My .02 on Barrett-Jackson

[SOM2001SS]

So is Westworld upping the rent and is BJ moving to Las Vegas in the near future? I wouldn't be surprised.

[showyourauto]

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...is BJ moving to Las Vegas in the near future? I wouldn't be surprised.

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Isn't that where most tired acts migrate too once they've overstayed their time in the limelight?

[Canuck]

Perspective offered by a friend:

Some interesting stats from the BJ:



2008 - sold 1,167 cars, boats, trucks, dinosaurs etc for a total of $88 mil and had 280,000 attendees .



2007- sold 1,270 for a total of $112 mil with 250,000 attendees.



In 2008 sold 8% fewer cars for 27% less money. On a per vehicle sale basis about 15% less year over year (from an average of $88,200 in 2007 to $75,400 in 2008)



Fewer big dollar cars in the $1mil+ range, no Ferrari boy? Early onset recession? Average sale price was $75,400 this year - hardly chump change.

He is a Exec VP at a big brokerage firm,so I guess he had some time on is hands this week, or it was done by his analysis department.

[sixtiesmuscle]

All of those stats were in this morning's Scottsdale paper, along with the statement that B-J & Scottsdale are close to reaching a 4-5 year agreement to keep the auction there. Gooding & Co. sold about 70 cars for 21 mil in their first AZ. auction. R&S sold about 61% of 500 cars to cross the block for a total of 19.8 mil.

I'd say the overall auction results were very strong.

[Canucklehead]

So ferrari hat guy wasent there. If i hired him as a personal buyer for a collection he would have been fired long ago. That guy just wanted his 5 min of fame and did'nt seem to care to much how he spent someone elses money. I noticed that alot of the past big time guys were not there or at least were not seen on camera.

[Johnny Horsepower]

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So ferrari hat guy wasent there. If i hired him as a personal buyer for a collection he would have been fired long ago. That guy just wanted his 5 min of fame and did'nt seem to care to much how he spent someone elses money. I noticed that alot of the past big time guys were not there or at least were not seen on camera.

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Don't worry about Ferrari guy not being on camera becuase there is a guy the last few years that has more than made up for it. Who can tell me who this is? He wears the same shirt or style of shirt every year. He is around and or looking in the camera almost all of primetime. And he occasionally bids a safe/steal amount on a middle to lower priced car. He drives me NUTS when I watch my tivo after I come home. Its one thing to be a moron with your cell phone pretending to look in an engine compartment to be on tv once, but this TOOL is there ALL THE TIME.

Do you guys that watched know who I am talking about?

[Xplantdad]

It wasn't me...I promise...LOL

I don't know who you are talking about though?