price check: Gottlieb Lightning Ball '59

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I don't normally do these price checks but I have an opportunity to buy this
game and I'm not too aware of what they are worth . SUPPOSEDLY the playfield
and backglass are in great shape with no paint loss or peeling etc but the
cabinet and wood need touching up etc . That has yet to be determined as I
haven't looked at it yet & it's not working so I'm sure it's going to need
some work. He's asking $625 . I'm not really interested in keeping it but to
make money on it , possibly getting it working and putting it on ebay . Any
room to make money on it at that price ?
thanx much for any input !
Ron

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2003 MrPinball price guide says 950.
I think I saw one on ebay that went for more or about same price.
What the hell, pick it up. Those old machines are easy to fix...

Grojohn

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On 8/24/05 8:27 PM, in article
1124933246.843796.58040@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
"kul4skool1@hotmail.com" <kul4skool1@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Remember we are talking about a woodrail here, so #1 doesn't make
> sense. No manufacturer i.e. IPB or Wayne is going to re-make ANYHTING
> for this era machine.

There has been in the past, and continues to be a LOT of backglass
reproductions being made for woodrails and other EM games. Shay Assad, Ron
Webb, Steve Engel and some others are doing this. There have been a lot of
titles made. There is also a growing number of reproduction plastics for
these games as well. And I know of at least two or three repro playfields in
the works for these games right now and probably more down the line once the
makers see that they are in demand. There's a lot of repro stuff going on
for woodrails that this group is totally unaware of. There's a whole other
community of people who maintain ties with each other and they don't need a
newsgroup to do so.
>
> Very high production numbers on later model pins will bring out
> repro manufactures or hobbiests, because a few bucks can be made here.
> I suspect 1/2 of the repro BGs in the EM era ,are sold as wall art, or
> some such.

I'd bet good money that very few of those repros end up on walls. I mean who
wants to spend nearly $300 just to hang something on the wall? EM collectors
buy these to put in games. Other collectors aren't even interested in those
glasses.

Marvin G.
EM Pinball, And Nothing But!
http://mysite.verizon.net/~woodrails

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sorry to offend you , I didn't realize we changed from a capitalist to a
socialist society . It may be a hobby for you but it's a business for me .
But just for personal entertainment , maybe you would like to explain to me
how lower prices help the hobby ?


"Josh A." <josh489@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1124917141.788032.169250@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Ron - N.Y wrote:
>
>> He's asking $625 . I'm not really interested in keeping it but to
>> make money on it , possibly getting it working and putting it on ebay .
>> Any
>> room to make money on it at that price ?
>
> I wish you the best of luck, Ron. Truly. However, I don't see how
> this purchase by you would in any way be in the best interests of our
> hobby. It might be advantageous for you and for eBay, but for the
> hobby itself? I don't think so. I don't have anything against people
> making money in pinball, but I don't want to contribute toward higher
> prices for games, either. If you don't buy this machine, then maybe
> the person who does will keep it rather than trying to flip it for a
> profit. For this reason, I think I'll keep any opinion of its value to
> myself. That isn't a knock on you, Ron, and if someone can suggest a
> reason why *higher* prices for machines actually help pinball, I might
> change my mind. CARGPBers?
>
> Manic wrote something a few months back that I agreed with and keep
> being reminded of, i.e., that this newsgroup isn't called
> "rec.makeabuck.onpinball." I guess I've become as much of a curmudgeon
> as he is.
>
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