Lot # : 538 - marquee from 1981 Midway MS PAC MAN has disease

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marquee from 1981 Midway MS PAC MAN has disease
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Price Realized:
20.00 USD
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Atlanta, IL 61723
Date(s)
11/25/2023 - 12/9/2023
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This is our fifth of many Arcade Auctions to come!

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Lot # 538
Group - Category Toys - Games
Lead marquee from 1981 Midway MS PAC MAN has disease
Description
This is an original, factory marquee from a 1981 Midway Ms Pac Man arcade game. It is used. The pink looks nice and vibrant and from a distance, this looks like a great original marquee. However, once you get up closer to it, you notice that it looks like it has some kind of leprosy or other disease. It's like the outer layer of the plastic started breaking down or something. I honestly can't figure out what it is. I've seen this disease on dozens of marquees, mostly midways from the early 80s. If you know what it is and how to treat it, please contact me and let me know. But definitely this is good enough for wall art. I know you can buy new marquees for about every game ever made on eBay these days for pretty cheap - like under $30 for anything. But (no offense to the guys who print them) the repros sold on eBay just don't really end up looking like an original marquee.in most cases. Maybe it's because they are working off scans instead of the original art files from the company? Maybe it's because they are using consumer grade printers and materials? I don't know. I just know that every marquee I've bought from eBay has been "adequate" for my purposes, and better than no marquee, but never as good or accurate as an original. for that reason, I personally ALWAYS will choose to use an original marquee, even used and damaged or faded or cracked over using one of the repros from eBay. But that's just me - I'm sure there are differing opinions out there and I am not prepared to argue the point. Just sharing my personal opinion. So with that said, I am offering some of my extra marquees here in case anyone wants or needs one. If not, no problem. This would make interesting and great wall art, regardless of the condition. Sometimes I have spray painted over the back of a marquee with paint flaked off to at least fill in all the clear/flaked areas with usually off-white. That sometimes makes it look even better as wall art. It also helps a ton if you are going to back-light it in the game or in a box on the wall - it doesn't look great when you can see the light bulb through paint flakes. A light coat of off-white spraypaint can often make it usable and in some cases doesn't even look that bad. But that is something you must decide on a case by case basis. I am willing to ship this item, with a single $10 packaging / handling fee for 1 or as many marquees as you buy.
Name Arcadia Auctions Amusement Auction #5
Auctioneer
American Pride Amusements
Type Online-Only Auction
Date(s) 11/25/2023 - 12/9/2023
Auction Date/Time Info
Bidding Opens Saturday, November 25th at 10am CST. First lot will close on Saturday, December 9th at 10am CST and the rest every 60 seconds thereafter.
Checkout Date/Time Pickup December 9th 1pm to 6pm, December 11th 9am to 5pm, or by appointment any day or time before December 30th. Contact us at vintagevideogames.com@gmail.com with questions or to make an appointment.
Location
105 SE Vine St.
Atlanta, IL 61723
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Description
This is the Fifth Arcade Game Auction from our overflow warehouse in lovely downtown Atlanta, IL. NO BUYERS' PREMIUMS! NO HIDDEN FEES! After collecting (hoarding) games since about 1987, we have amassed a large and unique collection of thousands of classic games. This collection has given birth to Arcadia, Pinball Paradise, and the Route 66 Arcade Museum in central IL. Despite ambitious future expansion plans, we still have more games than we need (and not enough time) so we have decided to make them available to the public for the first time. Many collectors have seen our legendary warehouses and wondered when this stuff would be made available for sale. Some may have even pondered the idea of our inevitable death and the following estate sale. Well, the wait is over. We are going to start letting them go, even while we are still alive! We can't take 'em with us! The majority of these games are "as found" from our countless warehouse raids over the last 35 years. While some are in rough condition, there will be a lot of rare titles that haven't been seen at an auction in decades. Some are fully working. Some are repairable and/or restorable. Some are only good for parts. ALL are honestly photoed, described, and videoed so that bidders can see everything possible to make a good bidding decision. These items have come from a wide variety of sources so look at each game you are interested in carefully with fresh eyes. Just because one game is a water damaged junker doesn't mean the next one is.
