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[slotsteve]

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

[Frank A]

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

[FORDSBS]

Good post Frank.  There are some nice pieces on the auction. A little $$$$$.
Ford

[Frank A]

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.

[slotsteve]

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

[Frank A]

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

[slotsteve]

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

[Frank A]

What area of Va. ?

[slotsteve]

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