![]() Therefore, all the games will be auctioned in the upcoming months. Via a Pinside post by the Museum Of Pinball Curator, Chuck Casey: All deadlines have passed to relocate, obtain a sponsorship, sell to one collector, etc. Details of the Museum of Pinball auction are under wraps for the time being, but it is likely to be an online, closed auction, so keep your eye out for details. The Museum of Pinball in Banning is done and its collection will be auctioned off in the coming months. And as this is a closure, there could be a few surprise low prices. While there are plenty of other pinball museums and specialist gaming centres across the USA and Europe, the Museum of Pinball’s upcoming auction looks like a smart opportunity to grab a machine. The only solution? To auction the collection. This left the vast collection essentially homeless. “We didn’t have the money to sustain the holding period while the building was remodeled… My architect said it’s going to take four months just to get the (printing) press out of there, and it’s going to take time to get plans approved by the city and then construction time.” Location and the measures imposed in response to the pandemic no doubt played their part too.Ī planned move to Palm Springs fell through, with transport and renovations for the intended property providing too expensive. But the non-profit project has now come to the end of the road, sadly. Registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest pinball collection in the world, The Museum of Pinball consists of over 1,100 machines (829 pinball, plus some arcade) from across the years.įor $150 a day adults could enjoy the stunning collection, with a few special events requiring higher ticket prices. My next post will include auction details (dates, times, schedule, links, etc. The collection is 'locked' for the auction. Pins and vids are being sold via auction only. Based in Banning, California, the Museum of Pinball is set to close, with an auction to clear its vast collection. The primary auction will take place in Banning at the Museum of Pinball. He can be reached at or on Twitter at Support local news, subscribe to The Desert Sun.Sad news for fans of pinball. The museum opened in Banning in 2013. Two years later, the Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged the museum as the record-holding site for the most people playing pinball simultaneously.Ĭity News Service contributed to this report.ĭesert Sun reporter Brian Blueskye covers arts and entertainment. "Palm Springs was kind of perfect," Weeks said. ![]() The museum was included in Modernism Weeks events such as “Retro Pinball Mania” in 2016. "We didn't have the money to sustain the holding period while the building was remodeled," Weeks told The Desert Sun in June. "My architect said it's going to take four months just to get the (printing) press out of there, and it's going to take time to get plans approved by the city and then construction time."īy moving to Palm Springs, Weeks had hoped to capitalize on events such as Modernism Week, with the building located directly across Gene Autry Trail from the Palm Springs Air Museum. Weeks said he initially anticipated at least seven months of remodeling at the Palm Springs building. But his architect projected 15 months before the museum could reopen in the two-story, 97,000-square-foot property that sits on 9 acres across from the Palm Springs International Airport. Gene Autry Trail.īut the cost and time it would take to renovate the building became too expensive for the nonprofit museum, Weeks told The Desert Sun in June. In April, the Palm Springs Planning Commission unanimously approved Museum of Pinball founder John Weeks' plans to relocate the business to The Desert Sun building at 750 N. “While it’s disappointing to see the Museum of Pinball close its doors, I am confident that Captain’s Auction Warehouse will steer the games in the right direction as we’ve worked together for many years,” museum owner John Weeks said. Banning’s Museum of Pinball to close, games set for auction Robert Westport plays a pinball machine at The Museum of Pinball before 1,600 pinball and arcade games are auctioned in Banning, CA, on Friday, September 10, 2021. 13 will be available for a final bid event Sept. It is sad, but theres an opportunity here. The museum was already on its last ball before the pandemic finally did it in. on the weekend.Īny inventory not auctioned off by Sept. Its game over for the Museum of Pinball in Banning, Calif. Product previews will be available between noon and 3 p.m. Is it working?Īdditional auctions will be held over the weekend, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. More: Splash House invests in new technology to reduce noise complaints. ![]() More: When will Agua Caliente's cultural plaza open in Palm Springs? What we know, and don't know More: Palm Springs Art Museum to host fall exhibit of abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler
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