My .02 on Barrett-Jackson

[L78M22Rag]

This was my first time to BJ, and after spending about half a day wandering through the outside tents looking at hundreds of cars... I had to look long and hard to find those that I'd want in my garage. Unfortunately, many of the cars at BJ appeared to be just slapped together in a hurry to get to the auction. Yes, they had some NICE cars roped-off in the exclusive tent inside, but a small percentage out of their 1200 or so cars. I'm not surprized that prices were down for most of the cars... and the guys that came with big $$$ and an empty trailer ended up fighing over the few good cars and driving some prices up higher than expected. I think the lack of quality was a reflection of the no reserve. Hats off to those few brave souls that brought a genuine high-dollar car and signed over the title without a reserve.

The next day I went to Russo and Steele and... after a half a day of looking I barely made it down one row of cars. Nearly every car was worth stopping and having a very close look. Overall, I thought the R&S cars were very high quality.

Then... seeing the Christenholz collection nearly blew my mind! Nice cars there!!!

I hope I didn't offend anyone... just my two bits.

I saw Reggie at Russo and Steele on Friday night. In fact, I believe he was selling a car there.