Past Winston-Salem Auctions


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Auction Results: January 26, 2008

Until I looked at my site for this update, I didn't realize that this was the first auction I had attended in a year. Either the thrill is waning, or I simply don't have room for any more games. Either way, this one wasn't anything to write home about. I was happy to see some classics in the first row this time around. If they hadn't been there, I probably wouldn't have any results to post--I left after an hour or so. There were some decent games--a really nice Tempest was the one that stood out. There were a decent number of pins, including a Simpsons Pinball Party that was in decent shape, and a pretty nice Captain Fantastic--but I didn't see the results for those.

Video Game Prices
Game
Price
Notes
Arcade Classics
$1250
48-in-1 Multigame with an LCD Monitor ; looked new.
Arcade Classics
$1250
Same as above.
Arcade Classics (Cabaret)
$1000
48-in-1 Multigame in a cabaret cabinet; LCD; looked new.
Arcade Classics (Cabaret)
$975
Same as above.
Arcade Classics (Cabaret)
$975
Same as above, but in a slighly different cabinet.
Centipede
$250
Not working; nice cabinet, but worn CPO.
Centipede/Millipede/Missile Command
$700
Looked like it was missing a leg leveler (tilted to the back and left); don't recall ever seeing it work, either.
Donkey Kong
$275
Needed t-molding and side art was faded; pretty nice otherwise.
Frogger
$150
Nice.
Galaga
$300
Monitor problems.
Galaga
$450
 
Galaxian
$275
Nice.
Galaxian
$275
Another nice one.
Lethal Enforcers
$275
 
Ms. Pac-Man (Cabaret)
$375
 
Ms. Pac-Man
$475
Cabinet was repainted dark blue, but otherwise pretty nice.
Multi-Arcade
$1100
48-in-1 Multigame with an LCD monitor; not as nice as the Arcade Classics, but monitor was bigger; looked new.
Multicade (Cocktail)
$1000
Multigame in a cocktail cabinet with a Ms. Pac-Man underlay.
Pac-Man
$425
Rough cabinet, but working.
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
$600
Nice if you're into the newer games.
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade
$650
Ditto.
Super Mario Bros.
$175
 
Tempest
$525
Very nice.
Terminator 2
$400
Very nice.
Video Arcade Classics
$1500
Horizontal multigame with 1000 games (3 menus); had a lot of vertical games on it stretched to play on the horizontal screen. New--they had two and they both sold to one person.
Video Arcade Classics
$1500
Same as above.

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Auction Results: January 20, 2007

This was a fairly small auciton--not a whole lot of classics video game wise. Quite a few interesting pinballs, though--and equally interesting pinball prices. A few went pretty high--and not just the usual suspects (there was a Medieval Madness and a Safe Cracker). Video prices were pretty normal, except for one Asteroids machine that went pretty high and a lot of the environmental/sit down big screen games, which went really low for the most part. (Confidential Mission with a 60" screen and environmental cabinet went for around $400, for example) Thanks to my friend Greg, I got all the pinball prices (they went down one double row pretty fast and out of sync, so it was hard to keep up alone).

Video Games | Pinball Machines

Video Game Prices
Game
Price
Notes
14-In-1 Cocktail
$290
Namco multi-game with trackballs. Go figure.
14-In-1 Cocktail
$575
Namco multi-game with trackballs. Go figure. This one had a cabinet extender so you could stand up and play.
1943
$200
 
Asteroids
$825
Willis CPO; Lunar Lander-style coin door; nice, but way too high on the price!
Centipede
$350
Not bad
Centipede (Cabaret)
$150
Not working, but decent condition; Brian Pipa got this one
Centipede/Millipede/ Missile Command
$700
Very nice
Donkey Kong
$450
Black T-molding, but relatively nice
Galaga
$300
 
Galaga (Cocktail)
$550
 
Galaga 3
$250
Dead
Gauntlet
$400
Very little burn; nice
Gauntlet Legends
$275
Wow! What a deal!
Indiana Jones
$175
Not working; hole in front of cabinet
Mega-Classics (Cabaret)
$150
Not working (power supply?); multi-game with Pengo, Mr. Do, Frogger; etc.
Mr. Do
$150
Conversion
Ms. Pac-Man
$400
 
