Re: [Chrysler300] R&M Classic Cars

["obiwan10" <obiwan10@xxxx>]

Thank you, my thoughts exactly. If Spitzer in New York ever completes his investigations of the Charlatans of the brokerage industry and stock touts, he could make another lifetime career in checking out this business.

I was at a Rick Cole auction some years back(before it became R&M--I believe there is a connection) and saw both a beautiful(certainly the best in the world at that time and probably still) 57 Desoto Adventurer owned by Jim DiGregorio and a almost perfect 57 C Coupe brought in by a man by the name of Jim Baikens(SP) supposedly sold. In both sales some 30 minutes later these fellows were approached by Rick Cole himself(I had spent the entire weekend with these fellows and was standing with them when Cole approached) and told that their cars had not actually sold as they had thought(phony shill bids in both cases) and both were to be run thru again. The Desoto then sold for 37k and went to Florida, the C did not the second time receive a sufficient REAL bid and he took it home with him.

To this day I would love to find where this car is currently garaged as now that I could afford to buy it for the then asking price. Black C with factory air, Calif black plates, wire wheels and 15 inch blackwall tires, and way over restored but beautiful. Car was also suspected of having a phony vin tag at the time, but not proven. Probably the nicest looking C that I have ever seen. I believe the car is somewhere in Southern Ca. Jim Baikens(SP) was not the owner as I found out but representing the owner for whom he had been involved in the restoration. Any info out there????

I have pictures of both cars with license plate number in my album.

This is standard operating fare at(Some!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) auctions so again it is caveat emptor.

We ain't in Kansas anymore when you go to the car Auction.

Roger Schaaf
Calif 300B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Andy Mikonis 
To: mlw102@xxxx ; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] R&M Classic Cars


The people bidding/buying the high dollar cars at
these auctions are operating in a completely different
car world than most of the members of this club -
myself included.

I say this because a few years ago I caught wind of a
bogus 300 sold through RM, over which I heard they
were sued, then later the car went to Barrett-Jackson.
Read carefully: as a journalist, I approached a car
magazine editor regarding this car, and some other
questionable cars at the auction. I never heard back
from him but, within two hours I was contacted by a
B/J honcho and threatened with a lawsuit. I provided
the proof, they backed off. I never published a story
about it, though I'm not sure I wouldn't do it if it
happened today...

The big collector car auction world is all about the
money, not the integrity of the cars.

Andy Mikonis


--- mlw102@xxxx wrote:
> R&M Classic Cars has a fine reputation. They
> sell cars that run into 
> the millions. They show you what they have and you
> can make your own opinion 
> of the automobile. If you don't like what you see
> you don't have to bid. 
> Car experts trust them explicitly.
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> 
> 


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