What I bought from the Lee Roy Hartung collection.

I didn't get anything.

I live in California and could not go the the auction.

I would like to see what you bought out of the Lee Roy Hartung collection.

Please include pictures if possible.

Dick

 

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Please tell us a little about what you bought and about the experience.

Did you bid on other things that you didn't get?

I have never been to this kind of auction and would like to get the feeling of what they are like.

I am sure that there are others in the same boat.

Dick

 

I have to tell you that the majority of people on the HAMB do not have enough money for what stuff sold for today. A Flyimg Merkel motorcycle for 1908ish sold for $175,000! License plate collections sold for over $25,000+- per state! It will be interesting to see what regular old model a's sell for tomorrow.

 

Were there TV cameras? That is, will this be a televised show sometime?

 

Thats like standing outside a resturant window looking in watching people eat

 

i bought stuff
1 chilly dog
1 hot dog
tk

 

I bought a lot of oil auto lights and a set of ford emblems.
Bid on many lots Thursday and Saturday but they were well sold.
It was fun, went with my son and ate some good junk food, saw some great items and came home $600 poorer

 

I bought a plate of of a guy who bought a run. I left in the afternoon. I called a friend and he said the cars went reasonable. Most had rust issues. The small lots went high. There was a 15% buyer's premium and then the State wanted 9.25% on top. On cars and bikes though, no tax was charged.
The sad thing to me was that a lot of these vehicles HAD been in really good shape at one time. A 37 Ford with 25K miles showed some evidence of rust out on fenders. Inspection of the frame showed serious rust. Many of the bikes were low mileage and had been in unheated building.

The Veritas was the biggest seller @ 175,000 or $200,000+ with buyer's premium.



I've been to estate sales where stuff goes nuts because the last man bidding wins. This guy had been accumulating for 50+ years.
The Edwards went for $105,000. The motor had been changed out.It was originally a flatty.

The Edwards won the 1st Pebble Beach.

 

I picked up 3 model a Tudors. Some have rust issues. Not terribly bad. You could tell they were alot better shape when parked years ago and just wasn't preserved the best. I'm happy though.
Oh yea anybody want one?
28 sedan or 31 deluxe sedan(nice shape)

 

Didn't chance the Chilli Dog but I enjoyed the BBQ Pork sandwich!

Uh Hum... there were HAMBr's there with plenty of money... but they exercised the HAMB common sense of knowing the market specific to their kind of parts and buying at a reasonable price!

Heck before you could raise your hand the bidding flew past your number...!

"RM Auctions" did a phenomenal job... They were knocking out a "Lot" almost every minute... and were very successful at getting the maximum number for their client.

The "provenance" was a major factor as well since Lee's un-restored Model A Roadster sold for over $20,000.

Over all I enjoyed looking at the rare stuff all together for one last time and the excitement of the event while trying to guess what everything would sell for when the Gavel would come down!

 

Plus buyers fees!

 

I saw this car at Fall Carlisle. It was on display at the Carlisle Auction Event Center. My first impression was that it reminded me of the '54 (?) Buick LeSabre.

 

What do you call this? I should know, but I forget. Educate a forgetful guy?

 

Those dirt floors didnt help all those fine specimens survive.

 

I was there fri,and sat ,wingnutz is right,hamb common sense played a big roll there for me.I thought the A's were a little high ,cgascompression made some good scores(did not meet him, but noticed someone buying the sedans).I had my eye on the 34 phaeton but that went out of my reach on the 4th or 5th bid,sold for 22k.The 40 convertible was very nice and sold for 27k.Also wanted to get the box of carbs(about 20 total 4 strombergs,4 or 5 holly 82's(from what I understand these are hard to get) ,and a bunch of 94's and 97's and a couple of odd carbs)that sold for 1100,after it was over I thought I should have went higher it was a nice score for that guy.I don't remember exactly what the flathead speed parts went for but I thought they all sold to high.
All in all it was a great weekend, even won some money at the casino.

 

Anyone see any Tucker parts there? Motors, luggage, radios, etc. I was also wondering if there were any 1948 Illinois manufacturer license plates in the collection.

 

There were some plant badges and license plates there.

 

I didnt go.. but did manage to get some things from the collection, hoping to see more photos soon! anyone have a link to prices realized?

 

Man I'm really starting to Hate these auctions. Everything is pure Gold, just ask the people selling. I wish it was the 80's when most people where building Boydsters, you could get flatheads with REAL 97's and 81's for FREEEEEEEEEE. Nobody wanted wire wheels, nailheads, small hemi's, or early speed equipment. It was ALL about 350 sbc and billet wheels, or Nova's and Camaro's.

 

I'd call it a motorized unicycle, but what do I know?

Mike

 

I was a Internet bidder. Shipping gonna be rough I'm sure

 

Made by whom?

 

The full auction results are now posted on the Auctions America Website with pictures of each lot.

We visited the site for the preview on Wednesday to see if there was anything we wanted to come back for. Originally, when i heard about it on Labor Day Weekend at the Antique Motorcycle nationals in Davenport, I dreamed of getting a really old bike. And there were actually a few I could have afforded back then, but the economy keeps going downhill and changed that.

Still, that '40 Lincoln Continental for $2,850 was a p[retty good hot rod buy. So what if it didn't have an engine. The V-12 wasn't all that great anyhow, right?

If you check the results you will see that it was not all "looking in the window" stuff. There really were some neat buys on certain things and silly ones on others.

One thing i will say is that Auctions America did a great job sorting the collection and treated everyone who went there like gold. Even the parking lot guys were cheerful and cordial. I would attend another one of their auctions.

 

I just looked at every picture on the auction website. Some of those Model A's would have been nice to get, that roadster pickup for around 5 grand looks like a nice score!

 

41 vert for 2200 wasnt a bad deal
tk

 

The thing that amazes me is that there are a few million people who are unemployed in this country. You'd never know it attending something like this. We just had an auction of the collection that a long time car guy/hot rodder had. Some of the prices would have seemed high if there was full employment but if you know the buyers they have money whether times are good or bad.

Frank

 

Its a homebrew using Italian MV Augusta engine and parts.

 

Somebody scored with that race-winning Edwards - it's only one of the most important American Specials in existence . . . amazing provenance!
We'll see that one fetch 2-3 times as much, cleaned up just a little.