Found this HAMB related auction. Check out all the good stuff! Whose is/was this and who is going to bid? Sacramento CA area https://www.bidspotter.com/en-us/au...erm=20230322&utm_content=rabin10180-heroimage
Seems to be the Fazio Tardel Bishop partnership/collection S F Flatheads / So Cal Speed Shop that went bad?
Some seriously good stuff in there. Someone nearby with some cash and some space could do really well on this, depending on what the final prices are. I've bought a lot of stuff at auctions like this (although very rarely is it all hotrod related like this one) and if you do your research ahead of time and plan out your bids, there's almost always some great deals to be had.
if truly interested must read link to try to figure it all out. there is a phone # to call for info too
Based on the auction fees, plus the sales tax, maybe the bidding will be down. I don't know about anyone else, but if I were at that auction, those additional costs would influence any possible purchase on my part.
-- It will be an online auction only. maybe they would allow using a laptop at the warehouse to bid? today is one of days to get an appointment to view items - limited hours.
There is another thread going about this. Such a shame this didn't work out. Those picts with one part shown, I'm ***uming that is what is in the crate behind it. The French timing gear sets and rods are top notch parts. I'd love to get a few sets. Just can't swing shipping from West to East coast. The French flatheads did have both 3 3/4" & 4" cranks. Depending what it sells for, it could be a find of a lifetime if that metal bin full of cranks are 4" units and it goes cheap. My hope is a flathead person buys some of these and offers engine sets for sale to many who would like to have more for future builds.
Exactly. The fee and tax percentage is just a bit of simple math applied to your maximum bid amount. If the fees were 100% (doubling the price of the item) and I was willing to spend $200, then I just bid up to $100, simple as that. It might make the final bids look cheap on paper, but it wouldn't keep me from bidding, I'd just figure out what I was willing to pay and do a bit of simple arithmetic. It might make for some bargains though, people hate to pay fees and might avoid it altogether in principle, which is foolish to me. If you know what you're willing to pay before you bid, what difference does it make whether the auctioneer's percentage comes off of the final bid price or gets tacked onto it afterwards? The dollar amount is the same if you do the math before you bid.
Being from Ontario Canada, here is what we are up against when it comes to acquiring items listed in this auction. First we have to convert Canadian funds to US funds. Today the conversion rate is $1.38, plus banking fees to do the conversion likely another 4% . So now we are starting at 42% just to get started. Add another 13% for sales tax to bring in goods from US into Canada. So now we are up to 55%. Now factor in the 18% auction buyers premium and the California 8.75% sales tax, and now we are up to 81.5%, plus add in the cost of packing plus the cost of shipping from west coast to east coast. Financially it makes no sense at all for me to purchase anything from this auction. You would have to want something really badly and be willing to pay for it. I would bet that some of these parts would find their way on to some of the internet sites and probably some of these parts will even show up at this year's fall Hershey swap meet.
If I were the owner of this I would be upset at the lack of descriptions in the ads. For all the fees they are tacking on they are very negligent in that area
I purchased large lots from a local auction that was held in three waves. It was like playing Where's Waldo with the pictures since the descriptions were almost useless. Seems to be the way of a lot of on-line auctions. To your point and I commented earlier, I agree. If you bid on the crank gear or connecting rod, the bidder is ***uming you are getting the crate lot behind the part, but it is so unclear as to what exactly you are bidding on. Very poorly run indeed. We all know what happens when you ***ume though.
I held off for years on buying parts for my Model A project because I couldn't find the stuff I needed locally and the currency conversion rates as you show added about 40% give or take when buying stuff from the US. for the last two years I've decided if I continue to wait I'll never build it, so extra cost be damned I'm ordering stuff anyways.
Important: As a result of a commercial eviction notice filed by Liberty Part, LLC, the entire collection referenced as SF Flatheads will be sold without reserve to the highest bidder at public auction This is a commercial warehouse building and these are not car guys.. They are trying to clear out this building for future paying customers... Hopefully there will be some decent deals in the end, guys...
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