[Tigers] New record Tiger sale

[MWood24020 at aol.com]

Fact is, for many of the bidders at these auctions, $150k is nothing to  
really have anything close to remorse over...if he/she likes the car and had 
to  have it, they probably can live with having made what many of us would 
consider  an ill informed purchase.
 
For me, the car just misses the mark...something a little too fussy about  
it, doesn't capture the real spirit of a race car. But, no denying it has 
some  cool details.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/15/2010 6:42:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
rande at thecia.net writes:

I can  only hope that the winning bidder knew exactly what he was bidding 
on,
had  already done his research on the genuine Hollywood Sports Car racer (  
it
wouldn't have been too hard - it was in Santa Rosa two months ago), and  
REALLY
had to have this very car.

If I can translate what the  auction company wrote in their description into
terms that mean something  to experienced Tiger people (us),  this new owner
paid about three  times the value of a survivor Tiger and a little more than
double what Dale  A. would restore a Tiger for.

As for someone having built a 'tribute'  HSC racer, I think the UK's Julian 
Balme's
clone is much closer in  spirit.

Again, I really hope this person knew what he was getting  upfront.
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