Huge auction in OK

Dirtyrat said:

Can you post the pics? I can't see them without a login

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Willowbilly3 said:

She has done auctions around here. First class all the way.

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05snopro440 said:

Pardon my skepticism, as I have never been to one of their auctions, but they did the Lambrecht auction last year and I was less than impressed with the way they dealt with the barn find vehicles in the videos. They may be a class act, but it seemed like they didn't care at all about the cares, just the dollars.

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Torchie said:

That's what it's all about snopro. $$$$
If people were concerned about the cars, guys like us would be in charge of the auctions and then there wouldn't be any old car auctions.

That Cord in the one pic is going to bring in some BIG bucks.
Torchie.

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05snopro440 said:

Exactly! One thing that really turned me off was they has a low-mile original paint '62 Impala (and others) that they were putting hubcaps on the hood and trunk lids to display. Made me sick.

Yeah, I spotted that Cord too, that's going to be a big money car but a cool find!

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Willowbilly3 said:

Those cars were treated that way their whole life, when they opened the garage they had crap piled all over them. Doesn't make any excuse, but I guess if you want to find things wrong you can. I go to auctions all the time and in my opinion, they run them better than any others I go to. Faults to find? Sure, I've never been to an auction that I couldn't see things that needed done better. Last one of hers they did here, the crowd was a throng and all the lookeeloos, who never bid, crowded up front so you had to just bully your way up to see what was getting sold. They should have just numbered the parts lots and made everyone set down when they sold them.

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05snopro440 said:

That doesn't mean they have to further deteriorate the condition of the cars... I agree with you but I just hate that kind of thing, they're advertising them as rare original cars after digging them out of the rubble, and then they pile sharp hupcaps on the original cars... uh, duh?

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Willowbilly3 said:

Yeah, probably not the best. I watched about 20 minutes of video and didn't see them piling any hubcaps. It probably bothers me a lot more that the owner parked brand new pickups out in the pasture like some old used up farm truck or that he left the Cameo in a falling down hanger.

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