Barrett Jackson Palm Beach 2013
03-27-2013 | 05:45 PM
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BJ Auctions with their emphasis on muscle cars don't interest me as much as the typical RM or Gooding offerings.
Having said that, I did find a few that that I could salivate over.
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Having said that, I did find a few that that I could salivate over.
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03-28-2013 | 04:48 AM
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03-28-2013 | 04:51 AM
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I went down to the Amelia Island Concours a couple of weeks back. It was outrageous. We went early to see the cars being brought infield and to just relax. On Saturday, they held the RM Auction. We got there just in time to see a 1935 Duesenberg Supercharged Open-car auctioned. It was just like on TV with all the sections of phone bidders from all over the world. As impressive as it was, I had a bird over the opening bid. $1.5 million. The sale closed at $4.1 million and with the auction fees, the final cost to the anonymous buyer was $4.510 million. Click HERE to see the car.
There had to be a hundred Porsche with the theme of celebrating 50 years of the 911 series. There were 16 GT-40 including the LeMans winner from '68/69 and Emerson Fittipaldi's personal racer from South America.
My buddy Brad wrote a short article for Barn Finds. You can see that HERE.
Another that caught my eye was the only Lamborghini Muira convertible ever made brought there straight from the Lamborghini Museum.
BUT THE HIGHLIGHT WAS..watching the Nassau County cops give speeding tickets to 7 Lamborghini drivers that were terrorizing the local roads on the last day. It's too bad that the hotel parking permit on the dash reflected in the windshield. You may only see 6 of the 7 in the photo but the 7th is far left behind the first three and in front of the silver Lambo. I laughed my ass off all the way to the bar to meet Mr. Jameson.
There had to be a hundred Porsche with the theme of celebrating 50 years of the 911 series. There were 16 GT-40 including the LeMans winner from '68/69 and Emerson Fittipaldi's personal racer from South America.
My buddy Brad wrote a short article for Barn Finds. You can see that HERE.
Another that caught my eye was the only Lamborghini Muira convertible ever made brought there straight from the Lamborghini Museum.
BUT THE HIGHLIGHT WAS..watching the Nassau County cops give speeding tickets to 7 Lamborghini drivers that were terrorizing the local roads on the last day. It's too bad that the hotel parking permit on the dash reflected in the windshield. You may only see 6 of the 7 in the photo but the 7th is far left behind the first three and in front of the silver Lambo. I laughed my ass off all the way to the bar to meet Mr. Jameson.
03-28-2013 | 07:30 AM
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I went to the B&J auction in west palm beach a couple of years ago I would highly recomend it. One thing to consider is on the weekend it will be packed we went on a Thursday and while they save the best stuff to go across the block for the weekend you are able to walk through the tents and see most of the cars close up, on the weekend I don't think you will be able to get close enough to see anything due to all the people.
03-28-2013 | 07:44 AM
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Like Dave said there's a lot of cars in there I wouldn't want.
They'll attract a certain buyer, one that may not be as interested in some of the more eclectic choices. In that inventory, a Sprite is an eclectic choice. Depending on the time of the auction, there could be some deals. I still only see 2 I'd be interested in.
I noticed that they charge a 12% buyers premium to online buyers and only a 10% to onsite ones.
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They'll attract a certain buyer, one that may not be as interested in some of the more eclectic choices. In that inventory, a Sprite is an eclectic choice. Depending on the time of the auction, there could be some deals. I still only see 2 I'd be interested in.
I noticed that they charge a 12% buyers premium to online buyers and only a 10% to onsite ones.
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03-28-2013 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Raff' timestamp='1364435127' post='22433547
BJ Auctions with their emphasis on muscle cars don't interest me as much as the typical RM or Gooding offerings.
Having said that, I did find a few that that I could salivate over.
Having said that, I did find a few that that I could salivate over.
Hi Raff. Looks like your tastes are the same as mine.
03-29-2013 | 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Legal Bill' timestamp='1364474894' post='22434296
[quote name='Raff' timestamp='1364435127' post='22433547']
BJ Auctions with their emphasis on muscle cars don't interest me as much as the typical RM or Gooding offerings.
Having said that, I did find a few that that I could salivate over.
BJ Auctions with their emphasis on muscle cars don't interest me as much as the typical RM or Gooding offerings.
Having said that, I did find a few that that I could salivate over.
Hi Raff. Looks like your tastes are the same as mine.
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I had one of those for my winter car back in college. After a series of MGAs that I campaigned all year long, the B-GT was pure luxury in the winter.
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