![]() ![]() But after speaking with Gordo at length, and finally meeting him in person at our 2nd Annual Pacific Pinball Exhibition last October, it immediately became apparent that we have a lot in common – not just our admiration and respect for Gottlieb’s “Golden Age” pinballs of the 1940s and 1950s – but also our shared goals, objectives and the passion we have for preserving pinball’s past and wanting to see it enjoyed by future generations. with Michael Schiess at Philadelphia airportĪlthough we had communicated briefly over the years, and I had heard a lot about Gordo’s background as a noted author and pinball historian, I really was not all that familiar with the extent of his collection. What’s more, Gordo had heard of what the PPM was trying to accomplish and had decided that he wanted to donate his entire collection of pinball and related coin-operated machines to us. (aka “Gordo”), who indicated that he was looking for a good home for the collection of pinball machines and related coin operated devices that he had amassed over a 35+ year period of collecting. ![]() In other words, our aim is to educate and inform the public about the historical, artistic, scientific and technological aspects of pinball – and the role it has played as a truly unique American entertainment and art form.Ībout a year and a half ago, Mike and I received a note from a very good friend of ours, noted pinball collector and historian Gordon Hasse, Jr. Far from being a mere arcade, our goal is to become “The Smithsonian of Pinball”, as our founder and Executive Director Michael Schiess so often puts it. Our mission is to establish a permanent home for our 700+ pinball machine collection somewhere here in the San Francisco Bay Area. As the Board Chairman of the Pacific Pinball Museum (PPM), I have been actively involved for the past 7 years or so with a dozen other passionate and energetic Board members of the non-profit PPM in Alameda, CA.
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