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Originally Posted by ryans65
Are the 917 and the 910 canaries in the coal mine for the collector car market or just the wrong buyer/ wrong time sort of thing?
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Preceding the 917 to the block were a Ferrari 250GT Lusso, a Ferrari 365GTB4, a Ferrari Daytona spyder, a Ferrari Daytona coupe, and a beautiful 1932 V12 Packard...all of which stalled as well.
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Surprised they didn't run the 917 through RM in Miami coming up rather than Mecum.
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I think the venue certainly could've had something to to do with all the no-sales at the high end, and I was also surprised that Mecum got the nod to handle this one. Their usual fare is American muscle and restomods, and they run their show more like a livestock auction rather than a big-bucks collector event. Jerry must've got a sweet deal from them...maybe had the fees cut, or waived completely, in exchange for getting to promote and conduct such a high-profile sale.
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Originally Posted by tdw28210
Maybe Jerry needs more dough?
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Geez, the guy's already a billionaire...how much more dough does he need? Kind of surprising that he held his ground and wouldn't cut this loose. In one of the promo clips for the car, he said that
"...it's not about the money."