36 Roadster $192,000

[TonyM]

Does anybody know why the 1936 Ford Roadster sold by the Milhouse collection over the weekend is worth $192,500?

http://www.sportscardigest.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Milhous-Collection-Official-Results.pdf


TM

 

[Rem]

I might have guessed it was a typo as the lot above it has exactly the same price, but further down the page is a custom '51 Merc for $423,500 so maybe there were just a lot of guys there with lots of spare cash!

 

[dave m]

Got to be a bunch of typo's come on 11 grand for a 48 tractor

 

[BrianCT]

Not a typo. The same car sold for 143000 in 2006. Dingman collection.

 

[TonyM]

Not a typo. The same car sold for 143000 in 2006. Dingman collection.

Okay, so what's the deal?

What is so great about this car that it costs as much as three Roadsters?

 

[Fe26]

None of those prices made any sense to me at all. These are strange prices in strange times...

 

[19Fordy]

I sure wish it was possible to seee photos of those cars.

 

[expavr]

A 1933 Chrysler CL Phaeton for $1.2 million is off the charts!!! At the 2011 Pebble Beach RM Auction a similar 100 point Concourse 1933 CL Phaeton sold for $500,000.00. Maybe the guy publishing the list hit the "add" button twice.

 

[Dale Fairfax]

Google RM Auctions, scroll around until you find the Milhouse auction, scroll some more till you find the cars. There are multiple photos of each along with "biographical" info.

I sure wish it was possible to seee photos of those cars.

 

[denverslim]

A little of all the above is true. These auctions for "collectors", "investors", "aficionatos", not us old Ford slobs, Lol.
I'm thinkin' the ole boys that buy these babies don't have the same dirty fingernails as I do.

...slim

http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MH12&CarID=r112&Currency=USD

 

[Fibber Mcgee]

These are the same people that go to a restaurant and pay $200 for a 4 oz steak.I want to drive my car not just look at it.

 

[Tim Ayers]

A little of all the above is true. These auctions for "collectors", "investors", "aficionatos", not us old Ford slobs, Lol.
I'm thinkin' the ole boys that buy these babies don't have the same dirty fingernails as I do.

...slim

http://www.rmauctions.com/CarDetails.cfm?SaleCode=MH12&CarID=r112&Currency=USD

Nice!

 

[36tbird]

Interesting.... I just watched a show about the Milhouse collection on HD TV. I'm sure that helped in driving up the prices. Did they sell that player piano with the 3 violins?

 

[BrianCT]

I sure wish it was possible to seee photos of those cars.

Here it is.

 

[Tim Ayers]

On second thought, I guess there go my chances of ever owning a '36 Roadster....

 

[53F100Jeffie]

That car is more beautiful than the day it left Henry's factory, or the showroom floor for that matter. Unbelievable....
Jeff

 

[Straightpipes]

I've got an old coupe down in the barn, maybe I should take a sawzall to it, get some bondo and make me a hundred grand.....

 

[David J]

Not sure on brand X tractors but on John Deeres I can think of MANY that brought well into six figures . A fellow in WI paid $325,000.00 for a 1936 John Deere BW40 . Many in the $175,000 range also . There are SERIOUS collectors of John Deeres out there .

Got to be a bunch of typo's come on 11 grand for a 48 tractor

 

[2935ford]

cheap at half the price!

 

[oldandtired]

I have a genuine left hand thread quabble plate bearing for an early Ford powered onion roaster I will let go for only $125k. I will throw in a couple of restored pickups and a streetrod to haul it around in.