Hi all! Just got back to my hotel room from the auction!
There was a bunch of people there. I was not able to land either of the V81's. There was a guy there who some people knew as a common buyer of the V-81's. they said he always buys em up, almost regardless of price. They got too pricey for me and I decided to go a different route.
Most of the ice coolers went for around 200-300 bucks. I actually wrote down most of the selling prices. I will post em up later. Some of the uprights went pretty cheap depending on models. Some of the V-39's went way too high. Some sold for 700 bucks and they were gutted out with no drums, but hey, who am I to say what they are worth eh?!
So as to what I now own. I was able to get the VMC 56 Dr. Pepper machine!
I am keeping that bad boy! It is complete, with all shelves, coin mech, etc. The porcelain signs are very very nice. Paid $500!!!!!
I also won the Cav72 shown above that is all primered. I paid a little more for that one, but it is complete. I know it is the small embossed one, but I am very happy I now own it!!
I also bought the a Westy 42 that was missing some innards, but had a nice working mech.
I also wound up with 2 large coin doors with the bezels from V-81's and another coin mech from a Westy 42.
I also met and spoke to Lynful at the auction. He is the guy with the Glasco dispensers who just posted in the Syrup Dispensers forum. He was very nice, very informative as well. We went head-to-head on some machines! I will keep in touch with him.
All in all it was a great day and alot of fun had!
