Ron rote: >Congratulations Stephen!!! Great price for a unique, one off Shelby convertible. Probably very few more out there just like that, but just as at BJ, not sure the price for a very unique automobile translates into escalating prices for the less unique Shelbys. Just my $.02 worth. >>>Forgive my ignorance, for I didn't get to see the auction. What was it about this particular car that made it so rare and thus valuable? Mike
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Beckers_convert._=A0Record=3F=3F=3F?= http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4546124555 ----- Original Message ----- From: <MikeLDrew@aol.com> To: ""Ronald Robertson"" <ronald.robertson@sympatico.ca>; ""g adams"" <mrgt350@yahoo.com>; <shelbymustang@carmemories.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: Re: Beckers convert. Record??? > Ron rote: > >>Congratulations Stephen!!! > Great price for a unique, one off Shelby convertible. Probably very few > more > out there just like that, but just as at BJ, not sure the price for a very > unique automobile translates into escalating prices for the less unique > Shelbys. > Just my $.02 worth. > >>>>Forgive my ignorance, for I didn't get to see the auction. > > What was it about this particular car that made it so rare and thus > valuable? > > Mike >
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Beckers_convert._=A0Record=3F=3F=3F?= Yes excellent vehicle. You know though $250,000 isn't allot of money to some people. Shelby's are a significant vehicle for the 60's muscle. Let's look at house prices. The same house in 1976 was $45,000 what was a 1969 Shelby GT500 going for back then. Now that same house on the same street is valued at $1,000,000+. A friend of mine in Florida called me the other day, he had gone to the Sotheby's Auction. He put in one of his crap water colours as he put it that he bought for around $30,000 20 years ago. The highest bidder walked away with that piece for $420,000. A sculpture of some description...can't remember what it was, was going on the block for around $7,000,000 Flabbergasted my friend called me and said it fetched $27,000,000. So the guy that bought the GT500E for $580.000 obviously has big bucks and wanted the car. He won't lose. And this sale of the convertible GT500! Well I would say it was a decent price for the current market both for the seller and the buyer. Cause guess what guys! You won't see it again for many years and when you do I shutter to think what the price will be! Paper is paper until you convert it to something tangible. Real Estate, Art and Cars that is what the big boys are going for! Regards Randall --- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen G. Becker" <sbeckerone@charter.net> To: <MikeLDrew@aol.com>; ""Ronald Robertson"" <ronald.robertson@sympatico.ca>; ""g adams"" <mrgt350@yahoo.com>; <shelbymustang@carmemories.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:49 AM Subject: Re: Beckers convert. Record??? > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4546124555 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MikeLDrew@aol.com> > To: ""Ronald Robertson"" <ronald.robertson@sympatico.ca>; ""g adams"" > <mrgt350@yahoo.com>; <shelbymustang@carmemories.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:58 AM > Subject: Re: Beckers convert. Record??? > > >> Ron rote: >> >>>Congratulations Stephen!!! >> Great price for a unique, one off Shelby convertible. Probably very few >> more >> out there just like that, but just as at BJ, not sure the price for a >> very >> unique automobile translates into escalating prices for the less unique >> Shelbys. >> Just my $.02 worth. >> >>>>>Forgive my ignorance, for I didn't get to see the auction. >> >> What was it about this particular car that made it so rare and thus >> valuable? >> >> Mike >> > >