Barrett Jackson is great entertainment. It is cool to watch the ultra rich try to out bid each other. But it does not really set the standard for pricing the cars we all love. It will cause prices to increase rather than decrease in the coming years, but $300,000. Chevelles will not become common place. This is and always will be a grassroots hobby. Most of the folks I do resto work for are not rich. They are fullfilling a dream that was beyond their reach in the past. We all should want the value of our cars to go up as it helps to justify our "investments". But hopefully this increase will remain reasonably or "our hobby" will become something only the rich could afford. Mike Holleman
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Re: [Chevelle-list] WOW! > > From: "Clint Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Amazing,huh. What was even more incredible was that 1954 Oldsmobile "F-88" concept car that just sold for a Barrett-Jackson auction price record of $3,000,000. The buyer was talking "trash" to other potential buyers,letting them know no one else was going to outbid him for that car. > --------------------------------------------------------- > I wondered if the guy knew that was going out over the air. > Was like daring them "bid the price up!" > The prices are like from another world on some of that stuff. > And oh yeah, "Boyd who?" > If you get onto some of the street rod/hot rod websites it seems he's not universally loved. > I for one hate to see six figure Chevelles, fine if you have one. > Not so good if you're out looking and run into the guy who's seen the high dollar cars on tv and decides that his could be worth that with "a little work" and adjusts the price up accordingly! :( > > Pete Geurds > Douglassville, PA > >
