Atari Black Widow

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It really depends who you buy it from. If you buy from a collector it
will most likly be more. There was one on eBay that had a buy-it-now of
$500 and it looked nice if memory serves and it ended without a buyer.
I would say $400 to $900 depending on condition.

Todd

var...@rochester.rr.com wrote:
> anyone know what a working black widow arcade machine goes for? I know
> that color vector monitors are expensive.

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$100. I'll take it.

Pat D.



Actually, as the first post pointed out, it depends on condition and
whether it works or not. I would bet there are some issues with it if
it has been in storage. If the artwork is very nice and everything is
there and game plays blind (as I suspect it will), I would say about $600.

Just a guess. Need photos to say for sure.

vargas@rochester.rr.com wrote:
> I am picking up one that has been in storage for over 10 years and I am
> going to sell it. Looking for an Idea what to ask for it
>

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$500 would be correct based on what? Maybe your location? $250 is a
pretty decent price for someone local who has the knowledge to fix it.
It still needs monitor work, cosmetic work and Black Widow side art.
That could easily turn into a $600 Black Widow investment. If you are
looking for a Black Widow and someone has a super nice one local to
you, $900 all day long. Maybe my low figure was off, I guess there is
always the $25 Black Widow that bums used for years as a toilet.

Todd

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Are we talking a 2 to 8 condition or to 10? I'm thinking 9 or 10 which
I think of as having no screen burn with the whole monitor updated,
rebuilt and super nice all the way around, collector quality. Tell me
more about your $750 machine. NIB would be over $1000 but, maybe that's
way off to.

Todd

guinness wrote:
> >> $500 would be correct based on what? If you are looking for a Black Widow
> >> and someone has a super nice one local to you, $900 all day long.
>
> Me reading rgvac and ebay daily for 6 years. Tell you what. I live in New
> England which is not a cheap area for games. If anyone wants a nice one for
> $750, let me know and I will hook you up immediately. Even in 2000\2001,
> $700 was the going rate for nice specimen, although $500-$600 was
> obtainable. Today, those figures are too high. $900 for a nice one is
> just irresponsible to claim.
>
> tim (NH)
>
>
> <studiobassist@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1117566378.891072.27870@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> > $500 would be correct based on what? Maybe your location? $250 is a
> > pretty decent price for someone local who has the knowledge to fix it.
> > It still needs monitor work, cosmetic work and Black Widow side art.
> > That could easily turn into a $600 Black Widow investment. If you are
> > looking for a Black Widow and someone has a super nice one local to
> > you, $900 all day long. Maybe my low figure was off, I guess there is
> > always the $25 Black Widow that bums used for years as a toilet.
> >
> > Todd
> >

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People can ask whatever they want of course, and prices can be all
over the place. Some dealers ask really high prices, and I guess if
they know where to find buyers, great. They sell them to people that
don't have a clue of the value, and certainly don't know about this
group or eBay.

But when posting on a newsgroup like this, it's generally people that
know what the games are worth, and they generally want a deal on a
machine unless it's super rare, mint condition or something like that.
Most of us use eBay as a reference, and in most cases want to get a
machine at least slightly cheaper than eBay, where the dealler has to
pay part of the profits to eBay.

Black Widow is not a rare machine, and you don't have to look too hard
to find one at $500. If someone really wants to sell one, they'd ask
less.

Of course, most of the classic games are rare in arcades these days
period, besides Galaga, MsPacman and a few others.

Anyone willing to pay $900 for a Black Widow better expect it to look
like it just came out of the factory.


On 3 Jun 2005 16:24:29 -0700, studiobassist@hotmail.com wrote:

> If you haggle too much, you may
>lose the deal and not see another one for a long time.
>
>Anyways like the original post said, Black Widows up to $900 or maybe
>even more.

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I agree, all points have been made.

I'm certainly not after one that has been completely restored.
For most machines, I generally don't care for the look of repro
sideart vs the original. In Black Widow's case, it was a kit for
Gravitar so it probably would look the same.

I'm looking for either a Space Duel, Gravitar or Black Widow.

On 4 Jun 2005 03:54:44 -0700, studiobassist@hotmail.com wrote:

>If you know how to do a restoration, it can look like it just came from
>the factory. Again, you can find one for $100. When you say you don't
>have to look hard to find one at $500, you're right. Again, condition
>drives price, that's all I'm saying. I have seen mint Black Widow's
>that have been restored with fully rebuilt monitors, new art, new cpo,
>new joysticks, etc. Those are harder to find.
>
>There are some guy's in these groups that are happy with a water
>damaged game as long as it works and they get it for $50. Not me. I
>also will put a lot of time into the right machines to restore them
>too.
>
>I'm done posting on this subject, it is really getting beat to death
>now. I think all points has been made from everyone's perspective.
>
>Todd
>