So how close did I come on the Russo and Steele price pool?
Steve H.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tigerman" <Tigerman67@hotmail.com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] FW: Russo and Steele price pool
> I've poked around at little at auction results before, and they never seem
> to make a whole lot of sense. I have seen several vehicles that are about
> the same, and one of them will sell for alot more money than the rest...
> I never saw the cars in person, but based on the descriptions they seemed
> about the same. I don't know if at some point that early in the day that
> people think well if I don't win this one, there is another one coming up
> in a couple hours... then the last car of that type rolls up on the
> auction block and all the previous loosing bidders decide they HAVE to
> have the car they spent all the time and money to come down and buy.
>
> I would really like to go to an auction and see if I can figure out what
> the mentality is that drives the prices so high sometimes, and others are
> bargains (that may not meet reserve).
>
> So my guess is based on two bidders going back and forth, till one of them
> breaks out to $100k and the other says, its not a 6 figure car to me.
>
> The whole problem in my guess is that the tiger is still sort of a niche
> car, and that alot of people that would be interested in the marquee are
> on this forum, and no one is sounding like they think that is a bargain.
> If the seller had been able to keep his 101 references to Shelby in the
> description, maybe he would have better luck, but I think with a more
> realistic representation of the car, that I think that people that have
> the kind of money to spend more than $100k on a car would probably choose
> to up the ante and just go buy a GT350 or GT500. So I guess that I agree
> with everyone else here, what ever it gets bid up to, it probably won't
> meet reserve.
>
> Steve
>
>> 1. Bill Lau MrLau@Charter.net -- $80,000
>> 2. Cullen McCann cmccann@lwpb.com -- $65,000
>> 3. Jeff Nichols jxnichols@sbcglobal.net -- $55,000
>> 4. Mike Wood _mwood24020@aol.com -- $92,000
>> 5. Stephen Waybright - Not Sold @ $79,000
>> 6. Sandy Ganz $61,000
>> 7. Steve H $100,000
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