The 1954 Olds F-88 Concept Car that he bid on last year was for the Gateway
Colorado Auto Museum. I had heard that he is no longer representing them and
he bought the Healey for the president of the Discovery network.
On both occasions, I believe that he could have bought both vehicles for alot
less, but this guy makes a case of egging on the competing bidder. The guy
who came in 2nd for the F-88 last year said he was dropping out alot earlier,
but after this guy getting in his face, he decided to make him pay for it.
Maybe that's why he wasn't representing the museum this year...
Mike B
59 BT7 (now worth $1.5 million if I cen get that guy to bid on it...)
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From: Editorgary@aol.com
> In a message dated 1/23/06 7:30:48 AM, owner-healeys-digest@autox.team.net
> writes:
>
>
> > I agree with you on this. I find it strange that someone would pay $131k
> > for a car that was not originally golden. I thought that the real big
> dollars
> > went for cars which were complete, rare, and restored as original to a very
> > high standard.
> >
> > If the buyer wanted a golden BJ8 seems to me he/she could buy one and have
> > it restored to the same level for considerably less than $141k.
> >
> > But on the other hand, as someone else pointed out you have the excitement
> > of the auction/adrenaline/alcohol/impressing others/etc going on.
> >
> It puzzles me that no one has done any kind of an in-depth discussion of the
> guy in the Ferrari cap. Last year he was the fellow who paid over 3 million
> for a one-off Oldsmobile(?) concept car, for some museum, (how can a museum
> justify spending 3 mill on one car, and one that will be interesting to only
> one
> type of car enthusiast?) and this year he was back in the fray, paying
> ridiculous prices for cars that I would argue are either not museum material
> or if
> they are, could be duplicated for the museum for 1/3 their cost (the Golden
> Beige
> Healey). Is he the pointy end of some sort of money-laundering or tax
> write-off scheme?
> Who even knows who he is?
> Cheers
> Gary
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