...Great news as so many Tridents and P50s have gone overseas since the Weiner auction so it is nice to see one coming back.
really? exactly how many P50s have gone overseas "since the Weiner auction"?
seriously. I don't know the answer to that.
Jeff and Susan Lane bought Mike Shepard's that he had advertised in RUMCAR News awhile back.
No one in the UK seemed to want it.
They take it all over the place and I would say it has a pretty good home now.
That's the only one I am aware of that went "overseas" since 1997 (but I'm not really tracking them...).
Interestingly the red P50 that was on E-Bay over a month ago also sold to a UK buyer despite fears that it too would be lost overseas.
really? Who was it sold to? I heard that it did not sell. (even though it looked that way) I also heard the SELLER wanted at least £18,000 for it.
Also- The UK Trident that was "sold" in May on eBay for £35,000 did not sell. (although it appeared to) And it didn't go overseas.
I wrote an article about in the Current Issue of MICROCAR NEWS that just came out.
The article goes into great detail of how the Market Value of an Item can be manipulated by BOTH Buyers and Sellers for different reasons.
I find it interesting that there are people wringing their hands that the value of the cars has gone up and they seem to put the blame squarely on "Wealthy" people or just Americans in general. But the Trident auction had a RESERVE price on it.
The RESERVE was £35,000. It was put there by the SELLER,
not by the BUYERS.
So who is the "problem" here? Buyer or Seller?
The "high bidder" on the UK Trident auction "backed out" after the auction was over. What a surprise!
You won't know the identity of the "high bidder" because the auction was "Private".
gee, I wonder why the seller wanted to keep everyone's IDs Private?
You don't think it was to bid the price up to and past £35,000 do you? Gosh, who would do a thing like that?
hmmmm... Look in your own backyard and I think you will find the source(s) of sky high prices.
Jim Janecek
editor
MICROCAR NEWS
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