[Shotimes] opal frost

Kenneth Epperly epperly1@optonline.net
Sun, 03 Apr 2005 12:07:43 -0400


A fool and his money are soon parted. Seem like more money than he knows 
what to do with.

        imho, Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Prochilo" <gr8sho@prochilo.myserver.org>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] opal frost


>I guess what impressed me the most about it was how the auctioneer first
> called the eventual winner a cheapskate when he upped the bid by only
> $25K, and then finally when they were in the smaller increments close to
> $1.3M the guy that phoned in bumped his finally bid by $200K and put the
> dagger in the heart of the other guy.  Wicked.
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> On Sun, April 3, 2005 10:31 am, Mark Nunnally said:
>>> Did you see that Howard Hughes' (at least I assume it was his from the
>>> commercial) 1953 Buick Roadmaster sold for $1.5M in West Palm Beach at
>>> the
>>> Barrett/Jackson auction?
>>
>> Yeah I saw that, whatever floats your boat!
>>
>> I sat there thinking I could buy 40 acres, a 7500 sq ft house, a 2000 sq
>> ft
>> garage, and any choice of 911/Z06/Ferarri late models and still have a 
>> few
>> hundred K left for the 'ole IRA :)
>>
>> Saw they Ford GT go for $230k I think?  Pretty good investment if you got
>> out the door for $160k from the dealer a few months ago.  2 of them were
>> at
>> the last track day here, they sound goofy coming (that '03 
>> Cobra/Lightning
>> blower whine) but sound good going.
>>
>> mark
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