Mesquite Super Auction Results- 03/12/05
Auction held at the Resistol Arena (Mesquite Rodeo)

Results courtesy of Hassell Castle Amusements.

NOTE: Add 13% Buyers Premium + 8.25% Texas Sales Tax to Hammer Price(s) below to see final price paid.

Hi everyone,
A pretty nice selection of pins at this last Super Auction. Some pretty good deals
too on machines as well. Some notes and stuff

* High Roller Casino was brought by Green Coin Distributing and was a buy
back, not once but twice! The reauctioned it off again later in the evening
and it only brought $1650 the second go round. A guy was interested in purchasing
it from them and they wouldn't let it go for less than $1900. 

*Jungle Lord - Was a prototype red cabinet. The artwork looked different than
the blue cabinet version and the backglass was original and mirrored but looked almost
like it was done with colored pencil. I would have bid on it if it wasn't for the 
2" chunk of artwork missing on the lower corner of the backglass. However at $400 I think it was
still a bargain. 

*Roller Coaster Tycoon was sitting on the floor without the legs installed. Game seemed to 
work ok in test mode, but couldn't play as it was missing the balls. 

*Makes you wanna cry. Arrived at preview period to notice the backglass to the Comet pinball smashed. Pieces
of it all over the playfield glass and surrounding floor. 

*I think I've seen in my opinion the ugliest pinball machine ever, Galahad. Gawd the artwork was horrible,
not one of Bally's best pieces by any means.

Ok...here we go. In the order they were auctioned off. 

Swords of Fury $825 (working, pretty nice condition)
ELVIS (NIB) $3500
High Roller Casino $1640, $1650 (BUYBACK both times) (nice condition, wear on cabinet near flipper buttons)
Galahad (EM) $85 
Hi Score Pool (EM) $190 (working, fairly nice condition, very unique)
Slugfest $650 (missing card dispenser and bleacher plastic, played ok)
Skill Pool (EM) $235 (not working, nice playfield and backglass, cabinet flaking)
Mata Hari $350
KISS $875 (working, displays flickering, faded cabinet, backglass peeling, good deal!)
Rock $50 (Nice condition, working, excellent buy)
Liberty Bell (EM) $350 (excellent condition)
TX Sector $350 (excellent condition,working)
Stock Market (Bingo) $50 (excellent condition, working?)
Taxi (Marilyn) $775 (nice condition, played ok, jackpot display not working, some dings on cab)
Cyclone $925 (Nice, no feature lamps, 2 displays not working, some cabinet dings)
Shadow $1050 (Nice, sanctum wear, some corrosion on ramps, import?)
Space Station $600 (Excellent condition, would not boot up)
Black Knight 2000 $1050 (Nice, lower playfield insert wear, top display issues)
Whirlwind $1000 (Very nice, played great, just needed a shop out)
Terminator 2 $975 (Cabinet damage, playfield wear, working)
Roller Coaster Tycoon $2550 (no legs, no balls, nice shape otherwise)
Jungle Lord (Red) $400 (prototype machine, nice condition, except for some flaking on backglass)
Champ (EM) $175 (same one from previous auctions, keeps coming back)
Maverick $1400 (working, nice, said shopped before auction)
Snow Queen (EM) $170 (excellent condition, not working)
Revenge from Mars $1550 (played great, cabinet decals heavily damaged)
Taxi (Lola) $700 (working, trashed playfield)
Xenon $400 (would not boot, playfield worn to bare wood down the center)
Black Jack $275 (worked great, looked very nice)
Laser Ball $275
Royal Flush $235 (not working, flaking backglass, cabinet touched up badly, playfield wear)
PinBot $650 (working, excellent condition
Firepower $285 (not working, no backglass but would ship to you after the auction if you pay for shipping?)
Comet $410 (worn out playfield, backglass smashed all over the floor!)
Space Shuttle $475 (Good condition, working)
Centaur II $250 (trashed...keeps coming back to every auction, think it finally got sold this time)
Eight Ball $525 (working, playfield wear, repro backglass)
Six Million Dollar Man $400 (working, nice condition)
Super Nova $125, reauctioned for $150 (working, backglass flaking)
Close Encounters $160 (nice shape, not working)
F-14 Tomcat $475 (beacons damaged, playfield yellowed)
Dracula (Stern 78) $185 
Blackout $425 (working, spiderwebing on backglass, playfield very nice and mylared)
Sky Kings (EM) $250 (nice backglass and playfield, cab painted white)
Demolition Man $1100 (working, nice condition)

There ya have it!
Craig