I'm a bit of a stickler for days gone by, but has anyone noticed
how the commentators will freely discuss the bid price as low to
market, ie someone got a good deal etc. But when there is a huge
overpayment they tip toe in the tulips. After all, you wouldn't
want to say anything derogatory sounding about the TV show/event
or its sponsors (and their employers).
Let me go a little further and say this has maybe unavoidably
turned into a huge Barrett Jackson hype shtick - oh how wonderful
their auction is - and in response, dildos with money to burn are
showing up in droves so they can get their mug on TV for the 5
seconds while signing the confirmation form, or even get to
verbally address the nation.
I would guess the prices we see are not always representative of
free market forces, but the entertainment value for a car buff is
still way up there.
Mike L.
60A,67E,59Bug
----- Original Message -----
From <Tomsaudi at aol.com>
To: <higgs@cgocable.net>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: January 21, 2001 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: Barrett-Jackson auction
> I actually watched the entire broadcast this afternoon from 4-7.
There was a
> stunning 1953 Bentley Continental R that was sold for $150,000+.
The only
> other British car I recall seeing was an alloy-bodied Jaguar
XK-120.
> Exceptionally nice, but the bids "only" got to $140,000, below
the reserve on
> the car, so the car was not sold.
>
> As for the broadcasters, I've never been a fan of Brock Yates,
but Alain de
> Cadenet (who was giving commentary right by the cars) knows his
European
> classics quite well. He was essential to the group-when Talbot
Lagos,
> Buggati's and a Delage drove up on stage, the hosts (Yates and
another guy)
> were at a total loss, and if it weren't for de Cadenet, would
really have
> embarassed themselves.
>
> Since this was prime time auctioning, Barrett-Jackson only
rolled off what
> was hot in the market, and it looks like British cars are not
the rage in the
> collector's market. What is considered hot, accoreding to them,
are hot rods,
> muscle cars, et al. It was interesting to watch, but I admit I
didn't really
> see anything I was dying to own myself.
>
> Trouble is with the over-restored cars, you can't even think of
driving them.
> Well, they cost more than my home, the people buy them, but to
me, to spend
> $200,000+ on a car I have trailered to Pebble Beach, am I really
getting my
> money's worth?
>
> Tom
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