Ms. Pac-Man
$475
 
Ms. Pac-Man
$375
Kept resetting
Ms. Pac-Man
$325
Dim monitor
Ms. Pac-Man
$350
 
Ms. Pac-Man
$225
Not working
Ms. Pac-Man
$400
 
Ms. Pac-Man (Cocktail)
$575
 
Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga Reunion
$2300
 
Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga Reunion
$2000
 
Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga Reunion
$1900
 
Jr. Pac-Man (Cocktail)
$450
 
Multicade
$500
No picture
Multicade
$1000
39-in-1
Multicade
$1225
39-in-1
Multicade
$1325
39-in-1
Multicade
$1300
39-in-1
Multicade
$1025
39-in-1
Multicade
$1000
39-in-1
Multicade
$1350
 
Neo Geo (4-Slot)
$400
 
Neo Geo (Mini)
$325
Didn't get a good look at it; auctioneer said it was Bust A Move
Out Run
$175
 
Punch Out!!
$125
Top monitor had a bad flyback
R-Type
$145
 
Road Blasters
$55
Dead
Star Trek Voyager (Sit-Down)
$850
If only I had a vehicle big enough to move it...what a great deal!
Strikers 1945
$200
 
Toobin'
$300
Nice; Brian Pipa got it
Top Speed
$125
ROM Issues

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Pinball Prices
Game
Price
Notes
Addams Family
$1900
 
Air Aces
$475
Nice EM
Barb Wire
$950
 
Black Knight 2000
$1100
 
Black Rose
$1200
 
Bobby Orr Power Play
$375
Dead
Bram Stoker's Dracula
$775
Bad DMD
Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball
$850
 
Charlie's Angels
$175
 
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
$100 (?)
Dead; really rough
Count-Down
$60 (?)
No boards; really rough
Cyclone
$1200
 
Disco Fever
$225
No power
Dr. Who
$850
 
Dracula
$60
Stern; dead and really, really rough
Earthshaker
$900
 
Eight Ball
$500
 
Eight Ball Champ
$500
 
Eight Ball Deluxe
$350
Parts; back box was ripped off the game by force from the looks of it
Eight Ball Deluxe
$600
 
F-14 Tomcat
$850
 
Firepower II
$185
No cord
Funhouse
$1250
 
Game Show
$475
 
The Games
$175 (?)
Dead
Genesis
$350
 
Gilligan's Island
$1300
 
Gladiators
$750
 
Goldeneye 007
$875
 
Gorgar
$525
 
Harley Davidson
$1800
Sega
High Speed
$400
 
Hot Hand
$100 (?)
Dead
Independence Day
$1500 (?)
 
Jokerz
$625
 
Jumping Jack
$300
EM
Kings of Steel
$150
Dead
Kings of Steel
$375
 
Last Action Hero
$950
 
The Machine: Bride of Pin*Bot
$750
 
Medieval Madness
$5000
Looked like the DMD was about to go; I predicted the price on this one to the penny
Millionaire
$575 (?)
 
Miss America
$350
Bingo
Miss America
$275
Bingo
Mr. and Mrs. Pac-Man
$250
Dead
NBA Fastbreak
$1000
 
No Good Gofers
$1475
 
Pin*Bot
$575
 
Pit Stop
$400
EM; powered up but wouldn't play
Playboy
$375
Bally; dead; missing bumper; kind of rough
Raven
$300
 
Rescue 911
$900
 
Revenge from Mars
$1700
 
Riverboat Gambler
$925
 
Rollergames
$700
 
Rollergames
$600
 
Safe Cracker
$4200
Very nice
Shaq Attack
$800
 
Shaq Attack
$775
 
Sharkey's Shootout
$825
 
Silver Slugger
$700
 
Six Million Dollar Man
$200
Dead
Space Shuttle
$360
Dead
Ski Club
$400
Nice EM
Sky Divers
$325
EM; not working
Starship Troopers
$1300
 
Supersonic
$275
 
Supersonic
$150
Dead
Surfers
$475
Nice EM
Taxi
$625
With the non-Marilyn backglass
Terminator 2
$475
No backglass
Theatre of Magic
$2750
 
Twilight Zone
$2750
Sides were faded, but it was a nice pin; still, that's an awfully steep price...
Waterworld
$700
 
White Water
$1100
 
X-Files
$1300
 

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Auction Results: June 3, 2006

Compared to the last couple of auctions earlier this year (the results of which I didn't report because I didn't stay for long), the selection was rather small. I left before the last row was auctioned, but they were on a pace to be finished before 6 PM. Not bad.

Despite the small number of games, there were some interesting (though mostly non-working) gems in the bunch, including a working Atari Gotcha, a cockpit Omega Race and a cabaret Qix. The prices weren't too bad...in fact, some working JAMMA games went for crazy-low prices ($35-$50). The monitors are worth more than that!

