Showing posts with label auction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label auction. Show all posts

Monday, July 7, 2014

meanwhile... in auction news, it turned out to be a waste of time to store a '95 ZR1 since day one of ownership

19 years of storing a ZR1 and not driving it... it had 60 miles on the odometer, was proven to be a mistake at the May 13th Mecum auction, when the latest investor/owner auctioned it off and got zero profit. They should have just driven it home and finally enjoyed the car they been storing. For 19 years. 19 years of hoping to profit from it, and they sold it for $64,800. They paid at least the $68,000 that Chevrolet asked for it.
So, if storage is a factor, and time is worth money... and that sure had to be a gut punch to discover that they'd either sold too soon and not kept it until the value went higher... or realized that it never will, because a new Corvette is only worth about 60 thou, and a 20 year old one isn't going to draw the same money as a better one that's new and doesn't need new rubber hoses and what not to be driveable but not as competitive, but looks about the same. 

Thursday, July 3, 2014

The most expensive motorcycle sold at auction, 1910 Winchester, $580,000


Found on http://thevintagent.blogspot.com.br/2014/04/the-worlds-most-expensive-motorcycle-or.html

Winchester, the legendary name in American guns, and for a very short while (1909-11) sold motorcycles under its badge, using single-cylinder Marsh-Metz engines. The Winchester was clutchless with a flat belt direct-drive, and a total-loss battery ignition; motorcycling at its most basic, yet still selling for a very expensive $160.

 Apparently around 200 Winchesters were produced under contract by the Edwin F Merry company in San Francisco,

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Ron Pratt is auctioning off his collection... Whoa! I did not see that coming!

Unlike previous auctions where Ron has sold a handful of his collection, Barrett-Jackson has confirmed that they will be auctioning off the entire collection in January 10-18 of 2015 with television coverage on Velocity and Discovery.

found on  http://www.rodauthority.com/news/ron-pratte-auctioning-off-entire-collection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ron-pratte-auctioning-off-entire-collection  via  http://news.barrett-jackson.com/ron-pratte-selects-barrett-jackson-to-sell-highly-esteemed-pratte-collection-at-scottsdale-2015-auction/

What's going to be sold? The $5.5 million dollar Cobra, that was formerly Carroll Shelby's personal uber racing car... dual supercharged... just wow


The GM Futureliner and so many more


For more photos of his collection, from a video Speedvision once had http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/ron-pratte-collection-update-his.html

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

the Pond Collection going to auction August 1st and 2nd, Burbank


Headlining the collection is the 1949 Buick Roadmaster Convertible driven by Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in the Oscar-winning 1988 film, “RainMan”.

Exclusive, live television coverage of the sale to air on NBCSN (NBC Sports Network), August 1-2
 Frequently updated list of entries available online at auctionsamerica.com 
 August 1 - 2  at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel. 

Leading early entries for the sale is "The Iconic Southern California Collection", an impressive group of more than 60 vehicles formerly owned by  noted  Palm Springs  collector,  the  late  Bob Pond.  

 Additional highlights illustrating the breadth of the collection include: a  1908 Ford Model R Runabout; a  1931 Rolls-RoycePhantom II Open Drive Landaulette; a 1953 Muntz Jet Convertible; a 1960 Plymouth Fury Convertible; and  a 1963 Jaguar E-Type Series I Roadster to name but a few.

The cars in this collection were covered in an post a couple years ago http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/05/rare-unique-or-one-of-kind-unmarried.html



http://thepondcollection.com/ for the rest of the cars in the collection

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Emery Ward's first car was a 36 Ford, and when he retired, he went collecting the whole range of 36 Fords: cars, trucks, fire trucks, dump trucks, bus, tanker


and he died 7 years ago, and now his collection of cars, trucks, and petroliana is getting sold off






All photos found on http://everydayproductions.biz/Baker-Bonnigson-Auctions.html

 1936 Ford Woody, blue, Id #182358117
 1936 Ford Cabriolet, 2 door convertible, rumble seat, tan, Id #CT28821
 1936 Ford Roadster, 2 door, blue, Id #182916029
 1936 Ford Phaeton, tan, Id #181405474
 1936 Ford, 3 window, Coupe, tan, Id #2609510
 1966 Corvette, coupe, 2012 NCRS, Id 194376S107706
 1936 Ford pickup truck, gray, Id #2352832
 1936 Ford 1 ton flatbed truck, gray w/sides, Id #2264746
 1936 Ford dump truck, gray, Id #3160905
 1936 Ford panel van, green, Id #182616517
 1936 Ford, 2 door, 5 window, Coupe w/rumble seat, red, Id #181444074
 1936 Ford, 2 door Cabriolet, black, Id #182914762
 1936 Ford, 740, 4 door convertible, gray, Id #182250356
 1936 Ford, 4 door, Humpback, black, Id #182623592
 1936 Ford, 2 door, Humpback, black, spot light, Id #2794189
 1936 Ford 4 door convertible with trunk, Tan 5517JW
 1936 Ford, 4 door slant back, Sedan, burgundy, Id #2320679
 1936 Ford, 2 door slant back, original, black, Id #182501156
 1936 Ford 1 ton flatbed truck, red, Id #182566985
 1936 Ford ½ ton, wrecker, maroon, Id #BB183154279
 1936 Ford Fire Truck, pumper, red, Id #BB182403378
 1936 Ford tanker truck, not restored
 1936 Ford Bus, not restored, Id #BB183996682


The auction will take place May 16-17 at the Erie County Fairgrounds in Sandusky, Ohio. For more information, visit BakerBonnigson.com 

Thursday, May 15, 2014 from 1-7pm 
Petroliana Auction: Friday May 16, doors open 9:00am, Auction 6:07pm
SATURDAY, MAY 17, doors open 7:00am, Parts Auction: 9:07am — Vehicle Auction: 1:07pm.

learned about this from http://blog.hemmings.com/

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Bonhams is auctioning off the estate of Dr Cox, it seems he had a lot of stuff at an aviation museum, plus a train, cars, fire trucks, etc


1873 SILSBY ROTARY STEAM PUMPER


1906 HAMMOND SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE CAR


1909 PREMIER MODEL 45 45 55HP 6-CYLINDER RACEABOUT


1920 BALDWIN 2-6-2 LOCOMOTIVE


1929 AMERICAN LAFRANCE


Conestoga wagon


Fatman sales display


Model T accessories and parts


a B-17 engine


See all the cool stuff at http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22174/

The Dr. Ralph W.E. Cox Jr. estate sale will take place on Saturday, May 10, at the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in Cape May, New Jersey, the very site where Cox’s collection was on public display between 1961 and 1964