Any thoughts on the B-J auction...?

[Mr70]

Agree..we are humanbeings after all,so it is not a perfect process.
There was a situation Friday where a car was gaveled SOLD and drove away..There was a distant bidder in the seats screaming at the gavel he was willing to bid more then the winning bid,with an auction Capt. next to him doing the same.
But to no avail,as the gavel did not hear them and announced the bidding was ultimately closed.
But what also happened was two seperate other people both thought they were the winning bid on that car,smiling & shaking hands with thier respective friends..So the podium announced they would reopen the bidding again to settle this between the two who thought they both won it at the exact same price.Once they reopened it,the distant bidder who was willing to bid more ended up out bidding both of them and became the winner.It can be confusing sometimes.

[hvychev]

I was suprised to see that Motion Camaro do $450K. I also thought is was VERY unfair that they spent so much time on that car when others were quick sold.

All I can say is that I have never heard of a REAL BM car do $450K so how in the heck do they expect to have a line of people waiting to drop $450K on that thing? Like the announcers said, that car does not have much in common with the BM cars from the glory days other than in name.

[Jacsey 70Z]

I was laughing, you could hear the panic in Chip Foose's voice when he was saying how this wasn't a Over Haulin car, it wasn't built in a week!!

[Hylton]

Any thoughts?

Ya - it's all Bullshit!

[Jeff H]

The common theme seems to be people will pay extra money for a name or a statistic with a vehicle. I don't know what to really think other than this situation only happens once a year so don't think these prices will occur again until next Jan.

[JoeG]

I saw a couple of guys with a winning bid and the auctioners arm is locked on the 3rd and final call sometimes a little longer than called for, which cost some fellas a car ........
What I didn't know was that FORD is offering turn race cars from the factory----just like back in the day

[Speedrx]

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What I didn't know was that FORD is offering turn race cars from the factory----just like back in the day

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Those factory race Mustangs are and very competitive right out of the box. Just order one directly from the Ford Racing Catalog for $120K or pick one up from BJ for only $80K more??

[musclecarjohn]

Hey guys...back to homebase.
Well,B-J was a scene...and it was great to meet Bruce (Xplantdad),Tony (Mr T),George Lyons and Kenny Pascoe...all really great people and fun to be with.I'm sorry I couldn't spend more time with you guys but my friends had me running in several directions.

Bruce really needs a hand for all his hard work every year and for all he does for SYC...my hats off to him!

And Bruce...you were right about Pavillions...it was nuts!
There was No way we were going to check out all the cars,and there was some great ones.

For some strange reason...I could not post from AZ...said my password wasn't valid.

My thoughts:

Joel Rosen and the boys will sure have a tough time selling nine cars (They told me #1,2 & 12 are already sold)for asking price when they couldn't squeeze the mil or so they were expecting for this one.I was also told by BM that this car was optioned to sell for $489K so they didn't even bring that.
Not sure if anybody noticed but the upper rad hose on the car was that fake braided "look" hose with the fake end covers hiding the hose clamps...certainly not in keeping with a car of this caliber.

We saw the V-10 Viper-powered "six-shooter" '70 Cuda convertible SELL AGAIN (?) today at 3:30.It sold "today" for $130K...I thought I saw it go last night (lot #1278)for $160K...anyone know?

As someone mentioned:Green does seem to have returned in vogue as a favored color.

Anything with a Hemi goes through the roof.Recreation,clone,or the real thing...doesn't matter.
Have not figured out why rare LS-6 verts and ZL-1 Camaro's haven't brought similar money.

I spoke to a lot of nervous sellers in the staging lanes.A lot of cars weren't bringing the money and there were some good buys late.

I was surprised the Banshee didn't bring more than $195K.

Musclecars rule...and that trend will just continue at B-J next year.A lot of the vendors I spoke to said sales of Ferrari stuff was none exsistant.

The whole experience was just great and it's something you've got to do at least once in a lifetime.Think Pebble Beach...kicked up a notch...and you have Barrett-Jackson.

It was great being on stage with Kenny and George.My wife called me crying to tell me she saw me on TV.

[MosportGreen66]

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I was laughing, you could hear the panic in Chip Foose's voice when he was saying how this wasn't a Over Haulin car, it wasn't built in a week!!

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I thought the same thing Jack...
"its not an overhaulin car... It wasn't built in a week."
Great way to boost ratings... haha!

[JoeG]

That was a funny line, but it did sound like panic---Tough selling at no reserve--