My wish is that this will be the last pinball machine I ever sell. Owning a Collector’s Edition Addams Family Gold #5 with under 600 lifetime plays is something truly special. It remains the best-selling pinball machine of all time—a record that still stands.

The game is original and complete in every sense. It includes the gold version manual, the goodie bag contents, the certificate of authenticity, and even the original keychain. Everything that came with the machine in 1994 is still with it today.

I personally delivered this game to its original local owner while working at Pinball Palace in West Babylon, NY. He was a serious collector with the financial means to buy every new machine of that era. On May 8, 2003, I bought the game back with 453 plays, a number I documented on a business card that still sits in the coin box. I carefully transported it home, where it has lived as a treasured museum piece in my collection ever since.

Only 1,000 Gold editions were made, each with a numbered plaque affixed to the front of the cabinet. The designer, Pat Lawlor, received #1. It is my belief that #5 was among the first sold to the public. I simply hope the next owner values and preserves it as much as I have.