Author Topic: W196 R - Did someone here forget to bid?  (Read 321 times)

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Re: W196 R - Did someone here forget to bid?
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2025, 22:18:50 »
Yes forgot to bid on it.
Robert Hyatt
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Re: W196 R - Did someone here forget to bid?
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2025, 16:49:56 »
Likewise, completely slipped my mind. Oh well.
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Re: W196 R - Did someone here forget to bid?
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2025, 22:11:15 »
Who has that kind of money?
Robert Hyatt
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Re: W196 R - Did someone here forget to bid?
« Reply #4 on: Today at 00:51:42 »
I think there are more and more "investment groups" where people will sign up to buy a share in a piece of automotive history with the intent of holding and then reselling at a later date.   From what I can tell the only people making money in these groups is the company who stores and maintains and preserves the car.

One guy I talked to was a part owner in a Ferrari BB512 and a Ferrari 250 GT California spider but he couldn't drive them or touch them or see them as they were locked away in a climate controlled vault in California and would probably be sold "when the time is right".  But what it did give him was bragging rights and a pretty picture with a percentage of ownership noted that he could hang in his garage and pretend he was Ferris Bueller.     Like a time share that you can't use.



   
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Re: W196 R - Did someone here forget to bid?
« Reply #5 on: Today at 08:24:17 »
Who has that kind of money?
Too many people to be good for society
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