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Basketball Champ

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Description

This is a game of my youth. I remember playing and it seems like everyone else does too. It has the original rounded glass dome. The game is so simple and yet so much fun (and so heavy to move). It has nostalgia written all over it. A very great piece.

Basketball Champ was produced by Chicago Coin Machine Co. in 1947.

Chicago Coin Machine Co. released 454 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1931. Chicago Coin Machine Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Chicago Coin Machine Co. during the time period Basketball Champ was produced include: Super Score, Spellbound, Goalee, Yanks, Gobs, Kilroy, Baseball, Bermuda, Gold Ball, and Play Boy

Basketball Champ - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet
(Contributed by: Greg McLemore)

Specs

Name Basketball Champ
Developer Chicago Coin Machine Co. (United States)
Year 1947 - 1949
Type Pinball
KLOV/MOG # 890
Sub-Type Electro-Mechanical
# Maximum Players 1

Basketball Champ KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Basketball Champ Census

There are 14,717 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 3 known instances of this machine owned by Basketball Champ collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

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Flyers

Foto-Finder® (Books)

  1. Arcade Treasures Kurtz (ISBN 088740619X) Page: 35; Color photo
  2. Slot Machines & Coin-OP Games Kurtz (ISBN 1555217311) Page: 88; Color photo Price guide: No

Foto-Finder® (Billboard)

  1. February 8, 1947 - Page: 129

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Auctions Recap

Year Count Median $ Average $
2015 1 4,425.00 4,425.00
2016 1 6,600.00 6,600.00
2017 3 4,305.00 4,118.33
All Years 5 4,425.00 4,676.00

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