Mesquite Super Auction Results- 08/12/06
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.

Pretty nice selection of pins this time along with a few odd ball ones you don't see to often. 
Once again as with the previous auction there were many high end driving games brought in by Dave & Busters. If you
were looking for a late model driving game, this was your auction.

A couple pins worth noting. 
The Sinbad was worth laughing and joking about. Someone clearcoated it alright. Don't remove
the plastics, rubber rings, etc. Just grab you a can of clear varnish and spray the entire playfield
plastics and all.

The Data East Star Wars was a true one of a kind. Looks like the owner didn't have a Star Wars cabinet to use and just
repainted the cabinet with their own Star Wars graphics. A bunch of acrylic paint and a few brushes and viola. A Very amateur job
to say the least. 

Bugs Bunny Birthday ball was a real treat to see and I wished I could have picked it up. It was probably the nicest example
of that title I have ever seen before. The cabinet was a bit different as the artwork on the cabinet was white, with
the black line drawings of the characters with red, no other colors. At first I thought the cabinet was faded but it wasn't it was clear that this
is the way this cabinet came from the factory. Amazingly the game came up "Adjustment Failure" but that didn't stop the bidding. Within 
seconds the pins bid got to $1500, where it ended at. A little step for that title considering you couldn't play it. But if all it needed
was batteries than it was probably a bargain. Rob talked this relatively rare title up before auctioning it off, which I'm sure helped
reflect its high bid.

While on the other hand the Fish Tales Pinball Machine looked unfaded until closer inspection. Upon close inspection someone got the bright
idea of grabbing their craylon markers and filling back in the faded artwork to make it not look faded. However it wouldn't have hurt if they 
would have stayed in the lines. It looked terrible, another amateur job. 


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

Monster Bash $3050 (Decal damage, heavy scoop hole wear)
DE Batman $1075 (Working, ok condition)
Roller Coaster Tycoon $1900 (Excellent, clean, working)
Hook $950 (Working, rough, container pin)
South Park $1625 (Working, insert wear, with topper, beat)
Bugs Bunny Birthday Ball $1500 (Very nice, not working, adjustment failure)
Stern Playboy $1500 (Excellent, working all the way)
Lethal Weapon 3 $500 (Missing Shooter and Beacon)
Revenge from Mars $1450 (Working, some switch errors, no coindoor)
South Park $1450 (Working, nicer than previous one)
Lethal Weapon 3 $800
Independence Day $975 (Nice looking)
Sharkeys Shootout $1300 
Terminator II $1500 (Excellent condition, working, clean)
Sorcerer $800 (Working, insert wear)
Maverick $875 (Not working, dmd dead)
Jungle EM $262.50 (Nice condition, rare, playfield glass cracked, not working)
Party Zone $500 (DMD problems, kinda rough)
Street Fighter $500
PinBot $350 (Not working, european voltage, ok condition, backbox folded down)
Bride of PinBot $600 (Folded up, no legs, Faded cabinet, ok condition)
Wild Life EM $150 (Faded and flaking backglass, nice otherwise)
Yukon EM $200 (Flaking backglass)
Last Action Hero $400 (Nice condition, dead)
Big Guns $550 (Working, cabinet painted black)
Sky Kings EM $300 (very nice, not working)
Whirlwind $450 (Ok condition)
Back to the Future $500 (very nice, working and clean)
DE Star Wars $700 (Repainted cabinet, fugly)
Getaway $675 (Working, faded cabinet)
Lady Luck EM $275
Hook $600
Street Fighter $500
Bride of PinBot $825 (Working, faded cabinet, nice playfield)
Funhouse $975 (Working, faded cabinet, playfield wear)
South Park $2000 (Very nice, working, nicest of the three)
Fish Tales $1000 (Missing topper, cabinet poorly touched up with markers, insert wear)
Terminator 3 $2100 BUYBACK (Excellent condition, working all the way)
Godzilla $1500 BUYBACK (Excellent condition)
Bullseye $125 (Redemption Pinball, Missing Glass for translite, worked)
Bromley Little Pro $150 (Working all the way, nice, deal of the day!)
SinBad $250 (Not working, very poor clearcoat job that ruined playfield)
Stardust EM $175 (cabinet painted black, same turd from last auction)
Gold Wings $237.50 (Working, melted inserts, and insert wear)
Dolly Parton $450 (Very nice, would boot up, but would not give credits)
Swords of Fury $250 (Seemed to work, insert/playfield wear)
StarDust EM $175 (Faded backglass, not working, same turd from last auction)
Black Knight $300 (Flaking backglass, playfield wear)
Black Rose $925 (Faded cabinet, kinda rough)
Star Riders $50 (No legs, not assemblied, no backglass)
Star Riders $75 (No legs, not assemblied
Play Pool EM $350 (Very nice, no legs, no coindoor)
Middle Earth $75 (No legs, not assemblied)
Middle Earth $75 (No legs, not assemblied)




Sitdowns: Most all of the following need a new coindoor as they came from Dave & Busters 
and were originally equipment with a (now missing) card reader.

Star Wars Trilogy DLX $800 (Very nice, working great, big screen burn in)
Star Wars Trilogy DLX $1000 (Very nice, works great, big screen burn in)
10+ Hydro Thunders both Standard Sitdown and Deluxe Versions ranging from $650-$1250
Rush 2049 $2850 
Rush 2049 $2850 
Rush 2049 $2550 
Rush 2049 $2500 
12+ Cruisn' Exotica both Standard Sitdown and Deluxe Versions ranging from $1400-1850
6+ Star Wars Pod Racer $800 (Very nice, working all the way, needs coindoor)
Daytona USA Twin $550 (Worked perfectly, looked mint!)

There were many other sidowns and deluxe games too many too count. And since I wasn't in the market
for one this go round I didn't keep up with them.  

There ya have it!
Craig