Analog photobooth, dip and dunk, vintage, chemical black and white photobooth … call them what you will, but we are dedicated to keeping these icons alive and a part of American culture for future generations to enjoy. Have photobooth parts or a booth that you’re tired of maintaining? Machines you’re tired of storing? We’ve purchased all kinds, can fix anything, and offer fair prices. And if you’re looking to buy a vintage photobooth, you’ve come to a trustworthy place to do so.
Selling a vintage photo booth?
We pay top of the market prices
Yes, we really do pay top dollar – to the extent that we’ve been made fun of in the past for paying too much. We are a small shop and consistently offer more due to lower overhead and a love for these machines beyond just making profit. In short, we are collectors. With Photo Bang, if you get a better offer we’ll beat it.
We’ve purchased photobooths from San Francisco to New York City, and Los Angeles to Quebec. Mint condition cut up and on their last leg. We buy in bulk as well. Typically we just need some info and a handful of photos to offer a fair price for your photo booth. We can pay quickly and send a freight company to pick the machine up. We also offer valuations or suggestions for where else to sell it, or even how to fix it yourself.
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Vintage Photo Booths For Sale
Spring 2024 Update:
We are not currently selling analog photobooths
We have reached our capacity for 2024 and currently do not have plans to work with clients beyond the ones we are in touch with. For future restorations we encourage you to watch our Instagram account at @photobangco. We operate over 30 machines in Colorado and more in other states and restore antique and vintage photobooths when we can.
Production Company needing prop photobooth?
We offer short and long term leases for vintage photobooths. We’ve worked with major and smaller production companies. Contact for us details.
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Contact UsFAQ:
(1) Do you ship to other countries? Yes. However, we cannot offer a quote for shipping. It is often less expensive when you obtain a quote from a shipping company in your home country. Contact us for shipping dimensions so you my obtain your own quote.
(2) Do you offer discounts for “collabs”? No. We value privacy. Whether you’re a private collector, production company or mere mortal like us, we treat everyone the same. We do not name drop or offer discounts to do so.
(3) Do you do events? No. Sorry.
ABOVE: Auto-Photo Model 9 vintage photobooth (left) currently unrestored in storage, and a Model 11 (right) that lives at The Ramble Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
RIGHT: A rare, Photomatic Pre-WW2 antique photobooth. Non-working and in need of restoration. More photos of it can be seen in our Instagram feed, here.
Sample Photobooth Sales
Model 17 Replica Photobooth Sold May, 2021
Built 100% new by us, to look and act like a vintage machine. This photobooth features mirrors in the style of the Ace Hotel model 17 booths, a vintage appearing top sign, adjustable vintage style stool, door, curtains and floor, all operating in a true vintage fashion, but new. The photobooth lives at a Las Vegas style wedding chapel in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.
1968 Model 17 Black & White Photobooth Sold January, 2021
A 1968 Model 17 Analog in excellent condition. With highly sought after creamy linen exterior and woodgrain interior with original vintage floor and stool, this amazing specimen was boxed inside a custom crate and shipped internationally to a retail store in Tokyo, Japan.
Early 1950s Model 11 Analog Photobooth Sold December, 2020
This photobooth has a beautiful patina, featuring the iconic rounded shape and some gorgeous original hand painted signage. We have completely rewired this machine and updated the flash system to use modern studio flashes. It functions very well and is likely one of only a handful of Model 11 photobooths in the world that still works. It now lives in a private residence in Santa Barbara, California.
1958 Model 14 Analog Photobooth Sold January, 2019
This photobooth was restored by us, then placed locally as a vending photobooth. After a brief 3 month placement at Modern Nomad in the RiNo neighborhood of Denver, it sold quickly to it’s new buyer. It currently lives in a private home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
1958 Model 14 Wing-Top Photobooth Sold
This photobooth lived it’s entire life in the world famous Playland Arcade on Times Square, NY until it closed it’s doors in 1994. We purchased it from the collector who owned it from 1994 until 2018. Sold unrestored to Warner Bros for use a set prop in the film It: Chapter 2, released in 2019.
1968 Model 17 Photobooth Sold
Purchased from a bar on the East Coast and brought to Denver for restoration. It had been maintained well over it’s near-50 year life, though the exterior needed some loving clean up as it was contemporary to it’s last restoration in the 1990s. We returned it to a more vintage design.
What does a Photo Bang restoration look like?
While every restoration is different, Photo Bang’s focus is to keep with the original appearance and style of each photobooth. We regularly encounter photobooths that have been changed and altered in both appearance and function. All restorations focus on getting a booth working again first, and then returning them to their original intended appearance. Below are details on restore that we performed in 2017.
Our restoration entailed:
- A good cleaning of the entire cabinet
- Re-covered exterior in glossy Formica brand finish
- Polishing light surface rust off of metal trim
- Installing new metal trim around the doorway
- Installing new Linoleum grey linen finish floor
- A “tune” of the interior mechanics
- Sanding and painting camera body exterior
- New capacitor installed into “silver box” flash controller
- Installing original vintage photobooth curtain
- Building a pallet with straps to ship the photobooth
Sales price included:
- 1968 Model 17 Analog Vintage Photobooth
- Full set of chemical tanks
- PDF of the manual for the Model 17
- Download of a maintenance training video
- Shipping NOT included. Freight estimate $400-800. Local delivery free.
Owning a classic photo booth is rewarding and will likely make you the coolest person on the block. Upkeep and straight-forward maintenance will ensure you’re happy with your photos for years to come. Chemicals and black and white photo booth paper are readily available, and we will connect you to our suppliers. Repairs will be inevitable, but rest assured that parts are available. As hoarders of parts, we often sell stuff at our own cost simply because we get tired of tripping over it in our shop. We’ll provide you with a list of contacts for parts and help, aside from us, as well.