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Title: Great vendors Post by: slotsteve on August 31, 2011, 09:56:06 PM Hat,s off to fox slots for fast shipping and great prices , also jim at blue ridge for great help and finding us a hard to get part
Title: Re: Great vendors Post by: Frank A on September 01, 2011, 10:01:30 AM Good Morning Steve. Did you see that the late Bob levy's collection is being auctioned off by Morphys in Pennsylvania this Friday and Saturday ? The small stuff like mugs and posters etc will be on done Friday. Lot # 700 which begins with his machines will begin at 10:00 AM on Saturday with previews at 8:00 AM. There is a 20 % buyers premium and some of the expected prices seem high. All of the information is on Morphys web site.
Frank Title: Re: Great vendors Post by: FORDSBS on September 01, 2011, 12:29:40 PM Good post Frank. :212- :284- :244- :244- There are some nice pieces on the auction. A little $$$$$.
Ford Title: Re: Great vendors Post by: Frank A on September 01, 2011, 02:26:16 PM The 20 % buyers premium makes them a little on the high side. Bob had most of his inventory priced between $ 1,750 and $ 2,950. It might be a good auction because of the timing. Who wants to travel on Labor Day weekend ? Maybe only dedicated collectors will attend. The real special pieces will go for big bucks and hopefully the ordinary stuff will be among the bargains.
Title: Re: Great vendors Post by: slotsteve on September 01, 2011, 08:04:56 PM Thanks frank but we,ll see 2000/3000 people next 3days , at our store we are right on us 58 in va heart of the biggest flea market in us , it runs like 400 miles , as for bob levy his prices were always too high, umless they run up prices at the auction they will not happy with them , very hard to get 1000 for a nice high top today ,Nothing but a few pins are bringing the prices they should sell for and money is tight
Title: Re: Great vendors Post by: Frank A on September 02, 2011, 10:04:30 AM I agree that money is tight. We had our Teen Suicide Prevention golf outing and auction on Monday and the Joe Pesci autographed Lethal Weapon 3 that I donated only brought $ 2,200 when the same machine 2 years ago with the same personalized autograph brought $ 3,200.
Bob always had quality stuff, but as you said, his prices were always 1/3 higher than the market prices. I am not going to go to the auction, but I may throw some low ball on line offers in the pot today. How are the property taxes in your area ? We just got our tax bill and it went up to $ 9,600 per year. What would a 2000 square foot house go for down there ? Frank A Title: Re: Great vendors Post by: slotsteve on September 02, 2011, 06:24:51 PM my home in va is on 3 ac,s and i have a 2500 sf home and 2 wharehouse,s 1300 a year our store is on 2ac with a store 1600 sf an 2 smaller buildings right on the highway us 58 is 400 a year, nice part is they don,t care what you sell or do
Title: Re: Great vendors Post by: Frank A on September 04, 2011, 08:38:02 PM What area of Va. ?
Title: Re: Great vendors Post by: slotsteve on September 04, 2011, 09:41:12 PM south central va 20 miles from martinsville speedway we had over 2000, people stop at our yard sale this weekend since thur highesat price thing we sold was a jap slot, i bought 16 oz of silver eagles , most people want to buy shit, we sold no real slost, or jukes or megas but had a lot of people take our phone number, we did better than 2x last years sales and still have monday, wife will open store i have a load of silver and games in auction so i go there.
p/s i don,t miss nj |