[Healeys] Auction car

[HealeyRick]

 I did some drilling down on this car and found the following:

Here's the chassis number: HBJ8L42154 Google it and you'll see a lengthy
auction history with the last a B-J sale at Las Vegas in 2016.
https://azure.barrett-jackson.com/Ev...ERTIBLE-198617
<https://azure.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1967-AUSTIN-HEALEY-3000-MARK-III-BJ8-CONVERTIBLE-198617>
 The car was done by BMC in Philadelphia and was originally auctioned in
2006: https://www.soldbyauctions.com/homes...DYFAtIyxVCmAK/
<https://www.soldbyauctions.com/homes/advert_details/JixDYFAtIyxVCmAK/>

At all the auctions this has been in, the description has remained pretty
much the same and I can't tell if it's been restored again since 2006. This
report from 2016 says it looked like an older restoration:
http://www.sportscardigest.com/barre...ion-report/11/
<http://www.sportscardigest.com/barrett-jackson-las-vegas-2016-auction-report/11/>

BTW, Steve Beyers has confirmed that this was NOT an original Golden Beige
Metallic car.

Rick Neville

On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 4:42 AM Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

> My view is prices of most cars from the 50s and 60s, other than the usual
> super cars, will likely have topped out as most people that were young at
> that time are now much older.  At 52 I'm at the younger end of the
> spectrum, I don't see many people younger than me all that interested in
> the cars.  So my view is most of the prices have topped out or flattened,
> with prices still supported by new buyers from former communist countries
> who now have money to buy.
>
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Jean Caron <
> vintage_roadster_restoration at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Steven,
>>
>> You can go and look at several photos of the car on Barrett-Jackson’s
>> website as well as a description of the car. The description is very vague
>> so that the auctioneer avoids legal trouble, just in case. It claims to
>> have been restored, with no expenses spared, to Austin-Healey standards,
>> not to Concours standards as it is nowhere near current Concours standards.
>>
>> I doubt very much that the car was purchased by someone that knew
>> Austin-Healey s very well, not to say that these individuals do not go to
>> B-J to purchase an A-H.
>>
>> This car, from the photos shown, was build to excite the buyer that had
>> rented himself an arm candy for the weekend and to show her he had the
>> means to afford her and the car, for the weekend. As far as I am concerned
>> if one wants to bid on cars with provenance and a history, Barrett-Jackson
>> is not the place for that. Bonhams, RM/Sotheby’s and the likes are a far
>> better option. Barrett-Jackson will sell you golf carts to Hummers and
>> everything in between that has the word restomods in it.
>>
>> The seller got an unbelievable price for this BJ8, no doubt about that.
>> On the surface the car presented very well but with pop rivets holding the
>> shroud at the trunk opening, where else did the seller cut corners? Ooops!
>> That’s right, restored at no expenses spared.........
>>
>>
>>
>> Jean
>>
>>
>>
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>> Windows 10
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Steven
>> Kingsbury <airtightproductions at icloud.com>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, April 15, 2018 1:42:07 PM
>> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
>> *Subject:* [Healeys] Auction car
>>
>> I see the list has been fairly quiet lately and thought I'd take the time
>> to see if anyone has any thoughts on the Barrett Jackson car auction. I saw
>> the car, a Golden Beige BJ8, go for $143,000. With a 10% premium tacked on
>> to that, a bit over $157,000! In the opinion of this group, was that just a
>> case of bidders getting in to a pissing contest, or, was the car worth it?
>> (And of course we don't know what condition the engines was in, was it a
>> frame off, etc.) So for the sake of conversation, let's say it had really
>> good bones, no rust and ran like a top. And was an original Golden Beige
>> with red leather car.
>>    Personally, I was glad to see it go for such a large price. Was it
>> worth it? In my opinion, yes, especially if the person buying it knows and
>> loves A-H's. If I had the money, would I pay that much? No. If I had that
>> kind of money, I'd buy a project and do most of the work myself.
>> Steven Kingsbury
>> BN1 #598 (currently on a boat)
>>
>>
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