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Originally Posted by racer
Its old, its rare and its a 911. Whats a similar 69 E in similar condition worth? $40K? 60K? not sure anymore with the bubble these cars are under.. Also not sure the Sporto adds or detracts.. Rare doesn't always mean valuable afterall.
in the US, the best place is an auction.. BAT (bring a Trailer) or consign the sale to someone who has the ability to market it correctly.
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Thank you racer for the good advice and US perspective. I wish I were there, but light years away and time zones too. We have our auctions here, and nation wide they are the way to go. For instance, I could drive to HAA auction in 20 minutes from my house in Ashiya. They sell 5-6000 cars on site every Saturday. That’s where I’d do it if I could, but momentarily I have to get some extra paperwork for that on title – long story. I guess that is why I’m thinking of other markets other than Japan. To do it here will take much more time – on title to domestically register it or sell it at auction. Otherwise, my title is clear to export. Weird title system they have here.
Last year in October we had a direct hit on a big Typhoon in Kobe/Osaka. The storm surge flooded Rokko Island which is just near us off a bridge. A Ferrari dealership got flooded and so did 53 Ferraris. It was all over the news, so a couple weeks later I went to the dealership. It was empty of cars and personnel, but one guy was out cleaning the debris off the road out front. Turns out he was the manager. I said I was looking for a water damaged Ferrari, so he tells me there are 3 going at HAA today. I went there to find 3 brand new 488s that had been salt watered up to the top of the dash i.e. instrument panel and all at start price of 1 million yen. I got excited thinking I might peg one for 1.5 million, saying whose going to buy these?? I called a few friends who buy at that auction and later in the evening learned that they all sold for 10 million each i.e. 100k. Good f-cking luck I said to myself and everyone. I thought later that Ferrari bought them just to keep them off the market on parts or whatever.
If I can, I’ll post a couple of pix of the water tempting to wash over the wall in front of the house off the estuary from my 3rd story balcony. Maybe a couple of shipping containers that were blown off the island or ships that washed up on our beach, a 5 minute walk from here.
bernie