MAY 2015 VCA AUCTION / MORPHY PREVIEW NOW ONLINE

[Midcoast Vintage]

THE MAY, 2015 VEGAS AUCTION PREVIEW IS NOW ON LINE.
Looks like some nice stuff... so far.
To view the assorted items, run the mouse over the lower edge, then, click the arrow in the lower right of the picture of the HOOT-MON GOLF arcade machine.
http://www.morphyauctions.com/auctions/ ... g-LasVegas

Concerning the last vca / morphy auction, for the most part, prices seemed to be fairly soft on most of the machines.
We can all speculate as to why, but, can anyone who was actually there give an opinion as to why the "no rhyme or reason" prices on the machines?
We all know why the repro's were cheap, but, there were what appeared to be some pretty nice, straight machines that went for v-e-r-y low prices.

[Billyzap]

Could it be that the 20%buyers premium is chasing people away? I know that when they took over the dan Matthews auction they raised the premium to 18% which drove a lot of gas and oil buyers away. Also being the first auction under Morphys maybe the crowd took a wait and see attitude on how things were going to run. I did have some internet problems....I could only buy on the first day. So I gave up as I was traveling the next two days. Also in a weird coincidence a friend of mine was telling me that he was getting calls from Morphys asking about payment on items he bought. He never bid on anything.....when he told me what they said he bought it turned out it was my items that I had won. It took them a couple of days to correct this mistake. That harp shaped cylinder machine was at the coin op show in the last fall and spring coinop show if it is the same one . The asking price was over 100k. It also seems that a lot of coin op that doesn't sell at the coin op show winds up on the auction circuit. I just picked up that Buckley machine that they are showing in the preview. Found it at a local flea market. It wasn't a revamp either. Working perfectly. At same market same day bought a little duke that needs some work but it was complete. The stuff is still out there!

[clubconsoles]

That Evans Roulette looks real nice, they almost never come up for sale!
Anyone hazard a guess what it will make??

[Midcoast Vintage]

The evans roulette is definitely cool and rare.
I found one of those in northern wisconsin back in 1980. it had been recently discovered in the original crate.
the guy that found it owned only one slot machine, and, the roulette was it.
it had been uncrated maybe a week when i found this guy.
i tried to buy it.
i started laying down hundred dollar bills.
i ran out of money before he ran out of "NO's"
I wonder who ended up with that machine, as, the guy that would not sell it to me was in his late '60's back then.
great machine... only one i have ever seen in person.
i doubt there are many of them left in existence.
Another rare machine coming up at that auction is that floor model superior.
another one i have only ever seen one of in person.
the late / great bob strauss had one back in the late '70's.
very unusual machine.
the MULTIPHONE jukebox is another hard machine to find. oddly enough, there are two of them for sale on ebay right now.
really strange to see 3 come on the market at one time.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1907-MULTIPHONE ... 46352fc487
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-JUKEBOX ... 3f47c790d9
It should definitely be an interesting auction.

[Billyzap]

Wow! Three of those multi phones for sale.....the two on ebay don't match the one at Morphys nor do any three of them match a photo I took of the one at the coin op show. So could be 4 of them for sale.....the finish on the one at the coin op was a darker brown. And I thought it was such a rare piece. Wonder if all the sellers know each other? Each one trying to cash out while they can.