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13/08/2018 2:24 pm
Well I see that r***r got all eleven Motor City '56 Chevrolets for $5900.00 on the big auction site. Coupled with the '62 Impala purchases thats $9300. I don't think that this person did much sharing when he was in elementary school. I think that this person is one of those "all about me" types.
13/08/2018 3:32 pm
Same values as ten years ago.
13/08/2018 6:47 pm
Its an auction site. You either have the money to win it or you don't. Sharing has nothing to do...
With it.
13/08/2018 6:47 pm
Its an auction site. You either have the money to win it or you don't. Sharing has nothing to do...
With it.
14/08/2018 2:48 am
Excellent point !
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14/08/2018 5:01 am
Obviously sharing has nothing to do with it and money talks. I just think that it's funny that someone needs all this for these prices. Of course in my humble opinion.
14/08/2018 7:33 am
A fool and his money are soon parted, Curtis.
I sometimes think I'M crazy owning two different colors of a couple of models I really, really like...
This guy must be bat sheet crazy!
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14/08/2018 7:46 am
Just like in the full size car auctions - There is some "Silly Money" out there!
14/08/2018 9:15 am
Do you know the guy making you qualified to call him crazy?
14/08/2018 9:45 am
Perhaps not crazy, but I dont think I'd ask him for any investment advise
14/08/2018 12:30 pm
On the other hand, perhaps he made so much money off his investments that he can spend wildly;<)
14/08/2018 1:15 pm
Looks to me like he's cornering the market on what's available for investment down the road?
14/08/2018 6:09 pm
Yes. Was very surprising to see the standard plum/ivory 2dr ht go for $650+
Considering this is the most common version of all the 56 Chevies that Motor City made and was getting under 300 bucks a yr ago. Head scratching time.
14/08/2018 6:29 pm
It was perplexing. I was very active in this auction even bidding highly on a few as there were some models that had unusual Spring colours. This one individual beat every other bid even when they were in the 500-720 dollar range. This means that his bids must have been quite high in order to win every auction. If he bid $800 on each model and given the kind of scatter shot winning bid prices he likely did do this, that's close to $10K for the dozen models. Wow.
Some of the models he won such as the turquoise 4drfor $315 is an excellent price and reselling a few may turn a profit, but on balance he probably overpaid so it was probably not a good investment. But, I would say that it is a beautiful collection!
15/08/2018 6:16 am
Is it possible this was a shill auction?
Someone and a cohort just testing the waters to see what the MOCs are worth? Seems highly unusual that someone could get all that were offered.
But then, that would be one big chunk of eBay fees, so maybe not.
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