Barret Jackson 2017

[XFIRE82]

So anybody watching Barret Jackson all this week ? Entertainment as usual, some good deals too, and alot of super cool rare cars. And as always, lots of Corvettes cross the floor. A virtually brand new 78 Pace Car sold together with a 03 Pace car cheap I thought. Hemi cars are not as high as they were a few years back. Cars like the 69 Z28's are bringing a good dollar.

 

[nascar03]

I watched all day today ...
Big-dollar stuff today...Super Saturday.!!
Lots of money out there for the hobby.
Bieber looked bored, Dale Jr looked great on stage, Burt Reynolds was fantastic.
Still a couple of hours to go. Great cars.

Graham

 

[XFIRE82]

some people just have too much money. Did you see that prototype red 97 Monte Carlo that GM spent over 800K building , and that can not be licenced for the road, so it sold for only 30K , heck I would of bought it and figured out a way to use it here. That Bugatti Venom or whatever it was, fastest production car made , you can't change one wheel on it yourself so have to pay 20K to get that done . Lots of reserve cars not sold too . Gee I haven't seen Burt Reynolds in years, he looks like 125 years old, wasn't sure he could crawl out of the Pontiac . The mid engine 70 Mustang was different . So many Corvettes from mild to wild. I don't like green , and yet a one only built tripple green GTO Judge . Notice how many cars had only one tail light working when pushed off the stage .

 

[nascar03]

There's always plenty of people with plenty of money to keep things moving.
I noticed the lack of real high roller bidders at this years event. I didn't see the big-time collectors
there selling some of their collections and replacing with new items.
There was also a noticeable presence of quality resto-mods taking over the high-end pricing.
Resto-mods seem to be priced higher than restored cars these days..
That was not the case as few as 10 years ago. I attribute it to the outstanding quality of these
builds. I'm not talking your back-yard mods here.
There were a lot of Corvettes as usual but I didn't see too many of the really rare cars.
Usually there are a few multi-hundred thousand dollar rare Vettes there.
Maybe with the resto-mod popularity the real-rare cars are sitting back for a while.

The B-J auction is a great marketing event and they have built themselves into a wonderful festival for the automobile. Good for them.
But I believe that the 'real' valuable cars may be moving to the other auction companies.
RUSSO & STEELE and GOODING & CO are certainly doing very well. MECUM AUCTIONS seems to get a lot of the truly collector rare automobiles.

They stated the Mayweather Veyron was a last minute addition to the show.
I can't imagine someone heading to the BJ event with the casual intention of picking-up a Veyron..??
The other non-selling reserve cars seemed to be 'fillers' as well.

It's a great event that I hope to attend some day.

Graham

 

[williame3590]

Black 64 Corvette out of Alberta, 2600 HP sold for 82,000.00. What a steal!

Bill

 

[Rruuff Day]

I agree Bill. Even with the US dollar exchange and the buyer premium, it was stolen. Anyone wants another peek, here's a vid.

 

[tyho]

I agree Bill. Even with the US dollar exchange and the buyer premium, it was stolen. Anyone wants another peek, here's a vid.

What do you do with a car like this. The build was way more then the price someone got the car for. IMHO, I think that engine belongs on a dragster and they wrecked a beautiful car. However, to each their own.

 

[Rruuff Day]

I agree with you as well tyho. It's a drag track engine.. I have trouble seeing the nose of my car let alone trying to drive that puppy in anything except a straight line...

 

[XFIRE82]

If the black 64 Vett is like the drivers door then I'd be abit worried how the rest is put together.

 

[Rruuff Day]

hahahaha.... Michael... I would hope tuning that door should be pretty minor compared to tuning that engine.... but he did have to give it a pretty good slam....

 

[theboss]

First time i watch this on tv, amasing cars all day long. Economy isn't hard for everyone

 

[Rruuff Day]

There's always plenty of people with plenty of money to keep things moving.
I noticed the lack of real high roller bidders at this years event. I didn't see the big-time collectors
there selling some of their collections and replacing with new items.
There was also a noticeable presence of quality resto-mods taking over the high-end pricing.
Resto-mods seem to be priced higher than restored cars these days..
That was not the case as few as 10 years ago. I attribute it to the outstanding quality of these
builds. I'm not talking your back-yard mods here.
There were a lot of Corvettes as usual but I didn't see too many of the really rare cars.
Usually there are a few multi-hundred thousand dollar rare Vettes there.
Maybe with the resto-mod popularity the real-rare cars are sitting back for a while.

