This just came into my inbox today (header timestamp says it's from
4/3/2005)... Did anyone else just get this or am I the only one?
Regards,
Jon Heese
Donald Mallinson wrote:
> This was probably a fool that had that much money to blow without
> missing it. Oh, he could be just a fool that is now broke, but probably
> not.
>
> "Famous personality or star cars" are a real unknown in the collector
> car world. This one really surprised me because Buicks in general are
> not desirable, Jay Leno's Restified Mod car being an exception. This
> one is probably going to a museum collection where it may help to bring
> in an extra $25 per day and pay itself off in about 160 years!
>
> :)
>
> Don Mallinson
>
> Kenneth Epperly wrote:
>
>> A fool and his money are soon parted. Seem like more money than he
>> knows what to do with.
>>
>> imho, Ken
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Prochilo"
>> <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
>> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] opal frost
>>
>>
>>> I guess what impressed me the most about it was how the auctioneer first
>>> called the eventual winner a cheapskate when he upped the bid by only
>>> $25K, and then finally when they were in the smaller increments close to
>>> $1.3M the guy that phoned in bumped his finally bid by $200K and put the
>>> dagger in the heart of the other guy. Wicked.
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carl Prochilo
>>> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>>>
>>> On Sun, April 3, 2005 10:31 am, Mark Nunnally said:
>>>
>>>>> Did you see that Howard Hughes' (at least I assume it was his from the
>>>>> commercial) 1953 Buick Roadmaster sold for $1.5M in West Palm Beach at
>>>>> the
>>>>> Barrett/Jackson auction?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah I saw that, whatever floats your boat!
>>>>
>>>> I sat there thinking I could buy 40 acres, a 7500 sq ft house, a
>>>> 2000 sq
>>>> ft
>>>> garage, and any choice of 911/Z06/Ferarri late models and still have
>>>> a few
>>>> hundred K left for the 'ole IRA :)
>>>>
>>>> Saw they Ford GT go for $230k I think? Pretty good investment if
>>>> you got
>>>> out the door for $160k from the dealer a few months ago. 2 of them
>>>> were
>>>> at
>>>> the last track day here, they sound goofy coming (that '03
>>>> Cobra/Lightning
>>>> blower whine) but sound good going.
>>>>
>>>> mark
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