Imperials at Atlantic City Auction

["Nicholas De Cresce" <ndcnyc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello!
I was at the Atlantic City Auction yesterday, Saturday.  I saw the three
Imperials you spoke of plus the blue 1981 Frank Sinatra Imperial.
    The 1968 droptop sold quickly but I did not get the finial selling
price.  That really was a beautiful, beautiful car.
    The 1957:  there was some woman who really had the hots f/ that car.
She bought it at $6200.
    The 1966: yes the car needed some TLC but it was a bargain at the $2500
selling price.  I would have registered as a bidder just to have gotten that
car at such a price.
    Anyway, stayed until the end, 9P.M.  The Frank Sinatra edition is
auctioning tdy and I won't be there....it would be interesting to know
what/if it does go.

And, in the blink of an eye....it will be Atlantic City Auction 2003!

Best Regards,
Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Klein <tailfins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:54 AM
Subject: IML: Imperials at Atlantic City Auction


I was just wondering if any IMLers attended the auction/swap meet in
Atlantic City, NJ this weekend. My wife and I arrived at  9 AM Friday and
spent about three hours picking through the swap meet. I added 4 more pieces
to my ever-growing miniature car collection which now numbers over 3500
vehicles! Then it was time to peruse the car corral and auction area. As
usual, Imperials are few and far between, however there were a few to be
seen. The first Imperial we spotted was a rather sad looking '57 two-door
Southampton being touted as"freshly restored". This was a very tired example
with a poor "Earl Scheib" type paint job, a rusty engine room, and sheet
metal screws through some of the moldings. Next was a very presentable '66
Crown Coupe in a champaign color with no vinyl roof. Then we saw the most
spectacular '68 Imperial convertible I've ever come across! The
arrow-straight body was flawlessly finished in a medium blue metallic set
off by a perfect black leather interior and a black top. The fully loaded
convertible was dripping with perfect chrome including all emblems and trim
and also sported an interesting history, having been purchased originally by
the CEO of Johnson & Johnson. I'll be dreaming about this one for many years
to come, but the $30,000 price was too much for me, so I'll keep
dreaming.....

Ross Klein
'56 Imperial sedan, two-tone green
'78 NYB 4 dr. Golden Fawn
'Life's too short to drive 'ordinary' cars"