Marty Roth Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 The auction by RM at the Staluppi Collection resulted in some astounding prices,Especially the 1956 Cadillac Series "62" convertible (No - not an ElDorado) which hammered at nearly $300,000Click here: 1956 Cadillac Series 62 convertible sells for nearly $300,000 at Staluppi sale | Hemmings Blog: Classic and collec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Stunning........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Wow! It's obviously an extremely nice car, but just looking online you can see the door lines are not perfect, and the description says the driver seat shows some wear. I would expect it to be perfect at any price close to that. As they say though, you only need 2 that really want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nifty 6 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 MoreRM Auctions John Staluppi Collection 2012 - Auction Report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 31% of the cars sold BELOW the auction house's low estimate. The AVERAGE selling price was only 9% above the low estimate. Extreme prices? Yes, on a few cars, but on average not much to get excited about price wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Yaros Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Understand a Corvair sold for nearly $24K! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph P. Indusi Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Think of how much better the Cadillac convertible would look without the garish continental kit hanging off the rear. The only car, to my sense of proportion, that looks good with a continental kit were the original Lincolns that gave them the name Continenetal Kits. They were integrated into the trunk of these cars and seemed to be integral to the design. Add-ons are add-ons, no way around it.Just my $.02.Joe, BCA 33493 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Yaros Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Think of how much better the Cadillac convertible would look without the garish continental kit hanging off the rear. The only car, to my sense of proportion, that looks good with a continental kit were the original Lincolns that gave them the name Continenetal Kits. They were integrated into the trunk of these cars and seemed to be integral to the design. Add-ons are add-ons, no way around it.Just my $.02.Joe, BCA 33493I wholeheartedly second this notion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithbrother Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Reading the RM coverage reports, lots and lots of the cars were 3+ restores, and many were purchased a few years back at BJ for MORE dollars.. He was a big buyer at BJ, I'm surprised he didn't use them as his seller? RM is a CLASS ACT though. Several Buick's were sold.Dale in Indy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomeroy41144 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Think of how much better the Cadillac convertible would look without the garish continental kit hanging off the rear. The only car, to my sense of proportion, that looks good with a continental kit were the original Lincolns that gave them the name Continenetal Kits. They were integrated into the trunk of these cars and seemed to be integral to the design. Add-ons are add-ons, no way around it.Just my $.02.Joe, BCA 33493Amen Brother!!! Those things are hideous. PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toybox99615 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 At these prices you can see why they indicate the end of the hobby collector and become investment pieces. Just my observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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