Event Coverage 150 photos, Auction Preview Day, Petersen Museum

I wen to the preview of saturdays auction at the Petersen Museum today to take some photos for you folks.

 

Dibs on the La Jolla!

 

Cool cars, every one of them.

 

Thank you for posting these!

 

That is a lot of great cars and a lot of hot rodding, drag racing and customs history represented there. Thanks for posting the photos, I appreciate it.

 

Nice thanks,,,,,,,,,,, nice to dream!

 

boy I could not have found a better way to spend my 80 bucks

 

It would be incredibly cool to own a model like "Boot Hill Express" that I built 42 years ago...mind blowing to think about it.
GW

 

Thanx for taking and posting the pics mazooma, there's some real "milestone" cars there. I'm having a hard time deciding which one I'm going to buy as I can only afford one LOL

 

No man, I called it. Everyone heard me call it first, right? Didn'tcha? Come on, some one heard me call it first, I did, really!

I'm with ya man! If'n I was a fella flush with cash, it would be that, the Cool 50 Merc and then maybe the Adonis if I had any dough left. But, I gots no bucks, so I guess your dibs are the dibs that are in. LOL.

Thanks a ton for sharing the pics!!!!

 

I,d have to buy the Sadd,Teague and Bently roadster if I had the money.
I didn,t see photos of Al,s streamliner.I wonder if it is going on the chopping block?

 

Thanks Doug, really glad I saw them "before"....I call dibs on Tony's '36 coupe, by the way.

 

Doug, did you overhear any talk about prices? What is your best estimate in the Little Red Wagon???
Nice job as always on the pics, from many hundreds of miles away, THANKS.

HG

 

Thanks!

 

Thanks for the tour!!!

 

Jaw on floor....Thanks for sharing...

 

The estimate for the "little red wagon" in the catalog is $200,000.00 to $300,000.00 but like Mazooma said " never know until the gavel drops."

 

At the auction at the Petersen (also an R&M Auction) in '06 the "estimates" were waaaay off. They were expecting a Von Dutch owned screwdriver to sell for 3-500 dollars...wrong!. They were sold for 3 or 4 times the projected estimates.
Now, today??? Its anybody's guess. I know the owner of some of those cars are going to take a real bath. One of the cars is the Chev. convertible drag car that sold at BJ a few years ago more over $1M...really..$1,000,000.
Tomorrow, I really doubt it will get any where near that...we'll see...

 

Thanks for the post....if I only had a big check book.....was it as empty as it looks?

 

The catalog alone, included with the admission, would be a keepsake! Talk about a coffee table book! I'd buy one alone, for the $80.00 admission!!

 

Yeah, surprisingly. Plenty of room, no crowd whatsover...
Nice day for ten bucks!!!
My buddy got in for $5, senior discount...can't get a better bargain anywhere!

P.S. I lied, I did buy the catalog ($80)...man, its gorgeous, 280 pages...beautiful photography and details of the items...nicely done

 

Thanks Doug. That's alot of work photographing all those, then taking the time to post 'em. What a collection!

 

Jealousy doesn't descibe it! Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks for posting those. 99 percent of all my automotive dreams could be fulfilled with the cars in this one auction.

Doc.

 

ummm...Auction? But, But, But, But, But, WHY? what I miss?

 

Wow, Doug thanks. Oh to be a buyer of just one!

 

WOW

 

wow! WOW! WOWWW!!! I just drove by there a few minutes ago. I didn;t even think to go today, and I live less than a mile away! Good idea, and thanks for the pics..

 

Dear Santa,

I have been a very good boy this year, and...

 

Doug,
Looks like they're using both the parking structure and the museum for the auction cars. Where are participants expected to park?
Thanks
Tony