Help With Selling #1 Car at Auction - Mecum Indy?

[weranc55]

As Don said be prepared to take a hit on it. Its a very nicely restored car. That's one thing it's got going for it. It's not a judge, not original motor, and not a great color combo. It was my car I would try eBay first with a buy it now and best offer. At least this way you will get a pretty good idea were people value the car. If you are committed to taking it to an auction I think Indy is your best option. Friday afternoon or Saturday early afternoon a good time slots. FYI I have a blue 70 ra4 Judge that I may bring to the auction. Frame off sr block car. I have over 100 in it. If it gets close to 70 grand I'd sell it. I'd like to get more but have to be realistic.
You also could try to consign it at rk motor? They try to get high retail. Cars seems to sit there for a while but I'm sure some do sell.

[njsteve]

WERANC55 sold a car or two last year at Mecum...and I was the one answering the main question of the day which was &quot;Where the hell is that SD that is going on Saturday&quot;. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[weranc55]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WERANC55 sold a car or two last year at Mecum...and I was the one answering the main question of the day which was &quot;Where the hell is that SD that is going on Saturday&quot;. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>

Lol. I don't think I could handle sitting there all week and answering not so intelligent questions.

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: weranc55</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WERANC55 sold a car or two last year at Mecum...and I was the one answering the main question of the day which was &quot;Where the hell is that SD that is going on Saturday&quot;. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>

Lol. I don't think I could handle sitting there all week and answering not so intelligent questions. </div></div>

I have teenagers. So I am an expert in this. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

[bulletpruf]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: weranc55</div><div class="ubbcode-body">As Don said be prepared to take a hit on it. Its a very nicely restored car. That's one thing it's got going for it. It's not a judge, not original motor, and not a great color combo. It was my car I would try eBay first with a buy it now and best offer. At least this way you will get a pretty good idea were people value the car. If you are committed to taking it to an auction I think Indy is your best option. Friday afternoon or Saturday early afternoon a good time slots. FYI I have a blue 70 ra4 Judge that I may bring to the auction. Frame off sr block car. I have over 100 in it. If it gets close to 70 grand I'd sell it. I'd like to get more but have to be realistic.
You also could try to consign it at rk motor? They try to get high retail. Cars seems to sit there for a while but I'm sure some do sell. </div></div>

Thanks for your input; great to hear from someone who has sold there before.

Sounds like a reasonable price for your Judge, especially a round port car.

Thought about consigning it somewhere and also have an invitation to display it at Floyd Garrett's museum (apparently they will let folks know if a car can be bought), but logistics are problematic for me. Would be a bit easier if I was in the states.

Good input on eBay. Really doesn't appear to be a downside if you have it as &quot;Buy it Now.&quot; Listing it with a reserve always runs the risk that the bidding ends up lower than expected and folks de-value the car accordingly.

Thanks

Scott