Video Games | Pinball Machines

Video Game Prices
Game
Price
Notes
48-in-1 Multigame
$900
In a nice Galaga cabinet
48-in-1 Multigame
$1200
In a nice Pac-Man cabinet
48-in-1 Multigame
$1000
Dressed up to look like a Ms. Pac-Man cabinet, but not an original
75-in-1 Multigame (cocktail)
$1075
75-in-1 MAME machine in a decent Ms. Pac/Galaga cocktail cabinet
Asteroids
$30
White sides (around the outer edges, beyond the side art); not working
Asteroids Deluxe (cocktail)
$130
Cabinet fair; monitor issues
"Classics Collection"
$200
Namco Classics Volume 1
Donkey Kong Junior (cocktail)
$260
 
Donkey Kong Junior (cabaret)
$150
 
Donkey Kong Junior
$375
 
Double Play
$100
A super-nice 70s baseball game by Midway; small graphics glitch, but working and pristine for its age
Dragon's Lair
$600
No side art, but nice overall...and working
Egg Venture
$175
 
"Frogger" (cocktail)
Missed
Converted into...something. Cabinet was nice, though, except for one butchered control panel.
"Galaxy Games" (cocktail)
$620
39-in-1 JAMMA cocktail
Gotcha
$50
An Atari classic from the 70s; good cabinet and working! Nice collectors' piece.
Gyruss
$90
Not working; Dave Millsap, a new area collector, heard it was a buyback (thanks Dave!)
Hit the Ice
$35
Working 4-player JAMMA game!
Karate Champ
$75
No marquee; monitor needed capping
Lethal Enforcers
$400
 
Lethal Enforcers
$250
 
Lethal Enforcers
$175
Bet the guy who paid $400 was kicking himself...
Midway Multigame
$175
The kind they sold in Target, Christmas 2005. These were going for over $300 in April for some reason...
Moon Alien Part II (cocktail)
$135
A Nichibutsu Galaxian clone (with unique features); working nicely
Mr. Do's Castle
$40
Cut cord
Mr. Do's Castle
$150
In a Warp-Warp cabinet
Mr. Do's Castle
$175
Nicest of the bunch (can't believe there were three...)
Ms. Pac-Man (cocktail)
$475
Not working.
Ms. Pac-Man
$300
Cabinet painted black
Ms. Pac-Man
$100
No cord; bad burn; in a rough Pac-Man cabinet
Ms. Pac-Man
Missed
Rough cabinet; bad CP; not working
Ms. Pac-Man
$700
Black cabinet
Ms. Pac-Man
$375
Really rough cabinet
Ms. Pac-Man
$150
Not working
Ms. Pac/Galaga Reunion
$2000
 
Ms. Pac/Galaga Reunion
$1900
 

"Multi-Arcade Video Game"

$1350

A 75-in-1 MAME machine with a Compaq computer inside and a nice menu system, brand new. There were six--didn't look too bad, and were set up for coin-op. All went for the same price.

Multicade
$700
Looked new...
Multicade
$1000
Not as nice as the $700 one...
Multicade
$1000 (?)
 
Multicade
$675
 
Multicade
$1050
 
Multicade
$950
 
Multicade
$450
Rolling monitor...probably an easy fix
Multicade
$875
 
Multicade
$1400
 
Multicade
$850
 
Ivan Ironman Stewart's Off-Road
$150
3-player version!
Omega Race (cockpit)
$30
No boards, but NICE cabinet. Good starting place for a restoration.
Omega Race
$25
Not working
Pac-Man
$20
Parts only; water damage, missing pieces, etc. Probably worth it for the CP and coin door...
Pac-Man
$375
In a black and (purposely) paint-spattered cabinet
Q*Bert
$350
 
Qix (cabaret)
$70
Not working; nice cabinet; first I've ever seen
Sea Wolf
$25
Not working; pretty nice cabinet
Solar Quest
$100 (?)
Not working
Space Fury
$50
Not working; nice cabinet (missing one button)
Spy Agent
$35
Rolling monitor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (kiddie-sized)
$250
About 3-feet tall...
Thunder Dragon
$100
Not working; I've never heard of it, but somebody must like it...
Time Pilot
$55
Not working; fair cabinet
Top Speed
$35
Parts machine (or a major restoration)
Tournament Arkanoid
$175
In a Gorf cabinet
Trojan
$50
In a blue Midway (Ms. Pac, probably) cabinet with Romstar side art; not working
Ultracade
$450
A surprisingly good price...
Unknown Game
$30
In what looked like a Scramble cabinet that had been painted a restful shade of coral
Video Action
FREE
A 4-player Pong clone. Not working. Nobody bought it so they gave it away.
WWF Superstars
$50
In a black Taito cabinet; working

