Auction

63corvette · 12-29-2009, 12:12 PM

The problem right now is the economy and money is tight.
Some people have money but are holding on to it.
I think the Barrett Jackson in January may be a little slower than last year but the high rollers show up for that one so who knows. If you go on Sunday you can tell more of the real economy as all the high rollers are done on Saturday night. January of 2009 Sunday sales were really poor. The people that had a Sunday date in the afternoon really got took.
I like to go to watch the people and some bidding wars. Like was said earlier it is the best car show in the world to go and see.
A few years ago on Friday late afternoon a couple of guys with girls on their arms who could have been their daughters got into a bidding war for a 57 T Bird and it went to the $130,000's before one gave up. Everyone there at the time was just laughing and shaking their heads. The car was not that nice and most of the people I was with thought the car should have gone for $50,000 to $60,000 but went for over twice that just because a couple of guys had a little to much to drink and had their ladies to impress.
It is a lot of fun to go to and I would recommend everyone go at least once to see the spectacle.
There is much more than the cars to see.
I would love to have the Plum Crazy Challenger!!!!!
It would look really good in my garage. I just need to win the lottery first.

12-29-2009, 12:12 PM	#8
63corvette Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canyon, Tx Posts: 552 Likes: 128 Liked 359 Times in 103 Posts	Re: Auction The problem right now is the economy and money is tight. Some people have money but are holding on to it. I think the Barrett Jackson in January may be a little slower than last year but the high rollers show up for that one so who knows. If you go on Sunday you can tell more of the real economy as all the high rollers are done on Saturday night. January of 2009 Sunday sales were really poor. The people that had a Sunday date in the afternoon really got took. I like to go to watch the people and some bidding wars. Like was said earlier it is the best car show in the world to go and see. A few years ago on Friday late afternoon a couple of guys with girls on their arms who could have been their daughters got into a bidding war for a 57 T Bird and it went to the $130,000's before one gave up. Everyone there at the time was just laughing and shaking their heads. The car was not that nice and most of the people I was with thought the car should have gone for $50,000 to $60,000 but went for over twice that just because a couple of guys had a little to much to drink and had their ladies to impress. It is a lot of fun to go to and I would recommend everyone go at least once to see the spectacle. There is much more than the cars to see. I would love to have the Plum Crazy Challenger!!!!! It would look really good in my garage. I just need to win the lottery first. Last edited by 63corvette; 12-29-2009 at 12:15 PM.