Coventry Spring Auction (24/03/19)

[coppinpr]

Start delayed a little, only 80 people here as yet.

[dutchboy]

Looks nice coppinpr.

[coppinpr]

Lot numbers and prices, machines only:

15 410
16 390
17 550
18 470
19 430
20 350
21 75
25 525?
26 775
27 460

42 460
43 1500
44 1450
45 ns
46 100
47 60
48 45
49 100
50 200
51 700
52 ns
53 800

70 175
71 475
72 ns
73 325
74 ns
75 230
76 1450
77 900
78 375
79 ns

95 375
96 ns
97 ns
98 3300
99 1100
100 700

111 350
112 175
114 ns
115 300
116 ns
117 550
118 ns
119 40
120 ns
121 375
122 250
123 1100
124 450
125 725

144 ns
145 ns
146 ns (AT 1400)
147 850
148 ns
149 900
150 325
151 450
152 950
153 275

[dutchboy]

I have some space here for the Jennings.
Thanks for the live broadcast coppinpr.

[dirk55]

Thanks coppinpr.

[jimmycowman]

Did you see lot 166 and lot 170??

[coppinpr]

Sorry for the delay on theclast of the machines but the usual long delay to pay in and get paid, the last batch are
166 1225
167 850 (cheap)
168 110
169 ns
170 500
171 400
172 ns
173 475
174 475
175 475
176 800
And that is that

[jimmycowman]

[geordy55]

Good to meet you and put a name to a face Paul.

[jimmycowman]

What a great day. Some really top notch machines there. Long live the Coventry auction. Well done to the two js and all involved.... Carnt wait till November

[oxford allwin fan]

Well, I can confirm that both those posted 'results' and the postee were absolutely 'live' at yesterday's auction, which I had the pleasure of attending..

Some lovely machines -must admit I was tempted by the Bryan's Gap- but it was tooo much, but I found consolation in the purchase of a 'pinball' book and a nice German Primus bandit instead -if one can mention such alien things on this esteemed site

Nice to have met Paul C and Paul V and a few other of you lovely lot.. Here's to next time!

[coppinpr]

Well Im home and would like to thank the two "J"'s for another good auction,I just wish they would accept a little more help! By the end Jerry was clearly very tired and BP was comatose (I think,job to tell from normal).
Clearly some bargains (including 2 Bryans machines, a Mills Poinsettia and a castle front) while some lots reached higher than expected.
I sold all my entries and was pleased to be the winner of the Rok-ola Jigsaw. It was a busy day for me as I was bidding for four people inc myself,a German collector and a Dutch restorer (so I now have the circle skill and a VERY nice Shield catcher waiting to ship out) I was also trying to update the forum and my German bidder while waving my bidding card in the air..
Being a Bandit man myself the star of the show was the un sold Jennings solid front,This was indeed a 1948 model and one of the first of the Jennings chrome models we know so well, Chrome was very good and it had an unusual "wild" feature, An indian head on the first reel matched with the next two reels paid that amount ( head-orange- orange = 3 oranges, head -Bell- Bell= 3 bells right up to the jackpot) The case was the small jackpot type which,I at least think, looks best. Met lots of nice people and had a great curry in Coventry,November is already on the horizon ,Thanks again for the day

[bill gates]

Well done to the organisers for holding this spring auction and giving people like myself the chance to add more clutter to our collections. I bought a little Columbia slot machine which I have already started tinkering with! I am also a bandit man, the wild Indian did look nice, however, my pockets were not as deep as they normally are, so had to leave it. Paul, I was the chap you were talking to about the wild Indian feature.....I thought the Chinese front Jennings was a good price at £850, especially when you consider the clubman didn’t sell, even with a £700 bid on it. Roll on November

[treefrog]

I must say once again that the beer is excellent at the auction

Yes thanks the J’s enjoyed the day, sold lots of stuff and was very tempted with a number of machines and thought there was a good mix to choose from....especially the Tura as I like the unusual, which seem to reach a good price.

Look forward to the next one

[shiny penny]

Would like to add my thanks to the organisers, an enjoyable day and the beer is good and much cheaper than round our way.
Great to meet so many friendly people and to say hello to Paul who I thank for his valuable advice. I now have my first Bryans - the 3 ball 9 cup and I like my Parkers Wild West. The wife is developing her right bicep on the Jennings Chinese front? The Jubilee could do with a new base board but would have to remove the mech for that so probably just add a piece of ply - it still works well. Perhaps see some now more familiar faces on Sunday?

[treefrog]

Well I have been at most Coventry auctions and writing rubbish on this forum for 10 years and still only know a small number of the associated names here in the flesh.....I put an association to two members from for the first time on Sunday, purely by asking....Longobongo and Moonriver......most people I ask have never heard of the forum or rarely log in.... another reason why no one can be arsed to wander around with a badge on their chest... For some reason I have been associated with the man with the iPad, although notice Paul can grab that one now.

[pennymachines]

Catalogue with realized prices (based upon Coppin's notes) now in the Arena. I'll fill in the blanks when JC publishes the full results.

Unfortunately, for the first time ever, I was unable to go, but well done to JC, BP, the team and all who attended.

[moonriver]

Well, I finally had the chance of taking a look inside some of the 'bargains' knocked down at the end of the auction that I had the misfortune of buying having not looked inside them on the day, but bought last minute, viewing from a distance as I stood in the queue to pay, seemed cheap enough.
I might have expected someone from eBay moving this one on, or a teenage kid with no coin-op experience whatsoever thinking he's done a great job, but this machine has seemingly been 'done up' with the intention of selling at the Coventry auction. New cheap locks and false plastic coin tray front with a flat piece of aluminium the coins are supposed to slide down but don't (as the missing coin tray had the coin chute built in).
All the coin slides wobble about and jam, perched on bits of aluminium tube cut into short pieces of varying lengths that could never have worked. The vendor would have been better simply presenting an honest machine minus the parts it needs, instead of this total bodge that they appear to think is a job well done but clearly demonstrating the lack of basic mechanical knowledge.

[ilovemyjukebox]

Oh dear, someone has the hump...

[coppinpr]

Nothing new there, teach him to look first in future. Also that machine was sold DURING the auction not after, so no excuse for not looking.