Mecum Kessimmee

our old car market is like this. we all know t. when there are investment opportunities in it, ultra rich jump as to make a return on their investment, O K. prices of the ultra rare, desirable cars go up, and thus bring up the market price of the lesser cars. all of a sudden the 69 383 roadrunner project price has jump up in this bull market. and the rest of the bottom cars. we have seen this couple of times... all that's great, if you want to sell,.... but if you are a hobbiest all this increase in value, just costs more and keeps many people from being i n the hobby to jUST enjoy it? repop parts, watch their prices rise too, if the market takes a big jump up???

i'm sure these car auctions are a lot like the NCHA cutting horse futurity sales. many 100's of horse sell, some will bring several hundreds thousands of dollars each , some will bring a mere $5-6000. not everyone there is a millionaire. plenty of " little people". the wealthy there are in it for profits or tax write offs. always have been. they fuel the industry that pays for training, breeding, showing, millions of $$$ fuel the general economy. if not for them,, this industry would not exist. the little guy is there for the love of that lifestyle. no profit. if he sells one of those $5000 2 yr olds for a profit, it is because HE did the work to train it.

I have to wonder how much " work" or "love" the rich mopar investors puts in!?

I personally have no rub with anyone that looks to buy or sell at a collector car auction, be they rich or not. $$$ to be made maybe selling, i'm sure some good buys go thru there too.

if someone has a bigger "sandbox" to play in, fine with me. and if they can afford to give big $$$ to chairity ( tax write off?), that's great too. IMHO