Vinyl records and cassette tapes are nice and all, but when it comes to ’80s nostalgia, few things make a bigger statement — or at least take up as much space — as arcade games and pinball machines.
Just ask Chris Campbell, who runsCaptain’s Auction House in Anaheim that specializes in these refrigerator-sized consoles.
Campbell (he says everyone calls him “Captain”) founded the O.C. business in 2008, but he’s been in the trade for more than 25 years, having auctioned off, or directly sold, “tens of thousands” of the machines.
Auctions take place around every four to six weeks — both in-person and online. The priciest pinball he auctioned off was for around $48,000. And he recently sold a 1990 arcade game for $70,000…