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Barrett - Jackson
08:24 PM on Jan 16, 2007

how many of you guys/galz watch this, i have been watching since it premeired on speed. one of the best non-racing/off season shows!!




Posted by Chip Wiegand at 08:50 PM on Jan 16, 2007
Comment #1

I watch it, but not everytime it's on, just whenever I happen to want to watch TV and there's nothing else on related to racing.

Posted by Tom Rue at 09:58 PM on Jan 16, 2007
Comment #2

I used to watch it but it has been overdone since. I have lost interest.

Posted by Rob Loewen at 12:04 AM on Jan 17, 2007
Comment #3

I watch it too and got to experience a ride in a Barrett Jackson 1970 GTO 455 4speed, one sweet car.
My son-in-laws uncle bought 6 cars there last year and brought them back to Canada.

Posted by Mike Belcak at 01:38 PM on Jan 18, 2007
Comment #4

anyone going to fantasy bid? i am going to give it a shot this year, my screen name is IronChef

Posted by Devin Shieh at 04:50 PM on Jan 20, 2007
Comment #5

Man the really good stuff is going right now. Orange '70 Plymouth 'Cuda Hemi 2-Dr Hardtop just hit $500,000! Just about everything else is six-figures, too.

Posted by Mike Belcak at 05:53 PM on Jan 20, 2007
Comment #6

i tried to fantasy bid, the system sucked...wouldn't refresh worth a damn. i have been watching, but ran the wtcc fun run.

Posted by Mike Belcak at 06:19 PM on Jan 20, 2007
Comment #7

talk about a deal, tim you woulda died...1970 BOSS 429 and 302 auctioned as a pair for $550,000. restomodded but original cars..both black and white, i would have sold my sold for that pair!

Posted by Devin Shieh at 08:52 PM on Jan 20, 2007
Comment #8

He didn't sell his soul because he had the bucks for this one...

FIVE MILLION BUCKS that is for Lot #1301: 1966 SHELBY COBRA 427 "SUPER SNAKE"

Congratulations Mr. Ron Pratt!!!!!

Car info here.

Posted by Jerry Chen at 06:10 PM on Jan 29, 2007
Comment #9

Barrett-Jackson. The world survived yet another wallow in the Gordon Gekko Memorial Car Auction, aka the "Barrett-Jackson," or as Dr. Bud refers to it, "that relentless greed-fest powered by fools and their money" - but not for long, it seems. When a 427 Cobra goes across the block for $5 million plus a Barrett-Jackson "buyer's commission" of $500,000.00, then the car collector world as we know it is headed for a shakeout of seismic proportions. The "Muscle Car Bubble," which we've been writing about for a couple of years now, is just about to pop. And Craig Jackson - the prime mover behind the "B-J" - will go down in history as the man single-handedly responsible for bringing the muscle car buying frenzy to a screeching halt. Memo to all of the dandies, hangers-on and fools who either cruise the B-J looking to make a quick buck, or who somehow find solace in handing over huge wads of cash to Jackson and his Greed Merchants: Get ready to perform your "duck and cover" drill for real this time. When this one blows, the casualties will be heavy and across the board. Then, we can only hope that the term "hobby" is returned to the phrase "collector car hobby" once and for all.

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Posted by Bill Stephens at 11:25 PM on Jan 29, 2007
Comment #10

He's got a point. At what time does too much become too much ?? Professional sports is headed in the same direction, there has to be a ceiling somewhere & when it hits it, like he says "Watch Out". :(


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