John_Mereness

65-110K as the estimate on the 1938 Cadillac V-16 (with sale price of 65K) - by the way, a cloth interior is still pretty expensive to do (only difference I see is cost of leather to cloth and perhaps 5%).

My guess was this: "Ed, I am leaning toward your opinion, all be it maybe a little higher toward it having a value in the 400's and a little lower on the sale price at say $525,000." Cool car for any CCCA era sedan (and there are many but not that many) - I do hope it finds deep pockets to restore it and we do not see it the same condition 15-20 years from now.

I would argue that the Duesenberg Rollston Sedan is far from homely (close coupled, unusual dropped sill line, and ...) in potential (obviously the car just needs close to everything at this point in time) - I truly hope if found a buyer who will restore it well. .

The "knapsack" trunk as referenced is not a feature on the early armchair Beverly cars (I am sure a Cord expert can add a lot more to this discussion).

Yes, to both. Shawn and I have a business arrangement, though Shawn has been doing inventory selection/sales day-to-day for years now and I have had a different day-to-day career path for years now, so I tend to be more on the inventory selection side and otherwise stand very quietly in the background. I am happy to answer any questions.

The 1936 Bentley is a super cool body style being pillarless, but just depends on condition of the car and again a handful of car mechanically (I would have to see it in person). I have had the pair of RR 25/30 cars and the RR PI, so it does not intimidate me, but nevertheless I did not find working on them to be much fun either.

Perhaps wrong audience on the Alvis' and the Lagonda - cool cars, but not for the faint at heart mechanically if your intention is to drive them. Perhaps/wondering if they were just not marketed well enough individually to signal the right people that they were available. And, great cars for the US Concours circuit, though the popularity definitely is more so in Europe. The MGVA seemed to have a bit of the same issue too.

The 1899 Knox did well at 180K against a 140-180 estimate - it paid to have it running for the sale ! The 1905 Delaunay-Belleville did well at 78K against a 40-50 estimate, but these cars do have a fan club and typically sell in this range or higher. I thought the 1923 Brewster Knight was a little on the light side at 32K against a 40-60 estimate - they are rare and have always seemed to have a "fan club" and been pretty sought after. There was a lot of discussion about the 1928 Pierce Arrow Cabriolet and it did ok at 40K against a 25-40 estimate (given age of restoration and non-running matched to colors) - I would say an well bought car (hard to get an open CCCA car in this price range). I thought the 1926 Renault too low at 32K against a 50-100K estimate - super cool car, but perhaps wrong market for it as intimidating to most people in US. I thought the 1927 Stutz Boattail a near steal at 52K against a 80-120K estimate. The 1931 Detroit Electric did well, though also not surprising as Electrics have been strong for quite some time now. There was also a lot of discussion about the 1932 Nash Convertible Sedan and it did pretty well at 75K against an 80-100K estimate (again given age of restoration and colors - also assumed non-running) - I would say a fair price. The 1934 Mercedes-Benz 290 Cabriolet D sold for well 105K against an 30K-60K estimate, but you could not find one with this much potential for 60K if you were running around waving 60K in your hand while screaming fire (I would say they were proper in keeping estimate low via it needing restored, but certainly was going to hit the high plus).

The Peerless in the sale bid to 60K, though appeared to be a no-sale and I did not catch why (perhaps it was just on display and added to sale as owner had no place else to store it, time to move it on, or ...).

Incredibly cool car ! And pre-1915, good horsepower, nice shape, and great patina as they say.

If any distance they may have to wrap it more than one time - Ed is right that it can be a problem if it tends to start coming loose.

Nice kick plates and step plates !

Nice car - a friend had one perhaps in about same condition but 1950's or early 1960's repaint (all be it was a mice hotel and they just never could get the smell out so sold it) - they had a fun time with it.

