AboutLarry Bieza Expertise I can answer virtually any question relating to coin operated machines. I have been a BUYER and COLLECTOR for over 25 years and have authored a number of PRICE GUIDES on the subject. My favorite coin operated items are penny arcade machines and pinball games, although I have a vast knowledge in all areas. I also have a huge quantity of coin operated paper advertising which can help date and identify most items.I can answer questions on vending machines, arcade machines, fortune tellers, slot machines, digger/crane machines, gumball machines, peanut machine, gum machine, strength testers, lung testers, pinball machines, gambling machines, bowling machines, etc. I have expertise in the machines from Mills Novelty, Caille, Watling, Keeney, Genco, Chicago Coin, Gottlieb, Bally, Williams, etc.
Experience I have written a number of Price Guides for penny arcade machines AND for pinball games and am considered one of the experts in the hobby on pricing.
Education/Credentials I come from the school of experience. Collecting Coin operated items is my life and hopefully you have some questions to test my abilities!
Expert: Larry Bieza Date: 3/25/2008 Subject: list of collectible pinball machines
Question I wanted to find a list of the top 100 collectible pinball machines. I have seen a few different ones online but none of them seem to match. Is there on that is an industry standard. The ones that I have looked at are arkadia.nl, pinside.com, and bmigaming.com.
Answer Hi, That's a hard question to answer. The top games by price can be found in the Pinball Price guide available from www.crowriver.com If you're looking for popularity only you might check www.ipdb.org which has a voting rank for each game, although it's fairly new and easily biased. There is no accepted "top 100 pinballs" as such. Hope this helps. Larry www.coinoplibrary.com
