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Day 2: Saturday: Anyone need a soda vending machine? If I had the space, I'd go for the older one on the right, circa 1970's I'm guessing. |
A closer look at this groovy soda machine. Mike Tolley got it for less than $100, wrong coin mech. He has since got the right coin mech and it works great! One thing that didn't sell was a cigarette machine from around the 70's. It was free for the taking and nobody wanted it. Everybody told me to take it, but again, space is always an issue when it comes to coin op stuff. The joke is, the old cigarette machines are finding a new life in big cities like NY, where small art prints, etc, are sold in these old machines. |
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What gameroom wouldn't be complete without a photo booth! |
A couple of those darn Northerners even came to the auction;) John Patterson on the left and Jim Graham on the right, whom I have known for years from both the Allentown and York shows. They came from PA to attend this auction. I think they left with a videogame or two. |
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Don't forget the candy crane! |
No shortage of videogames here! |
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Not sure if this Game Show pin sold. |
Around 2 pm it was time for the juke part of the auction. |
Well, it was finally time to win that AMI, yeah right. It went for just over $3k. I quit when bidding broke $1k. |
I took a break from the auction to walk around the fairgrounds, which used to be called simply, the Richmond Fairgrounds, when I was a kid. There were mostly horse shows and the annual State Fair. The old shops from those days still stand. |
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There's even the Country Store. RIR's site says nothing about these shops to indicate whether they are still in business or not. |
Growing up in Virginia, with lots of old buildings to explore when I was a kid, I really liked seeing these old buildings were still standing. It was quiet around these buildings, like an old ghost town. |
