FS TAF/TZ/Knock Out/Minstrel Man for sale at auction

[jimmyb]

These 4 iconic pinball machines up for sale at auction this Saturday sept. 15 in New Hamburg ON.
Plus a Mrs. Pac-Man/Galaga Aniversary Video Game and other coin-op.

https://www.millerandmillerauctions.com/catalog.aspx?searchby=3&searchvalue=pinball

 

[flashinstinct]

with a ludicrous online premium on the sale.

 

[GUARD]

Holy cow!! Throw on the sales tax and we're talking 31% more then the actual bid. Might as well go to a car lot and offer to pay sticker price.....

 

[Jeff K.]

Nice HUO TZ- (if that's really the case), however the additional 31% (premium & taxes) will end up making this game way over-priced.

 

[luch]

yeah crazy , hst on the fees too

 

[GUARD]

Seriously? ?

 

[luch]

yes 1 k bid win plus 18% =$1180 plus hst 13% =$1333.40 so 33.34 % up charge

 

[EvanDickson]

6k for Addams would become almost 8.5k after fees. Auctions are never good for buyers.

 

[luch]

the last auction had an Addams , I think with fees around 9k . crazy

 

[singlezero]

if im not mistaken , i think both that knockout and minstrel man have been on these boards before. the seller had those 2 and a 62 williams world series from strathroy. i debated going , but the 31 % is a deterrent and i find many times at pin actions , they get way overpriced with new buyers not realizing actual worth. http://pinballrevolution.com/threads/1950-knock-out.5957/#post-51009

 

[singlezero]

so jimmy b are you promoting your own auction of items? as i just realized you and the owner i thought are the same?

 

[Murphelman]

They are already over 8k including fees with two days left. They are going to go for much more than they are worth.

 

[luch]

why do you think player 1 went to online auctions ! all about maxing the sales

 

[EvanDickson]

I have a hard time trusting online auctions. A retailer would never pay these prices, because there's no way for them to profit on the resale. A collector would never pay top prices for a machine that's an unknown quantity in terms of condition. Joe Public who knows nothing of pinball wouldn't pay top dollar for any title, desired or not, let alone seek out pinball auctions.

I always feel things are being manipulated.

 

[Murphelman]

I always feel things are being manipulated.

Wouldn't surprise me. Raising up bids your own items is common at these sort of things. More specifically when online bidding is allowed.

 

[GUARD]

Anybody know what the final damage was on these machines?

 

[GUARD]

Saw on MAACA .....with fees over $10,000 each.

 

[dnaman]

The fees were over $10K each?!

 

[GUARD]

Last price a guy snapshotted was 7500 for AF and 8000 for TZ. Now it may have gone higher but even at that over 10000 each.

 

[pinballjah]

https://www.millerandmillerauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=5717

https://www.millerandmillerauctions.com/LotDetail.aspx?inventoryid=5718