RE: Pinball machines (some Who content)

Hi Brendon.  I assume you are talking about the 1994 Data East game "The
Who's Tommy, Pinball Wizard On Broadway", (what a dumb name) and not the
1975 Bally "Wizard" (with Rog and Ann on the backglass), nor the Bally
1976 "Capt. Fantastic" with the Pinball Wizard sequence from the movie.
Brand new, the game sold for $3600 CDN, so about $2400 U.S.
Used i see them from about $1200 to as much as $2000 CDN, depending on
condition.  With autographs, i could not speculate, but it's gotta be
over $2k U.S.
With one-off rarities, it's hard to say how it will impact the price.
There have been pinballs i've seen worth only $400 - $500, but 2 people
both decide "they have to have it", and it goes for $1500.  If you want
it, make them an offer.  Expect to be turned down, but keep checking in
3-4 times per year.  Persistance is a big thing.  There have been
several games that i got because i "wear down" the seller. "No, I don't
want to sell. No, i don't want to sell. How much did you offer?"
It took 7 years to get my "Kings & Queens" from one store.
(K&Q was the game Roger played in the movie).
Mike

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>From: 	bqm1808@is.nyu.edu[SMTP:bqm1808@is.nyu.edu]
>Sent: 	Saturday, July 06, 1996 1:45 AM
>To: 	TheWho@igtc.com
>Subject: 	Pinball machines
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>Folks:
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>I neglected to mention this when I was there, but
>I went to San Francisco to interview for
>two jobs about a month ago. One was at C|Net (www.cnet.com).
>In C|Net's studio they have a Pinball Wizard/TheWho
>pinball machine with all the band member's
>signatures on the playing surface of the machine.
>It's pretty cool. So if you live in the
>San Fran area, you might want to drop by the
>C|Net studio and ask for a tour of the studio or something if
>you really want to see it. I never got around
>to asking how much it's worth or how much they paid
>for it. Quite a bit I'm sure. Anyone know
>how much it would be worth? I would love
>to have it (well, wouldn't we all?)
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>-B,
>still contemplating the purchase of the new Quad CD
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>Brendon Macaraeg
>http://www.itp.tsoa.nyu.edu/~brendonm
>Finger macaragb@acf2.nyu.edu for PGP Public Key
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