Another 4 rare price lists have hit the auctions and it's time to rattle that can again.
Prices on rare Japanese arcade ephemera is RIDICULOUS, but if we all work together we can make a large problem a bit smaller, get more materials digitized, and, hopefully, we can all come together and tank the market a bit. :)
New to this? Well previously we did a group buy of Sega & Taito price lists, and then a few months prior to that we did a MASSIVE community effort to purchase a huge run of Coin Journal magazines.
Want to pitch in to assist archiving Japan's arcade history? I can take PayPal or Wise at thetastates@gmail.com or if you're in Canada you can send e-transfer there.
Worried about whether I can reliably produce? Check the scans tag here or the research publications list of my eremeka project. (if you have been here before, yes I am trying to keep my pitch a bit tighter and leaning into my reputation)
So what are we looking at? 4 price lists from the 1970s:
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| Taito ~1976 |
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| Taito 1978-09 |
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| Taito 1979-03 |
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| Esco Trading ~77/78 |
Our friend Greg at the International Arcade Museum Library has agreed to pay for half the costs so any money you give us for these auctions is DOUBLED!
We are currently at ¥12k for each of the Taito price lists and ¥14,000 for the Esco Trading one. It is hard to say what they will go for, but the 1976 Taito will probably go for closer to ¥20,000 and I have a hard time estimating the Esco Trading one since so few have ever appeared! But if it's Japanese and has pinball on the cover and is from the 1970s, it's probably going to go for a lot of yen.
Thanks to everyone who keeps helping amazing things happen! And if you can't contribute at this time, thanks for being here anyways and cross your fingers for us.
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