Ring Brothers cars at Mecum

[John510]

I have a feeling people run their cars through auctions with ridiculous reserves and not sell them for publicity. That way everyone "knows" their car

[buickfunnycar.com]

Originally Posted by John510

I have a feeling people run their cars through auctions with ridiculous reserves and not sell them for publicity. That way everyone "knows" their car

Smart observation...that is done more than you might think.

[clill]

I spent the weekend at the auction. At a reserve auction, quite often the auction house discloses in the paperwork that they can bid on the sellers behalf up to the sellers reserve price. When you see the Cherokee bid to 600K it is most likely just the auction house bidding it up to close to the reserve, hoping a real bidder will decide they need it. When you see a no sale car bid up real high, assume it is just hype and that there was no real money on the car. I love that Cherokee car....

[Van B]

Originally Posted by clill

When you see a no sale car bid up real high, assume it is just hype and that there was no real money on the car. I love that Cherokee car....

Was that the case with Colin being shown as a bidder on the Daytona coupe? I got the impression that it was for show. You could hear him say to Dana that he was going to have to start charging for TV appearances.

[tellyv]

did copperback sell?

[Van B]

Originally Posted by tellyv

did copperback sell?

I assumed that was the one Mark was referring to in post #14 that no saled at $90k.

[clill]

Originally Posted by Van B

Was that the case with Colin being shown as a bidder on the Daytona coupe? I got the impression that it was for show. You could hear him say to Dana that he was going to have to start charging for TV appearances.

I think Colin had a client he was bidding for.