All items are sold as-is, where is. Must be paid for in full before removed from the building. Buyers can arrange a pickup time anytime before December 30th. We will gladly help load. Anything not picked up by December 30th will be considered abandoned and be re-sold at the next arcade auction. Sales tax of 7.75% collected on anything picked up or shipped to addresses in IL, unless a tax-exempt certificate is provided (yes, they raised our sales tax rate by 1% on July 1st, 2023). There will be no handling fee for pickups or shipping large freight items as long as you make all arrangements and all we have to do is meet the shipper for pickup. We will not palletize items, so we recommend North American Van Lines for shipping. NAVL Shipping quotes can be obtained us or by you by emailing coinop@beltmann.com and giving them a description of the item, the pickup zip code (61723) and your delivery zip code. We get no better pricing than you do, so get quotes yourself, or feel free to ask us to get quotes if you prefer. You can also call NAVL at 800-959-8880. You can email us at vintagevideogames.com@gmail.com. We will be happy to arrange shipping of games and other large items for you, but for a $10 handling fee (our time is precious). Regarding parts and other non-game items: some extremely difficult-to-package items may have a higher handling fee, and this will be disclosed in the description of that item. If there is no handling fee mentioned in the description, it will be the default $10. For this fee, shipping of UPS-able items will be well packaged and shipped for you via UPS, USPS, or FedEx, whichever is cheapest. Shipping charges for these items must be prepaid by you. If the item is a large freight item, we will make all arrangements for you for this $10 handling fee. You will be responsible for actual shipping charges in addition to the handling fee. Shipping charges for freight items will be C.O.D. (If NAVL allows. I had a few cases recently where they told me they no longer allowed COD and in those cases, shipping charges will need to be prepaid).
Your bid must adhere to the bid increment schedule.
Bid Amount Bid Increment
0.00 - 95.00 5.00 USD
95.01 - 9,975.00 25.00 USD
9,975.01 - 49,750.00 250.00 USD
49,750.01 - 97,500.00 2,500.00 USD
97,500.01 - 9,999,999.99 10,000.00 USD
Currency USD
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Payment Terms
All items must be paid for in full before removed from the building. Sales tax of 7.75% collected on anything picked up or shipped to addresses in IL, unless a tax-exempt certificate is provided.
We will be onsite and available for pickup anytime December 9th between 1pm and 6pm, and on Monday, December 11th from 9am to 5pm. Otherwise, buyers can arrange a pickup time before December 30th by emailing us at vintagevideogames.com@gmail.com. We will gladly help load. Anything not picked up by December 30th will be considered abandoned and be re-sold at the next arcade auction. There will be no handling fee for pickups or shipping large freight items as long as you make all arrangements and all we have to do is meet the shipper for pickup. We will not palletize items, so we recommend North American Van Lines for shipping. NAVL Shipping quotes can be obtained us or by you by emailing coinop@beltmann.com and giving them a description of the item (for example "upright pac man arcade game"), the pickup zip code (61723) and your delivery zip code. We get no better pricing than you do, so get quotes yourself, or feel free to ask us to if you prefer. You can also call NAVL at 800-959-8880. You can email us at vintagevideogames.com@gmail.com. We will be happy to arrange shipping of games and other large items for you, but for a $10 handling fee (our time is precious). Regarding parts and other non-game items: some extremely difficult-to-package items may have a higher handling fee, and this will be disclosed in the description of that item. If there is no handling fee mentioned in the description, it will be the default $10. For this fee, shipping of UPS-able items will be well packaged and shipped for you via UPS, USPS, or FedEx, whichever is cheapest. Shipping charges for these items must be prepaid by you. If the item is a large freight item, we will make all arrangements for you for this $10 handling fee. You will be responsible for actual shipping charges in addition to the handling fee. Shipping charges for freight items will be C.O.D. (If NAVL allows. I had a few cases recently where they told me they no longer allowed COD and in those cases, shipping charges will need to be prepaid).