Nice BAT 69 Z/28 sells for $260k+?

[tom406]

I’ve got a hot take-hear me out. I have a feeling that this auction was propelled by the strong current national “vibe” rather than say, alcohol, which is what we usually attribute this kind of aberration when it happens at BJ. If you read through all of the comments, there’s a palpable pushback from the spectators of this auction to the voices telling them why they’re foolish to bid too much on this flashy orange car. Many of them seem to resent the “elites” (aka name-checked Yenko.net!) trying to tell them that “Black Grilles Matter” and “No Smog/No Sale” so they shouldn’t waste their money.

My tongue is a little bit in my cheek with this analogy, but not too much. Read the comments and tell me it doesn’t feel different than most of the recent musclecar auctions on there. Certainly different than the hypercritical discourse on a comparative Shelby or C2 Corvette auction.