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General Discussion Area => Corvette Related Chat => Topic started by: Camo on September 10, 2013, 11:40:23 AM

Title: 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible Sells for Record $3.2 Million at Mecum Dallas
Post by: Camo on September 10, 2013, 11:40:23 AM

Posted on SEPTEMBER 7, 2013 at http://www.corvetteblogger.com (http://www.corvetteblogger.com)

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On Saturday afternoon at the Mecum auction in Dallas, Lot #123 – a 1967 L88 Corvette Roadster from the Buddy Herin collection took center stage.
After five minutes of auction banter, the documented 1-20 L88 Corvette Sting Ray became the highest selling Corvette to ever sell at auction with a gavel price of $3.2 million.


Here’s the video from of the sale from Mecum Auctions:

http://youtu.be/0fK8mYq1Y54 (http://youtu.be/0fK8mYq1Y54)

Click the image at the top of this post to read and see more pics

Title: Re: 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible Sells for Record $3.2 Million at Mecum Dallas
Post by: bfit on September 10, 2013, 12:22:02 PM

67 is the year I wanted a vette  i could not afford one then and still cant now.
3.2m is that plus  fees etc
Any one who spend that much on any car  need some psychological  assessment
in my opinion
Bfit

Title: Re: 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible Sells for Record $3.2 Million at Mecum Dallas
Post by: Jethro on September 10, 2013, 05:02:41 PM

Hmmm Tonto,  3M is nothing to some folk, it's all about persesctive :toetapping:

Title: Re: 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible Sells for Record $3.2 Million at Mecum Dallas
Post by: bfit on September 10, 2013, 05:34:14 PM

Quote from: Jethro on September 10, 2013, 05:02:41 PM

Hmmm Tonto,  3M is nothing to some folk, it's all about persesctive :toetapping:

My perspective is this
If its worth 3.2m now next year it has to be worth 3.65m another wise it's a bad investment
Compound that for five years see where it will be .
If one can't get in it and trash it around the track it's just a big expensive garden gnome.
Bfit

Title: Re: 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible Sells for Record $3.2 Million at Mecum Dallas
Post by: VETTENUT on September 10, 2013, 06:29:47 PM

"If one can't get in it and trash it around the track it's just a big expensive garden gnome."

Couldn't have said it better Bfit!!   :drag:

Each to their own, but I didn't buy 'em to look at 'em.   :drivedevil:

Title: Re: 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible Sells for Record $3.2 Million at Mecum Dallas
Post by: Jethro on September 10, 2013, 06:43:08 PM

Hey Hey Big Gazza Thus thus not all of us a tarred with the same brush and just as well it would be a sad place if all of us just wanted to flog the shyter out of everything :grin:

some of us are lovers not fighters  :nono:

Love ya's long time Jethro

Title: Re: 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible Sells for Record $3.2 Million at Mecum Dallas
Post by: VETTENUT on September 10, 2013, 06:54:47 PM

Don't worry Jethro I'm a lover at heart also, not a fighter, so I always leave something up the sleeve. You can drive 'em hard without flogging 'em to death!

Title: Re: 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible Sells for Record $3.2 Million at Mecum Dallas
Post by: Jethro on September 10, 2013, 07:52:10 PM

Anyways Lad's I'm hanging out for a Ylla one  :grin:

Title: Re: 1967 L88 Corvette Convertible Sells for Record $3.2 Million at Mecum Dallas
Post by: StephenSLR on September 11, 2013, 08:01:07 AM

Quote from: Bfit on September 10, 2013, 05:34:14 PM

If it's worth 3.2m now next year it has to be worth 3.65m another wise it's a bad investment

True, it could very well go down in price but that's the market for ya.

I'm sure the owner is thrilled to bits and that's probably worth 3.2m in his books; if he can throw that sort of money around there probably isn't much else that he hasn't paid for that gets his rocks off as much.

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