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Pinball Prices
Game
Price
Notes
Addams Family
$2700
 
Corvette
$1800
 
Dr. Who
$900
 
Flintstones
$1550
 
Getaway--High Speed 2
$1300
 
Harley Davidson (Sega)
$1875
 
Harley Davidson (Stern, 2nd Edition)
$2350
 
High Roller Casino
$1600
 
Jack-Bot
$1150
 
Junkyard
$1700
 
Junkyard
$1950
 
Lord of the Rings
$3100
 
NASCAR
$3250
 
No Fear
Missed
 
Playboy (Stern)
$1400
 
South Park
$1700
 
South Park
$1950
 
South Park
$1900 (?)
 
Star Trek: The Next Generation
$1600
 
Terminator 2
$1050
 
Terminator 3
$1500
 
World Poker Tour
Missed
 

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Auction Results: November 7, 2005

This auction went a lot faster than any that I have been to in a while--not a lot of junk in the front corner, and not a lot of pool tables and such (maybe a quarter the normal number). As a result, I got almost all of the classic vids and just about every pinball machine.

Unfortunately, although there were lots of pins to choose from (many of the most popular around, actually), the classic vid selection was less than stellar. Unless you wanted a Ms. Pac-Man or a Galaga. Plenty of those, averaging about $400 for working, decent games. (I'd hate to be somebody who paid twice that a couple of years back...)

I only bid on one item--a non-working Wizard of Wor in so-so condition. There was this rather persistent (I'm being nice) dealer who tried like hell to talk me out of bidding at all--which made me determined to do so. Making him pay more than he wanted to pay for the thing was almost as satisfying as winning it myself. My guess: it'll go and sit in his warehouse for years. I would have brought it back to life and enjoyed it. Ah well...

Video Games | Pinball Machines

Video Game Prices
Game
Price
Notes

Asteroids

$55

Not working; rusty control panel

Asteroids

$55

Horrible rust on control panel; not working

Baby Pac-Man

$1050

Nice

Centipede (cabaret)

$275

Nice (not working at bid, but saw it play later...)

Centipede (cabaret)

$325

Two in one day...

Centipede

$195

Not working...

Defender

$550

Donkey Kong

$400

No side art

Donkey Kong

$300

DK Junior CPO

Donkey Kong Junior

$285

Nice

Elevator Action

$250

Very nice

Galaga (cabaret)

$320

Galaga

$300

Blue t-molding

Galaga

$400

Nice

Galaga

$75

Conversion; cord cut

Galaga

$230

Not working

Galaga

$400

Galaga

$275

Guzzler

$75

Rare...but unloved (apparently); nice

Joust

$500

Had ROM problems...but not at bid time

Lock 'n' Chase

$95

Another rare classic that got no love...nice and working

Ms. Pac-Man

$400

Ms. Pac-Man

$150

Not working

Ms. Pac-Man

$400

Sides could use TLC, but worked well

Ms. Pac-Man

$475

Newish (conversion)

Ms. Pac-Man

$550

Conversion

Ms. Pac-Man (cabaret)

$150

Not working

Ms. Pac-Man

$275

Not working

Ms. Pac-Man

$175

Pac-Man cabinet; not working

Ms. Pac-Man

$400

The going price, today...

Ms. Pac-Man

$350

Ms. Pac-Man

$300

Black cabinet with a Pac-Man bezel

Ms. Pac-Man

$220

Butt-ugly conversion with a marquee graphic as a CPO

Ms. Pac-Man

$300

Cut cord (but working)

Pac-Land

$80

Not working; plain cardboard bezel

Pac-Man

$175

Not working

Q*Bert

Skipped

Not working

Q*Bert

$125

Water damage on top and sides; nasty repaint job; but working

Raiden

$140

Not working

Satan's Hollow

$200

Shuuz

$125

Not working (ROM problem)

Space Invaders II

$140

Not working; Capcom CPO

Tempest

$350

Working (didn't coin up and was locked, but big deal...)

Terminator 2

$175

Wizard of Wor

$110

Rough; not working; grumble, grumble, grumble...

Wonder Boy (cabaret)

$180 (?)

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Pinball Machines
Game
Price
Notes

Addams Family

$3250

Pretty nice...

