BJ Auction Ferrari Boy

[Canuck]

In case you wondered where all the cars Ferrari Boy Allan Lewenthal purchased at the auctions ended up here is the Museum Website.

http://www.gatewayautomuseum.com/cars/index.php

[Motion Camaro]

<font color="blue">The workmanship in cars of the past is unbelievable. Great pictures of great cars.




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[Bill Pritchard]

Pretty If you look on a map, it's obvious they are not intent on drawing large numbers of visitors to the facility

[Rainer]

Interesting that there is no mention of Lewenthal on the website. Sure could use all his notoriety in the hobby to generate publicity for the museum.

[rsatz28]

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Interesting that there is no mention of Lewenthal on the website. Sure could use all his notoriety in the hobby to generate publicity for the museum.

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If you believe this article, he is only the agent for the car/museum owner.

http://www.internetautoguide.com/auto-news/25-int/9938/

"It is our Mona Lisa," stated John S. Hendricks, new owner of the car and the museum's creator. "This GM dream car uniquely embodies the revolutionary design spirit of the legendary Harley Earl, the 'daVinci' of Detroit. The 1954 Olds F-88 concept vehicle is, I believe, America's finest example of rolling art to emerge from the post-war era," said Hendricks.

John S. Hendricks and his wife, Maureen, personally attended the auction. When the bidding surpassed the pre-set bid limit for Mr. Lewenthal, Mr. Hendricks had to give visual cues to Mr. Lewenthal amid the near-pandemonium atmosphere which erupted on the Barrett-Jackson auction stage as the bidding soared past $2 million on the way to setting the $3 million record.

John S. Hendricks is the founder and chairman of Discovery Communications, Inc. the leading global real-world media and entertainment company. Hendricks created the Discovery Channel in 1982 as the first cable network in the United States designed to provide high quality documentary programming enabling people to explore their world and satisfy their natural curiosity.

[csx289]

Lewenthal is the type of guy that gives the hobby a black eye.

To go to an auction, act like a big swinging you-know-what pit-bull type and act like it was a gift from God that you "won" a car is ridiculous.

It is like going to Wal-Mart and running outside, falling on the ground with tears in your eyes saying "I can't believe how lucky I was to buy all of the widgets they had for just four times the posted price! I'm so emotional, those widgets will have such a good home! I'm the king of widget buyers!"

I have built some impressive collections for people over the years. It never occured to me to throw common sense out the window and throw away my clients money trying to let it be known that we were going to pay too much for any car we wanted. I guess I just don't get it?

Just my take on the whole deal. Then again, I didn't start the Discovery Channel so I am not the guy with the brains in this equation. Obviously.

Colin