Trmgafun@aol.com wrote:
>
> Greetings chaps,
>
> I just got home from the Auburn Kruse Auction in Auburn, Indiana and thought
> I'd share some of the LBC news with all of you. I've been going to this
> event for the past five years and have found that the interest in LBC's is
> mediocre at best. There seems to be more interest in the American
> automobile. Unfortunately, this year I was not able to spend much time
> watching the cars cross the block, so I'm not sure what kind of money they
> fetched, if any. Some of the prices that I quote below are prices that
> happened to be included with the info on the sticker, not what the car sold
> for.
>
> This year, there were not as many British cars as years past but the lot
> included about fifteen Jaguars ranging from XJS, XKE, XK 120 to 150, and one
> XKE vintage racer.
>
> MG's included one Twin Cam driver (the only MGA) that had a starting price of
> around $18K, one MGB Special Edition starting at $8000, quite a few TC, TD,
> and TF's.
>
> Healeys included one 100M Florida Green over Ivory, a 3000MKIII Ivory over
> Colorado Red and one MKIII in British Racing Green. A Bugeye Sprite with a
> Nissan engine, one later Sprite, both decent shape. Even a BJ8 kit car with
> a V8.
>
> A 1968?? Triumph TR4 (non IRS) for $13000, several TR6s, two TR3's, one very
> nice non original example for $13500, a GT6 MKIII going for $5500. I was
> told that an original TR6 with 13K miles crossed the block and sold for
> around $13000.
>
> There was a very nice dark green Sunbeam Tiger that, according to the seller,
> had the destinction of being chassis number one.
>
> During the time I spent watching the cars crossing the block, there was a
> decent looking Jaquar XK120 that sold for around $30,000. I noticed that a
> lot of the car's reserve was lifted and the cars were sold at what seemed to
> be very low prices. There was a very nice 1964 Corvette convertible that
> went for $20,000, a steal!!
>
> Something to keep in mind. In years past, I have noticed some very nice
> British cars cross the block with very few bidders, in fact some have been
> driven to the back lot waiting for the seller to take them back home. There
> seems to be less interest in the British roadster and more interest in the
> larger american luxury, muscle, or oddball cars here in the Midwest. If the
> car for you happened to cross that block, you may just get lucky and get
> yourself a decent deal. Of course if that was your objective, you'd want to
> spend some quality time looking at the car very closely. Some of the cars
> look real nice from the outside, but who knows what is lurking
> underneath....you need to know the car(s) very well and know what you're
> bidding on!!
>
> Some of the prices that I quote above are what the auctioneer starts at, then
> goes up or down, depending on where the bidding goes.
>
> While I was out walking among the acres of cars, I even heard the auctioneer
> say "sold to Mr Jay Leno!!".....another American car.
>
> Scott Helms....who wishes he had a wad of money to have some fun with!!
Scott and fellow listers..
I too was there on Saturday. What a great place for the car buff. There
are some real deals to be had. While I was there I watched an 80-82
Mercedes 500 series go for less than 5K. There are truly some great
deals to be had. I understand there is a spring sale there, but it's not
nearly as large.
Marty Romagni
wanting for a larger garage!!!
74 TR6
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