Barrett Jackson.....

[3macs1]

My heart goes out to a lot of owners who put their heart and sole into their projects and did not even get close to their restoration costs back let alone the purchase price of the car they started with. Be interesting to see if the reserve comes back.

[Norm reynolds]

There is no drought that Crag Jackson will be forced to bring back the reserve

I would not want to be crag Jackson Last night
He must of gotten ear full
Yes you could see that a lot of cars did not make what the seller had in it Just look at the 68 Hemi Charger and the Theme bike of OCC If I remember right both sold for around 185.000 I would bet they had that just in the bike
I know it did not help when Paul senor said Dhoo dhoo it had spark plugs in the head doho aha it is really fast ah-ah rock in roll should have kept his mouth shut

[nuch_ss396]

Norm,

If you are unfortunate enough to watch one of their shows,
that is about the extent of his vocabulary. Oh yeah,
F-this & F-that too. Forgot about those gems.

Steve

[Norm reynolds]

No I have watched the show His oldest son Paul jr has a real good talent
The father all he does is sleep in his office and comes out every now and them screaming and yelling F this and F that He really slows his son down with his kiddy act
I feel it was not his son being so good the father would still be welding fences
And not have the money they have I all ways thought the father was a lazy moron

[71-LS6]

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Norm,

If you are unfortunate enough to watch one of their shows,
that is about the extent of his vocabulary. Oh yeah,
F-this & F-that too. Forgot about those gems.

Steve

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So by deleting the all-purpose (noun adjective verb pronoun adverb preposition.....) F WORD, the Walrus was rendered speechless?

[TDW]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Norm,

If you are unfortunate enough to watch one of their shows,
that is about the extent of his vocabulary. Oh yeah,
F-this & F-that too. Forgot about those gems.

Steve

[/ QUOTE ]

So by deleting the all-purpose (noun adjective verb pronoun adverb preposition.....) F WORD, the Walrus was rendered speechless?

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That sums it up pretty good. He is a hammer wielding goon.

[quick-bowtie]

I know a few guys lost huge huge money last night.. Its the chance you take if your doing this for investment/job and most know that. What REALLY pisses me off is that the fact Craig himself was hyping up a couple cars saying they were good cars and extremely undervalued blah blah blah, when infact they were well known piles of crap! its all about who you know and how good of a blo* job you can give PERIOD. I saw a lot of shady stuff this weekend and really dont know if I personally will sell there again. It seems MONEY is the only thing that runs that circus 10% buyer commission this year?? when is enough enough?? I think you'll see Mecum steal the spot light coming up soon.. Much more of a TRUE HOBBIST and down to earth guy and..granted he makes money too but he isnt out to make you bleed like Barrett. There is NO way Barrett will ever see another QUALITY LEGIT car again valued at more than 250k unless they bring back the reserve..and even then I think this year left a very sour taste in the mouths of many. I cant wait to see Palm Beach.. Im sure glad I didnt consign anything there. Just think if you had a 600k car there and it only brought 400k to buy your own car back would be $72,000 that is insane and if you didnt do it you would lose 200k. That auction is hurting for next year unless they get smart or just sell junk.. Cars that blew my mind were

Motion Race car.
OCC Charger/Bike
Ohlers 71 Hemi Challenger
68 Yenko Camaro
basically to many to list..

[Jeff H]

I saw signs last year that looked like they were at their peak and starting to lose it. This year proves that BJ is not where you want to sell your car. R&S and Mecum will probably have a banner year after this fiasco. Watching them rush the BM Corvette across the block last year pointed out to me what was really going on. 18% commission to keep your own car explains it all.

[DarrenX33]

While watching the auction over the weekend and seeing all of the stars and people come forward to donate to worthy causes such as the CNN Hummer. This discussion came up with a friend. Craig and his crew did a great job of getting the most out of the bidders on these items. And bless them for being so generous. But wouldn't it have been nice to hear Craig or his president come forward and contribute, offer some sort of matching or donate commission on the sale? Perhaps he has contributed in ways that I am not aware of. If so I apologize, but he had one hell of a weekend ($). Would have been nice to see him step up. Kinda made me sick thinking about it...

Regarding the Motion car.. I love them but they just don't seem to do well at auction for some reason...

[quick-bowtie]

I should mention that although I dont agree with some ofthe stuff I saw and heard Craig does raise alot of money for some great charity's and also pulls if a few guys like Shelby and Edsel that also take in a great deal for there cause which is great. I had a fun time although the weather wasnt the best it was great meeting a few guys from the site and hanging out wit Bruce for the day..AND KICKING HIS BUTT IN GO KART RACING!! LOL.. Bruce close only counts in horse shoes buddie.. We'll definately have to go a second round in the near future..