Reply to "'74 L Mecum/Dallas.........."

Gosh, I've personally always done well @ Dana Mecums' auctions. I listed a super nice red '74 on ebay it barely did 75k. I sold it two weeks later for 117k on stage, Kissimmee. I normally pay a LOT extra for feature spots, prime time. I've rang the bells both buying & selling at Mecum. The Panteras I've bought live, then sold the lot number to another person there that offered me more on the spot. Sometimes they missed the auction, sometimes they 'play me' offering me 5 grand [or more] over ticket. So many cars I never even get home, I can sell them in 2 or 3 phone calls from stage, it's sold. I don't even take delivery. Remember there are guys that get cold feet in live action, numbers swirl quickly, it's dizzying you have to be on top of your game firing on all cylinders, ready to pull the trigger ~just~ when the hammer is dropping. NEVER bid until the reserve is off. If the car don't do the money you buy it from the guy later. Anyway the guys that get cold feet during live action for whatever reason both want the car & have the means to buy it. They don't know how to BOLO for shill bidders. I know who they are, and some auction houses, I won't mention names, shill their OWN auctions. I know who they are too. There are big time collector car dealers that take 15, 20, 30 or more cars to an auction, & the auction house offers them 6 or 4% sellers fee in exchange for shilling a list of lot numbers & how far to carry it up. They work hand in hand. Nobody knows any different, unless you've been around this game as long as I have. Keep in mind I've already researched the car as well as inspected it live, avoiding frame rust. Auctions are a skill for sure, I can understand ones trepidation. Needless to say I'm most times I'm the only Pantera guy there, resulting in very little stage competition once the numbers get into 6 figures. New faces occasionally arise, & when I'm bidding nickels [5 grand] & some guy is knocking me off bidding dimes, I'm out. He's shilling it up for the owner. Watch his eyes signaling the owner.