ZL1, Yenko, Harrell, at Russo & Steele

[mr 707]

charlie i agree. the place look packed and some crazy prices getting paid. i wish i could have watched the russo auction too.

[SeattleCarGuy]

I attended both Barrett Jackson and Russo & Steele and I couldn't make sense of some of the prices paid. In general, however, it seemed prices were down significantly. For me, the bad economy was most reflected in my income during 2012, as opposed to what was supposed to be the worst of the recession in 2009. I don't know if other felt the same way, but here are some of my observations, for what they are worth:

Floyd Garrett '62 Bel Air 409 at BJ - went for over $200k (with commission). That's gotta be a record and as far as I could tell, that was not a famous race car like the Strickler/Jenkins car. Beautiful car, big price.

'70 LS6 Chevelle 4 speed convertible at BJ - went for $200k plus commission. Beautiful restoration, with ownership history and Canadian docs proving it. The seller was hoping to have it listed as a Reserve sale for $400k, but was denied as they told him the reserve slots were filled. I guessed it would go for around $330k or so as a real 4 speed. I know the seller was extremely disappointed and I can't blame him.

The Douglas Yenko at R&S - $230k plus commissions. Beautiful car with all the papers. A sad day when a car like that only pulls $230k.

'70 Dick Harrell 454 Camaro at R&S - I used to own this car and sold it to Tony back in 2009. I think it went for $65,000 plus commissions. Sold very late in the evening when a lot of the crowd was gone and they didn't hype it very much, but $65,000 for an original SuperCar like this is crazy. I wish I were registered as I would have bought it back for that.

Just my two cents. A great several days in warm Arizona weather.

[mr 707]

do you think that was good money for the harrell 69 camaro 230k-ish at BJ?. Hendrick bought it.

[firstgenaddict]

The Daytona Yellow Douglas Yenko was well bought...

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: firstgenaddict</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The Daytona Yellow Douglas Yenko was well bought... </div></div>

And a top shelf restoration too... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[SeattleCarGuy]

I thought the '69 Harrell Camaro at BJ was beautiful. In my own humble opinion, I think it was fairly priced bringing in $230k-ish at BJ. But, as a comparison, if the '69 Harrell brought that much, then I would have thought the Yellow Yenko at R&amp;S should have brought a bit more than it did. My reasoning is that while the '69 was beautiful, had a good documented, history, etc. (as did the Douglas Yenko), the Harrell car was an automatic and the Yenko was a 4-speed. In my own opinion, I think the auto's should be 25% less than a comparable 4 speed. The only thing I didn't like about my '70 Harrell Camaro was the automatic. I just personally won't buy another automatic trans muscle/super car. Nothing other than personal preference here, since I only drive my cars on occasion and when I do, I prefer the nostalgic feel of a 4 speed.

Everyone has their own preference and it doesn't always hold true that 4 speeds bring more. The '70 L78 Nova (black/black) brought over $70k and it was a column shift auto. I think that is big money for an L78 Nova, column shift car. I'd love to buy Charley's '69 L78 project Nova, but that damn column shift keeps me from doing it.

[69Tom]

I didn't think the Douglass Yenko met the reserve at $230K? Unless it sold after it was off the block.

[Charley Lillard]

Douglas Yenko sold. You also have to keep in mind that Barrett sticks to their seller fee. Sometimes when a car is close to reserve auctions like Russo will adjust their seller fee in order to get the deal done. Russo was great to deal with on these cars.

[resto4u]

Charley, you were on speed when they were selling the ZL1 engine. Why did that engine sell for so much? Did it belong to a car?

[Charley Lillard]

Rick Hendrick was the underbidder. Somebody else bought it for over 80K. It was Floyd Garretts and a couple apparently really wanted it.