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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