Perth Pinball Auction Nov 18

[Caveoftreasures]

Good points u made Nino....the HRC games up here, apx 2 yrs ago, maybe even 3 were fetching top money, just like monopoly was...the ones i saw were sold by a QLD dealer, and the HUO  minty one went for just over 4 grand, and another with a few scuffs on the headbox went for low 3's...but as i said, the market has moved alot, times are slow, and prices are the lowest I have ever seen in aprox 5 years...I study the market everyday, both USA/Ebay sites, gumtree, all the aus and usa forums etc..just to keep up with daily figures etc..I find it interesting n a bit of fun..

People now are vvery picky n want fully shopped games, LEDS, with everything smick, or they hold their money n wait for the right one...maybe people now buying some New BNIB Sterns has also affected the market with extra 2nd hand machines hitting the market to fund BNIB purchases...its apx 3 X 2nd hand machines to sell to get a BNIB Stern, given AC/DC sold stacks, as has X Men so far, thats probably an extra few thousand 2nd handys also on the already crowded market...plus all dealers are packed to the brim with excess stock which just aint moving unless its auctioned and figures are very very low...but thats good news for buyers for sure.

[chris288]

The 8 ball did look nice but if your going to restore a pin why not do it properly ! The orange was like a "glow in the dark" neon colour , backglass was obviously missing the locking bar as it was held in place with two screws in the top corners and the legs where wrong. Maybe good  for someone after a nice looking pin but not for a collector  who prefer these machines more true to original. Thats my two bobs worth anyway.

Yeah I wasnt 100% sure that the cabinet repaint for 8 ball was authentic colours or just what somebody decided was "close enough" but it looked ok enough and I didnt have time to be really picky when I looked them over, hence the fact I didn't notice the backglass lock bar missing, but As Nino said for $2500 it was a really good buy, considering the cost of the new playfield and backglass and other plastics and new displays and a repaint.
I reckon whoever restored it would have been lucky to break even on that resto job, and that would be assuming that they bought the unrestored game in the first place for say $500.

If you added in labour for the playfield swap and say board repairs as well then I would say you have made a loss. Bargain for someone

[RatBag]

On closer inspection of the 8ball backbox it looked like it was a hand made after thought and definitely not original