Alien Star

$60

Parts machine

Attack from Mars

$1800

Missing a board

Baby Pac-Man

$1050

Nice

Barb Wire

$800

Big Guns

$625

"Adjust Failure"

Big Guns

$625

Black Knight

$775

Very nice

Close Encounters

Missed

Corvette

$2000

Cybernaut

$350

Dolly Parton

$425

Dracula

$850

Dr. Who

$800

Eight Ball

$525 (?)

Nice

Eight Ball

$350

Not as nice as the other one, but not bad...

Elvira

$1200

Elvira

$875

F-14

$300

Parts machine...

F-14

$800

F-14

$425

Not working; faded backglass

Fast Break

$1150

Fish Tales

$1025

Flash

$450

Not bad

Flintstones

$1200

Freddy: A Nightmare on Elm St.

$775

Funhouse

$1100

Funhouse

$900

LOTS of bare wood...kind of beat...

Gladiators

$625

Guns N' Roses

$1725

High Speed

$400

Worn playfield...

High Speed

$800

Indiana Jones

$2600

Some wear; plane missing a wing

Junk Yard

$1900

Jurassic Park

$975

Missing topper...

Laser Ball

$110

Total mess; parts machine

Mariner

$350

Nice EM machine; German coin mechs

Mata Hari (SS)

$200

Not working

Meteor

$1300

Mousin' Around

$925

Nip It

$900

Nice EM machine

Nitro Ground Shaker

$300

Operation Thunder

$550

Pinbot

$275

Dirty; not working

Playboy (Stern)

$1850

Police Force

Missed

Pool Sharks

$750

Rescue 911

$775

Road Kings

$250

Missing 2 displays (at least...)

RoboCop

$200

Really dirty...

Rocky and Bullwinkle

$1300

Rolling Stones

$525

Dirty

Riverboat Gambler

$825

Secret Service

Missed

Shaq Attaq

$750

Sopranos

$3100

Star Trek 25th Anniversary

$1175

Stingray

$65

Not working; missing glass; very dirty

Super Mario Bros.

$325

Tiny kiddie machine...

Tales of the Arabian Nights

$2500

Tales of the Arabian Nights

$1900

Teed Off

$800

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

$725

Terminator 2

$1100

Terminator 2

$950

Terminator 2

$875

Terminator 2

$825

Terminator 3

$1600

Theatre of Magic

$2150

Not working

Tommy

$1000

Missing topper

Torch

Missed

Tri Zone

$250

Trident

$375

Nice

Twilight Zone

$2400

Twister

$1100

Viper Night Drivin'

$1050

Whirlwind

$925

"Adjust Failure"

Who Dunnit?

Missed

Who Dunnit?

$825

X-Files

$1100

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Auction Results: June 4, 2005

Like the February 5th auction, this one was pretty small. Again, the first row was nothing but bartop games. Anticipating that, I arrived late. They actually made it down the first row, across the back and up the middle before 4 PM. Not bad.

The offerings were pretty sparse, but there were definitely some classic games going for bargain prices. Two that I wanted to see but didn't stick around for were a Mortal Kombat in a Joust cocktail cabinet (what a sin, that), and a beat-up but working sit down Spy Hunter. Fans of Atari cocktail games were in luck--there was a Centipede, a Dig Dug, and a Missile Command, all working and all sold at bargain basement prices!

Managed to get about a third of the pinball prices--the rest were still waiting to be auctioned when I left.

Video Games | Pinball Machines

Video Game Prices
Game
Price
Notes
1943
$350
Conversion in a Centipede cabinet.
APB
$350
 
Asteroids
$600
Chipped up CPO, but otherwise nice.
Blasteroids
$475
Nice.
Bubble Bobble
$155
 
Capcom Bowling
$155
 
Carnival
$200
Bent bezel and dirty, but working (short in cord).
Centipede (Cocktail)
$210
Jacked up to stand-up height. Looked pretty good.
Centipede
$525
Bad cord (so not working); cabinet painted black.
Defender
$275
Not working.
Dig Dug (Cocktail)
$160
Nice
Donkey Kong
$300
No t-molding; kind of beat up.
Donkey Kong
$450
Torn side art.
Donkey Kong/Centipede (Cabaret)
$200
One of the newish models; jailbars on monitor but working.
Gal's Panic II
$70
Not a classic, but noteworthy for the price! The monitor was worth more than that.
Gaplus
$625
Looked all original; nicest I've ever seen.
Joust
$350
Lots of burn-in and some cig burns on the CPO, but still a bargain!
Missile Command (Cocktail)
$230
Underlay was bubbling, but the game was working 100%.
Mr. Do's Castle