Estates are messy enough without trying to sell pinball machines one at a time to strangers on Facebook Marketplace. We buy whole collections in a single visit. Fair pricing across the board, cash payment with a paper trail, and documentation the executor or attorney can hand straight to probate.
Estates are messy enough without trying to sell pinball machines one at a time to strangers on Facebook Marketplace. We buy whole collections in a single visit. Fair pricing across the board, cash payment with a paper trail, and documentation the executor or attorney can hand straight to probate.
Most estate buyouts come from three types of callers. Each one has different pressures, different timelines, and different concerns. We've handled all three.
You're handling a parent's or spouse's estate. The pinball machines were their hobby, not yours. You don't want to sell them piecemeal, you don't know what they're worth, and the house has to be cleared out by a certain date.
You're settling an estate and the probate inventory includes pinball or arcade machines. You need a clean transaction with documentation, fair market pricing, and a contact who can move quickly without delaying the estate's closing timeline.
You built a collection over decades and now you're selling the house or moving into a smaller place. You want the collection to go somewhere it'll be respected, not parted out by strangers. One buyer, one honest conversation, done.
Five milestones. No surprises. No guesswork. Timelines flex around estate deadlines, closing dates, and whatever else you're juggling.
We talk through what's in the estate and your timeline. Executors, attorneys, or family members, any of you can make the first call.
Send photos of each machine. Backglass, playfield, and cabinet. We identify models and assess condition without needing an in-person visit first.
We give you a single offer for the whole collection, broken down machine by machine if the estate requires it for the probate inventory.
One visit, full crew, enclosed truck. We remove every machine in the collection in a single pickup and protect the house on the way out.
Cash or certified check on the spot. Bill of sale and inventory receipt handed to the executor or attorney for the estate file.
Estate transactions have more moving parts than a regular sale. We handle the parts that matter to executors, attorneys, and families so nothing gets held up.
We handle estate machines with the care they deserve.
Most of these collections belonged to someone who loved pinball. A father, a grandfather, a friend. We know what the machines meant to them and we treat the process accordingly. No lowball tactics, no rushing the family, no disrespectful handling on pickup day. We identify every machine, give honest valuations, and leave the house exactly the way we found it minus the machines.
The questions executors, attorneys, and families ask most often during the process.
Yes. We issue an itemized bill of sale listing each machine by make, model, and purchase amount. This is the same documentation an attorney would want on file for the estate inventory. If the probate court requires a specific format, tell us and we'll accommodate.
There's no hard number. Most estate calls we get are three to ten machines. We've done larger collections too. If it's one machine, that's a regular pickup. Two or more starts to feel like a buyout, especially if it's tied to an estate, divorce, or major move.
Yes. The payment can be made to the estate, the executor acting on behalf of the estate, or to a named individual if the family has already distributed the items. Just tell us who the payee should be when we coordinate pickup.
We handle that. Plenty of collectors kept machines in a primary home and a vacation property, or moved some into storage units. We'll coordinate pickups across multiple addresses within the same buyout. Regional pickups across Long Island, NY, NJ, CT, and PA are all on the table.
Usually yes. If the collection includes arcade cabinets alongside pinball machines, we take them together in most cases. Tell us what's in the estate and we'll confirm what we can include. Not every arcade game is a fit, but most are.
Fast. Estate pickups with hard deadlines jump the queue. Local Long Island buyouts can happen within the week. Regional buyouts in NY, NJ, CT, and PA usually within a week or two depending on collection size. Tell us your deadline upfront and we'll tell you honestly if we can hit it.
Absolutely. That's a common request. A son keeps the machine his father played with him on. A daughter keeps the one from her childhood home. We buy everything else. Partial buyouts work the same as whole ones.
Doesn't matter. We buy working, partially working, and non-working machines in every estate. Condition affects the per-machine offer, but it doesn't disqualify anything. See our Non-Working Machines page for details.
Whether you're an executor, an attorney, or a family member handling an estate, we'll take the pinball collection off your plate with a fair offer and clean paperwork.
631-652-9911Share how many machines are in the estate and the general location. We'll follow up to coordinate photos and an offer timeline.