There is always a market for the under 20K cars such as Ford Model A, T's, and the list goes on and on - you may gain a little over time or you may lose a little, but you can have a lot of fun too. As to project cars, my only rule of thumb is that unless it is truly OUTSTANDING, then most probably should not be priced over 100K (and that being said though, the guy who finished a project car often looses a little money, but the projects keeps his mind in gear and ...) - personally, I love a good parts hunt and solving a problem.

By the way, this green car "knocked my socks off" in how stunning the car looked in person (and I am not a fan of green cars) - color is "Stanhope Green" and is a custom order color per the car's original build sheet .

I will track it for a while and perhaps add some commentary.

http://www.significantcars.com/cars/1940lincoln4/ This Lincoln is painted Stanhope Green (a custom order color per it's factory build sheet - possibly a one-off color on a Continental) and in person it is truly stunning (like it is knocks your socks off attractive in person). The restoration was incredibly well done, though the owner sidetracked to restore a WWII aircraft (owner with his team restored several of the finest of WWII aircraft) and died before they finished up a few minor details - which except for pin-striping the wheels the work can be done at home with a minimum level of skill sets (mainly detailing and some overspray exists on the undercarriage via unibody nature of car). From a judging standpoint, I have looked over the car very closely, I would say with minimum cost and with a solid few evenings and weekends this car can be detailed back to show in AACA / CCCA (and win your First/Primary awards too) and major Concours d'Elegance. It is a well known car of Nelson Rockefeller (and it was an equally nice car pre-restoration being a well maintained example from new) It has been hidden from view and has never been shown since restoration - you get to be the first ! We were truly impressed at how beautifully it runs (and quiet just like a Continental should be).

If you call and say that you are looking to buy your "first" car and you have never been in an antique or collector car, there are a lot of questions to be asked. If you are "green" to the hobby I fairly often suggest trying a Porsche 356, 911, or a Mercedes 280 SL (perhaps also a 230 or 250), they tend to be fun cars and at least around the Indiana and Southern Ohio (plus for customers in such as Los Angeles) areas you have solid handfulls of people that can repair one, vibrant club activity, and also they can substitute for a summer daily driver. As to price - it is pure market and you gain or suffer per market, how you maintain your car, and .... And, if I put you in a really nice one then no matter what it's issue are a year or even 5+ years later, if you tire of it and want to move it along to get something else then I can sell it in often a day (we rarely have ever had one in inventory more than two full weeks and car after car from parts cars to 100 pointers trade hands per year without ever seeing the website - surprisingly as to color even the green painted one sell quick, but the white ones still take a little more work to find new owners).

Kind of different, great marque matched to great year, and top goes down - that being said my experience selling antique cars is you take a hit with green and even those who like/love green skill play "hard to get" and ask for a discount.

By the way, except for things incredibly well restored (not just pretty w/great cosmetics, but truly well and authentically restored with incredible care to every aspect of the restoration), certain sports car, certain muscle cars, plenty of convertibles, and cars suited for Concours events, there is plenty of talk that we are already in an antique automobile sales recession whether or not people know or acknowledge it yet.

Not a fan of that Green Eldorado pictured above no matter what color the top or interior.

As to Tupelo sale - I also liked the Alvis' and the Lagonda's, pillarless Bentley sedan, and White roadster too

Here is the link https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25593/ https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25593/live/ Sidenote: Auction is heavy in memorabilia so it is easier to start on the last page and work toward the first page.

My gut is many of the cars could go a little higher than we all anticipate via being 1. Auction, 2. unusual cars, and 3. decent enough condition, but that being said the Nash and Pierce Arrow (plus a couple of the other cars) should all take hits given colors, age of restorations, and non-running (which is my guess as to most of the cars).

Perhaps mention exactly what the brass car is and see what other people have done - there is a lot of knowledge here. Been there done that twice now via converting internal expanding to hydraulic as linkage could not be converted/re-engineered due to obstructions. Generally speaking, it is a lot of re-engineering and fabrication to get the brake pedal to work the brakes on the axles - but worth it car design allows.