Barrett Jackson is built on theatrics and hype. But in their defense..
All cars are put up there at NO RESERVE...
Many cars appear to be either the best out there or close to it
Mecum auction cars are way more reasonably priced and don't look to be near 100 point cars on many. And the bidders look like average people on many shows. Prices are much more realistic.
Ever notice all the big time players at B-J.......Familiar faces ...drag racers, Nascar owners and these people with mega bucks that are always there every year. They drive the whole deal. You can't sell hot dogs to people used to Fillet Mignon...
In the mid '70s I worked in a very prominent auto restoration shop for a short while. At the time the owner specialized in Packards. We had one car that had bills for over $100,000 in labor and parts and this was the mid '70'. There's no way you can restore one of these old cars to top of the line condition without spending a fortune........
I enjoy seeing the cars in awesome condition and really don't care what they sell for. Sure I'd love to have many of them but it's not happening. I have friends with various cars and they do the car show thing. That would not be something I would do.
Today is saturday and the B-J auction usually rolls out the really high dollar overpriced cars tonight.......
The T/K Chevelle from a few years ago was pretty much the most insane price I ever saw......The Car went for over a million and was sold again for 1/4th of that a year or two later.....makes sense to me