The B-J auction is a great marketing event and they have built themselves into a wonderful festival for the automobile. Good for them.
But I believe that the 'real' valuable cars may be moving to the other auction companies.
RUSSO & STEELE and GOODING & CO are certainly doing very well. MECUM AUCTIONS seems to get a lot of the truly collector rare automobiles.

They stated the Mayweather Veyron was a last minute addition to the show.
I can't imagine someone heading to the BJ event with the casual intention of picking-up a Veyron..??
The other non-selling reserve cars seemed to be 'fillers' as well.

It's a great event that I hope to attend some day.

Graham

Lets put this on our bucket list Graham. We can each take a couple hundred thou, jump in one of our cars, and head down South for the auction.... Except how do we drive more than one car back with us.... No matter. We will cross that bridge when we come to it....

 

[theboss]

I will be volunteer for free, just for the fun of riding a nice car on a long trip like this. Dont be shy, send me a pm

Stephane

 

[Rruuff Day]

Hey Stephane... A noble offer......and for free no less..... especially considering that at least one way you will be either curled up in fetal position in the back of my coupe or in the trunk of one of Graham's convertibles. Pick Murray up on the way and we will make it a two car cruise.... so far..lol..

 

[Riley P]

Did not take in the auction this time. I hope to catch it next time! Thanks for posting up the video as well as impressions of the show.

 

[Jeremiad]

Not to age myself too badly, but I went to a Barrett-Jackson auction in 1993, back when they weren't quite so huge. It was on a golf course, which is perhaps why my dad took me there, lol.

I was completely enamoured by the cars there, thrilled silly to be able to browse through some of the finest cars that I had only ever seen in magazines. The highlight of my visit was at the Callaway display, where I wooed the fellow at the display with my statistical knowledge of the Callaway Corvettes, while all the fools rushed to see the Ferraris and Lamborghinis. It turned out pretty good for me, because I could command his attention, which resulted in me getting an up close and personal experience with the "Run Flat" green coupe. He gave me the keys, let me start it and rev it, and told me that if Reeves hadn't left just an hour before I got there, I could have driven it! If I can ever find the pictures (good old fashioned photos, not digital), I will scan them and post them up. Imagine me with hair (which you probably wouldn't see past my huge grin), with the keys to a Callaway Corvette in my hands. It still stands as one of the greatest memories I have of a special moment with my father.

 

[Rruuff Day]

Story from the heart. And a great experience.Very kewl Jordy. Thanks for sharing

 

[YFCvii]

Great watching I will admit. It was noticeable this year that a lot of drink was being catered in the crowd which can work both ways on the bidding I suppose ... watching the event also makes me increasingly comfortable with my new Corvette purchase this past Summer after I delisted from the bucket list my notation to search for and relive my ownership of a 1969 Chevy II Nova. Some of those 68s to 70s ... far out ... Novas were closing for about as much as the new Stingray ... yoikes ... I think it would still be worth the trip to be there to check it all out in person as long as I can withhold from any impulse though ...

 

[Keith Tedford]

Great watching I will admit. It was noticeable this year that a lot of drink was being catered in the crowd which can work both ways on the bidding I suppose ... watching the event also makes me increasingly comfortable with my new Corvette purchase this past Summer after I delisted from the bucket list my notation to search for and relive my ownership of a 1969 Chevy II Nova. Some of those 68s to 70s ... far out ... Novas were closing for about as much as the new Stingray ... yoikes ... I think it would still be worth the trip to be there to check it all out in person as long as I can withhold from any impulse though ...

We too sold our musclecars while prices are good and moved on to a newer low mileage Corvette. Several friends have done the same. With comfort, air and as much hp as anything we ever had in the past, it works for us. Add to that, the fact that we like to put on a lot of miles, it makes more sense to have the Corvette. If we were to write the COPO car off we would never be able to replace it. Same with the L78 car. With the Corvette we could have an identical one within a week. We can drive without worry.

 

[JCWP]

I watched BJ as well: loved seeing the corvettes and Mustangs - always loved the Mach1 with the 428 cobra ( I think it was 428?). I did buy a new Shelby GT500 convertible in 2007. It was not the car it is now: I had to get the dealer to install a better suspension (same as the upgrade Shelby did) and 4" exhaust tail pipes to give it a better exhaust note and better look. It handled much better after that as well because with all that torgue, it needed it. Back to my 4th corvette. You still can not get an automatic in the new Shelby GT500 which, I think, stops a lot of people from buying it?