Barrett Jackson on Speed...

[Mad-Mic]

just seen them auction off an 88 Callaway #5 of 400 with 6900k in original miles. stock body with dyna mag's (i think?) rims on it. not sure if it was a stick or not.

goes for 34k

was very clean and i think it went a bit cheap?!?!

i thought it would see 45k.

still a very nice Callaway!

 

[paintdaddy]

I think thats last years auction still.This years starts friday night. Ill be glued to the tv.

 

[reubenmc]

That was this years auction. I watched the Callaway then came to my computer and checked the exact price online at the B-J website. It sold for something like $36,720.

 

[JRMaroon]

Two Vettes that stole the show last night....

'67 - 427 - 435 HP
$151,000

'66 - 427 - 425 HP
$147,500

Note:
The prices shown on the B-J site include the 8% buyer fee, therefore will differ from what we see on the broadcast.

 

[FX GS]

That was this years auction. I watched the Callaway then came to my computer and checked the exact price online at the B-J website. It sold for something like $36,720.

Yep, and then the next vehicle up for sale, the Volvo "monster truck" sold for something like TWICE the amount of the Callaway!

CALLAWAY CORVETTE

 

[*89x2*]

I think thats last years auction still.This years starts friday night. Ill be glued to the tv.

They kicked off TV coverage a day earlier this year - it was something like 5 hrs of it :eek

...stay tuned - the big money cars come Sat

 

[*89x2*]

Yep, and then the next vehicle up for sale, the Volvo "monster truck" sold for something like TWICE the amount of the Callaway!

CALLAWAY CORVETTE

Mark, did you see the one truck, an International CXT or something like that, that could not even fit indoors - they auctioned it off from the opening into the main big tent :eek

 

[Redmanf1]

I replayed the auction # 420.2 on the 88 black Callaway and it sold for 34K. The white 88 Callaway vert auction # 958 just sold for $37K.

 

[shopview]

ad $210,600k for the Super Speedster and they didn't even televise it!!!


Should have been there....who bought it?

 

[nyernga]

How about THREE MILLION for that olds F-88 1954? The car that could have been the oldsmobile Corvette. Nahhh That just doesn't sound right..

and 300K for an '03 and a '53 pair? Sounds like the C-5 brought down the price of the '53...

Len

 

[C-4 Now]

$210,000 for super speedster

At that price I think you can be quite sure the owner took it home! I see it was in line for the auction but wondered why I didn't see it come across the block!!ad O'well . That one is still out of my reach. Makes the new Z06 coming look like a bargain?

 

[TurboLuigi]

Anyone see Mr. Berry looking at the Superspeedster?


-Luigi
:cool

 

[shopview]

No but I was watching for him......ANyone know the owner of the vehicle currently?

 

[*89x2*]

I waited all day...

All day long I waited like many folks here, only to be let down by the seven (7) commercials played as soon as the car rolled on stage ad

I could not believe it! Maybe the two earlier Callaway Corvettes set the tone and they thought it wasn't going to bring the big bucks however, breaking 200k, it surpassed the LM bodied SuperSpeedster from last year.
- FWIW, I think the two '88 B2K's brought decent money for the cars - real decent!

I have noticed however, the big money Corvette auction seemed to be Bloomington Gold (based upon big $$ sales last year for Vettes) Heck, this same Super Speedster brought $240k at BG w/out meeting the reserve :eek


The car was previously (until this afternoon) owned by Unique Corvettes on Long Island, NY. I heard from a couple people who were seemingly VERY interested in the process and history of the car - maybe one of those folks bought it :confused

 

[Rain]

and the Ford Mustang with the Crated Chevy engine.. did they say a 16 yr old put that one together?

 

[GerryLP]

I think I saw at least one Corvette similar to 67'sHeaven Corvette. Two verts also with very similar paint skeems....wow..the cake though was the 54 (?) Oldsmobile (F-88) Vette-like concept car...$3Mil's. Unbelievable!!!

I have already spoken about this phenomena, so I won't repeat it, but who buys a car just to stare at it? I know..I know...it's like art. Some of those cars have so much history, that I can agree about the importance to preserve them for future generations. Outside that, whom of these new owners will have the courage to actually drive (outside their land) their newest acquisitions?

GerryLP:cool

 

[*89x2*]

I have already spoken about this phenomena, so I won't repeat it, but who buys a car just to stare at it? I know..I know...it's like art. Some of those cars have so much history, that I can agree about the importance to preserve them for future generations. Outside that, whom of these new owners will have the courage to actually drive (outside their land) their newest acquisitions?

GerryLP:cool

many of these folks buying will probably never drive the cars - they are as you say, like art...

wasn't the one guy making a museum out of his purchases :confused

 

[JJS]

Turn them around

many of these folks buying will probably never drive the cars - they are as you say, like art...

wasn't the one guy making a museum out of his purchases :confused

I think a lot of these people are buying for investment purposes. A guy bought one of the cars at the same auction for something like $180k just a few years ago, and sold it at this years auction for about a $40k profit. Not a bad return, if you ask me. The market for these cars (muscle) is getting hotter by the year.

 

[kingman]

Great Investments????????????

Hi

I was glued to the tv fri/sat and the last four hours today. Many of the cars were from private collections and from Car Exhibits. Very few will be seen on the roads unless for a particular parade.

The most important thing about the the vehicles is not so much the actual vehicle but who restored it and when and what's its history and prove it.

Nobody bids on a vehicle there without knowing all about it before raising their hand.

If you put a completely stock vehicle next to a ground up restoration from a known restorer the price of the restored vehicle will be greater by a large margin. The workmanship is far superior and materials used are of a higher standard then the vehicle that rolled off the line. And probably more correct also.

The only good thing that comes out of these sales is that the vette is now a true classic worth restoring.

Did you also notice that the entire auction is made up of "no reserve" vehicles due to the demand to sell.

And most of the Mopars came from oversea's.

Lastly new car dealers, hotels and places of interest use these cars to attract attention.

Alan

 

[C-4 Now]

Kingman [did you also notice that the entire auction is made up of "no reserve" vehicles due to demand to sell.]


This is not quite the case. Having been a bidder at last years auction I know that the reason for the no reserve is the 2% differance in seller fee. Both the 1989 Callaways I went to bid on last year were no reserve. Neither car was sold when they went across the block because the owner was the last high bid. Sometimes you could tell that on tv when watching because they did not show the buyer signing for the car. It is true that almost all the cars are sold no reserve! I made sure I knew what the owner and his friends looked like and where they were on what I was interested in so I wasn't bidding against the owner of car. Having spent much time at auctions you learn not everything is as it appears.
Ike