Dean
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I have been watching the Barrett/Jackson auction on speed, and was thinking someone needs to do this for airplanes. Anyone up for the challenge?
Barrett/Jackson auction
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You bet. I'm not sure there's enough merchandise to do it though...
kevin47881
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Not unless you're dealing in twins today.
Even so, that would be like Mannheim Auto Auctions, not Barrett Jackson, although you might get a couple hundred classics and hotrods.
Dave Krall CFII
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I'm still bummed I just missed the '66 Cobra for only 5mil$, my lifelong fav, oh well, maybe next time. I don't think there's anywhere near the demand by pilots or of planes available to do this in aviation.
If there was, buying a plane would be like -buying a car, and for similar prices. Ain't gonna happen until flying is as easy AND as practical as driving a car, as much as we'd like to see it in some ways.
Lawreston
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The late Chuck Cunningham, Volvo dealer for many years near my Topsham house, used to own a Cobra. It had been owned by Dick Smothers.
Chuck eventually sold it and I'm sure made a $$ haul on the transaction. However, he said years later that he should have hung onto it for more years.
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bbchien
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I just got an email from Eclipse. Their sales team is going to be there, with a bird, of course.
flyersfan31
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Back in '96, my neighbor had a cherry '71 Vette. Single owner, pampered, washed every Sunday. I've craved a Vette since youth. I never dreamed he'd part with it, but I ogled it and thought about it. My wife came home with an 88 911 Cabrio one day that someone at work was selling. We bought it. A month later, the Vette was gone. I asked him about it, he said,"Well, I saw you with that Porsche, and it looked like you were enjoying it, so I figured it was time for me to pass on my Vette to someone who would enjoy it like you enjoy your Porsche."
Porsche value - down $10 grand
Vette value - up about $40-50 grand from what I could have bought it for. Plus, I'd have the car of my childhood dreams.
Sigh.
Lesson learned - it never hurts to ask.
Porsche value - down $10 grand
Vette value - up about $40-50 grand from what I could have bought it for. Plus, I'd have the car of my childhood dreams.
Sigh.
Lesson learned - it never hurts to ask.