers and they were just buying all their own games back. There were a lot of crappy games (either no names or ones with bad monitors) that went for $100-$200, but then all the classics were just bought back by the sellers because they weren't bringing in high enough prices. It was very obvious to everyone there what was going on. There were also power problems so many of the games weren't even turned on, fuses kept blowing, people were working on games before/during/after the sales ... just a bad deal all the way around.
I took a ton of pictures with my Palm Zire so I will post those and the final prices here as I get them done.
Thanks to The Stranger for riding along and jotting down all the prices.
tholly
12-18-2004, 08:49 PM
sad to hear about such a shitty experience
super auctions, or at least the one i was at, arent like that
too bad all auctions couldnt be like the one i was at
Flack
12-18-2004, 10:26 PM
Ok, here are the results.
n/s = Not sold (usually because the game would not fire up)
buyback = repurchased by the seller due to low bids
bad monitor = dark or wavy picture, looked bad, needed a cap kit
Dartboard - $175 (x3)
Sega MVP baseball - $75
Jail Break - $100 (buyback)
Shinobi - n/s (bad monitor)
Street Fighter II - n/s (bad monitor)
Special Criminal Investigation - $125
Crime Fighters - $175
Neo Geo (2 Slot) - $150
MetaMorphic Force - $125
WWF Superstars - $125
Mario Brothers - $175
Tetris - $150 (buyback)
Street Fighter II - n/s
Capcom Bowling - $100 (buyback)
Crystal Castles - n/s
Battle Balls - $100 (buyback)
Championship Baseball - $75
Double Play Baseball - $100
Black Out - n/s
After Burner - $250
Shinobi - $125 (bad monitor) (buyback)
Golden Axe - $75 (buyback)
Mat Mania - n/s
Time Soldiers - n/s
RoadBlasters - n/s
Super Mario Brothers - n/s
Krazy Bowl - n/s
TMNT: Turtles in Time - $250 (buyback)
Nintendo Super System - $250 (buyback)
Peggle - n/s
RoadBlasters - n/s
Pole Position II - n/s
NBA Jam (stripped) - n/s
Frogger - $300 (buyback)
Pac-Man w/Ms. Pac-Man board - $200
Multi-Game board (4 Classics) - $600 (buyback)
Donkey Kong - $600 (buyback)
Tempest - $300 (buyback)
Death Race - $600 (buyback)
Arcade Classics (MAME Machine) - $800
Captain America and the Avengers - $225
Asteroids - $650
Moon Patrol - $250 (buyback)
Galaga - $1000 (buyback)
Phoenix - $200 (bad monitor) (buyback)
Missile Command - $400 (questionable monitor)
Dig Dug - $400
Neo Geo (Huge) - $200 (bad monitor) (buyback)
Die Hard - $200 (buyback)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 - $350 (buyback)
Primal Rage - $250 (buyback)
Lethal Enforcers - n/s
Tekken 3 - $300 (buyback)
Die Hard - n/s
Tekken - $175
Off Road - $400
X-Men Children of the Atom - $200 (buyback)
Die Hard - $275 (buyback)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 player - $200 (buyback)
Golden Tee '98 - $500 (buyback)
Deer Hunting USA - $550
Cruisin World - $1100 (reserve, n/s)
Golden Tee - $700 (reserve, n/s)
Off Road Challenge - $500 (reserve, n/s)
Pinball
Johnny Mneumonic - $725
Waterworld - $800
World Cup USA '94 - $750
Evel Knievel - $750
Genesis - $500
Pictures coming shortly.
Remember, if it says "buyback", the game didn't really sell at that price. The person selling the game outbid everyone else, and the game was "bought back" by the original seller.
Flack
12-18-2004, 10:48 PM
As promised, here are pictures from the auction. When viewing these pictures, please keep in mine two things. One, pictures are prohibited at auctions, so all of these were taken by me "being sneaky". Two, all of these photos were taken with a palm pilot camera. Some of the pictures came out a little blurry or washed out -- that is why.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_000.jpg
Let the bidding begin!
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_001.jpg
Death Race, Tempest, and Donkey Kong.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_002.jpg
Nintendo Super System, Peggle (?), and RoadBlasters.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_003.jpg
RoadBlasters, Vs. Super Mario Brothers, Krazy Bowl, TMNT: Turtles in Time
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_004.jpg
Battle Balls, Championship Baseball, Double Play Baseball, Black Out
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_005.jpg
Captain America, "Arcade Classics" (MAME)
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_006.jpg
"Arcade Classics" (MAME), Death Race, Tempest
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_007.jpg
Various games.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_008.jpg
Various games.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_009.jpg
Pinball Machines.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_010.jpg
Neo Geo, MetaMorphic Force, WWF Superstars, Mario Brothers, Tetris, Street Fighter II, Capcom Bowling, Crystal Castles.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_011.jpg
Sega MVP Baseball, Jail Break, Shinobi, Street Fighter II, Special Criminal Investigation, Crime Fighters (see above for rest)
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_012.jpg
Tekken, Off Road, X-Men, Die Hard, TMNT, Golden Tee 98, Deer Hunting USA, Cruisin' World, Golden Tee, Off Road Challenge
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_013.jpg
Various games.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_014.jpg
The Stranger tries his hand at a really fresh Donkey Kong machine.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_015.jpg
Nintendo Super System, Peggle, RoadBlasters, Pole Position II, NBA Jam.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_016.jpg
Slot machines.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_017.jpg
Virtual On (which was off).
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_018.jpg
All dead cabinets.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_019.jpg
Pac-Man, Frogger, Dig Dug.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_021.jpg
Galaga, Moon Patrol, Asteroids.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_022.jpg
Black Out, After Burner, Shinobi.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_023.jpg
Golden Axe, empty Vs. cabinet, Mat Mania, various games.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_024.jpg
Missile Command, Phoenix.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_025.jpg
The Stranger kicks Galaga's butt.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_028.jpg
Multi-Game (4 games) and Pac-Man
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_029.jpg
A huge Neo Geo cabinet, Die Hard, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_030.jpg
World Cup USA, Evel Knievel
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_031.jpg
Johnny Mneumonic, Waterworld
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_032.jpg
Various games.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_033.jpg
Auctioning off pinball machines.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_034.jpg
Old, dead, dusty, unsold cocktail.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_035.jpg
Me, pretending this game worked.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_038.jpg
Various games.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_039.jpg
The Stranger checking out that minty fresh Donkey Kong one last time.
http://www.robohara.com/videogames/articles/121804_auction/121804_040.jpg
Die Hard, TMNT, Golden Tee '98
GrayFox
12-18-2004, 11:40 PM
Damn, I would've plunked down the cash on some of those machines. And I'm cheap as hell.