Barrett-Jackson 2009
 

I was in Phoenix last weekend for most of the car auctions not just Barrett-Jackson. Here is just a sampling of what was for sale. A little something for every taste.

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If you don't see something you like, ask and it was probably there and I probably photographed it. Want a detail of these cars, I probably have that too. Well maybe not Batman or the Batmobile.

The 1963 Corvette Grand Sport number 002 of five made did not sell, high bid was 5 million dollars. Two Vectors were for sale at different auctions the other was dark purple and was hard to photograph. There were at least four F-40's, so it seems the economy was starting to loosen things a little.

Seems the restaurant owner needed a bailout. Thanks for sharing!

I understand the 288 GTO made it to 560, while F40's are showing their prominence by taking a price drop back to spring 2007 values.

philip, do you know if the Grey W8 sold? The owner did have a reserve on it, and I can't tell if it sold by Russo's site.

is there something special about that cream yellow Carrera?

nice pictures :)

^by the look of the additional front lights it competed in some kind of competition made me wonder also the tire width(just guessing)

Looks like a 73 RS, maybe a 2.7l prototype?

The yellow Porsche is a 73 RS it had a 350k reserve I dont know if it sold. It was almost perfect. I didnt hang around for any auctions so I dont know if the Vector sold. For being as old as it is it sure is still stunning in person. The purple one was less so and had a lambo engine which was a shame. The 288 GTO sure was pretty too.

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Seems it's found at least a temporary home in Michigan.

Sports Car Market came out recently and said that it did not sell, but the high bid was $445,000.
The owner had a $600,000 reserve.

I did not bother to find the thread but a few years back, I said that the SCM price guide only had the Vector at about $120,000. I was obviously wrong or Vectors have really shot up in value since then. I was wrong as that kind of price increase is unheard of. The DEA auctions of two Vectors probably brought the average way down.

With only 17 made the two that were sold for peanuts at a DEA auction will probably be looked at as the deal of the century.

The DEA auctions were for the M12, not any W8's.

The Purple M12 sold for $88,000... a fairly average price for recent memory.

M12's continue to depreciate ;) W8's... the price largely is determined by the condition of the said vehicle. Today, two W8's are available for under $400,000. One in Japan, and one in Nor. Cal. The one in Nor Cal. needs some serious work done that may take 6 months to restore; and 80-120k.

Nobody is willing to buy the one in Japan due to the owner re-negging on a sale well over a year after it sold previously.

Additionally, approx 250,000 was the low mark for W8's in the late 90's / early 2000's.

Well I'm learning a lot more about Vectors than I wanted to know.

There are two cars. The Vector W8 which is the hot exotic that I remember from the late '80's it was in the Movie with I think Wesley Snipes and Sean Connery. It came out when the Japanese had all the money. This is the cool looking silver car in my first group of pictures. It orginally sold for about $450,000 and now sells for more or less than that today.

Then there is the Vector M12 which is esentially a rebodied fibreglass Lamborgini Diablo. They sold for about $150,000 and sell today for much less. One of each was at Phoenix this year in January. Here is a picture of the Purple Vector M12. It was very hard to photograph due to the color and how Barrett-Jackson had it displayed.

It is nothing like the W8 and really is a shame they made it as it cheapens the Vector name.

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