RON
I only happend to see one auction
A 1960 CORVETTE,,,absolutely STRIP STOCK,,NUMBER
MATCHING,,283,,
NO EXPENSE SPARED in making it factory orig!!!
ORIG COLOR,,ETC ETC ETC ETC
Not even a peice of aftermarket dice hanging from the
mirror
$100K
NOT BAD!! for a market that now like mods!!!
ED ECKERSON
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Ron Swartley
wrote:
It is an undisputed fact that Barrett-Jackson is the biggest and
most expensive auction in the world,
attracting buyers from all over the
world. The fact that there can be NO
RESERVE on any vehicle sold there means
if your car is not near perfect you
could loose a ton of money.
Barrett Jackson is also
the world's most televised car event being shown
around the world. These are all
undisputed facts.
We are watching automotive history being made and precedents set by
2011 auction prices which shows what
sells high and what does not sell
high and approximately what our similar cars
are worth.
I, like thousands of other collectors, was in shock that the amount of
PURE STOCK CARS WERE IN THE MINORITY. It showed that the
pure stock cars are now worth more
if they have been tastefully
customized!!!!
There was a continuous flow of custom cars and hot rods
that were not kept or put back to
100% stock and they brought higher bids
then 90% of the totally stock cars
going across the bidding block.
Every year about 20 of us car guys get together and all watch the
Barrett Jackson auction. This year
three of our buddies that are purist and
have beautiful 100% stock
cars---------actually got up and walked
out----they were totally disgusted
with the change in the bidding. Before one
purist left he said, "You very
seldom or ever saw hot rods and custom
cars on Barrett Jackson 4 or 5 years
ago, and now they dominate the
auction!!!!"
I guess we will not hear many purist collector guys saying " MY CAR
IS WORTH A LOT MORE BECAUSE IT IS
100% STOCK IN EVERY WAY". Don't get
me wrong, there were cars there that
were 100% stock that brought big
auction prices but most were one of a kind production cars that
were already changed (customized) at
the factory before they were shipped
to the new car dealers.
So my condolences to all the purists out there, ( I myself was one
many years ago) I know how you must
feel. My advice is accept it
or go into denial and try to prove 3 days of world wide
facts broadcast to the world never
happen.
Of course that is just my opinion, and I could be wrong-----but
the overwhelming facts do point in
that direction.
Ron Swartley
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