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BAT seems like an odd place to try selling this boat. The site has mostly sold wood hulled older boats. Not sure it would get the visibility on BAT needed to reach the reserve.
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Originally Posted by Interceptor
(Post 4804341)
BAT seems like an odd place to try selling this boat. The site has mostly sold wood hulled older boats. Not sure it would get the visibility on BAT needed to reach the reserve.
BAT sells literally everything from old motorhomes to vintage motorcycles. They get it done fast usually a week but for something really special they will give it a 30 day auction. The big auction houses like Barrett- Jackson, Mecum and others have to be worried that this place is doing it faster/cheaper (less commissions) and NO transport costs (auctions want you to deliver the car/truck to their auction at your expense and then home again if it doesn't sell). Scroll down to exceptional results section, look at how many 500K+ sales they have had: https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/results/ This one was a real head scratcher.............https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1976-fmc-2900r/ 44 yr old motorhome with a duramax..............151K?!?! |
Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation
(Post 4804351)
BAT sells literally everything from old motorhomes to vintage motorcycles. They get it done fast usually a week but for something really special they will give it a 30 day auction. The big auction houses like Barrett- Jackson, Mecum and others have to be worried that this place is doing it faster/cheaper (less commissions) and NO transport costs (auctions want you to deliver the car/truck to their auction at your expense and then home again if it doesn't sell).
Scroll down to exceptional results section, look at how many 500K+ sales they have had: https://bringatrailer.com/auctions/results/ This one was a real head scratcher.............https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1976-fmc-2900r/ 44 yr old motorhome with a duramax..............151K?!?! The last offshore brand boat that sold on BAT was this and it didn't bring big money considering its history. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...8ft-off-shore/ |
Originally Posted by Interceptor
(Post 4804358)
The last offshore brand boat that sold on BAT was this and it didn't bring big money considering its history. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...8ft-off-shore/
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Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation
(Post 4804361)
Boat was an oddball layout with great history albeit old motors/alpha drives. The restore/ yard trailer coated in krylon/no fenders and the steering wheel/peeling paint would make me wonder how good it was in person. No CRT hull number would make me wonder if it was a Cigarette Racing Team boat or just a "cigarette boat."
all the money for classic high-end boats is Mecum and RM Sotheby's. They have both pulled off million-dollar sales of classic Riva runabouts for example. Here are videos of two that sold for just short of a million, one in 2011 and one in 2014. Both auction houses have plenty more similar sales. I could see the Apache sell for a pretty coin at Barrett Jackson in West Palm Beach this coming April, on BAT not so much. P.S. The ex. Mark Donohue 1972 Cigarette was a complete steal imho. I know the boat and saw it shortly before the auction on BAT. Totally documented boat with lots of records. D.S. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...0b5d37c0c1.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...a644cbd25f.jpg |
Originally Posted by Jupiter Sunsation
(Post 4804275)
Apaches are legendary, no doubt but they are all getting old so there could be some failures in any fiberglass 35+ year old boat regardless of the brand if you go out there and run the balls off them like it is the Key West Worlds 1985 all over again. A Porsche 962 from back in the day might have some of the same issues if you show up at Sebring and recreate the 24 hour race.
Warpath is an awesome piece of history, I think it would be the hit of any poker run but I wouldn't go out and beat it up out of respect for the boat and its age regardless of the insane amount it will likely sell for next week. |
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Thanks for posting the link on Warpath. fantastic read!
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that is a great article can anyone just post it here? its what this site was all about
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the guy that owns vehicule is a clown, he has stolen everyone's pics and posts them as his own, he has rebranded freeze frame and big seas stuff and is just trying to profit and rehash the story... he has a pic of ben kramer supposedly in jail, its not even ben...lol
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