[MBZ] Roy Orbison's 600, collector auction report

[Rich Thomas]

Went for $74k at the auction this afternoon.  Was black/black, pretty 
nice shape.  Afterwards I talked to the woman who was selling it and she 
was a bit disappointed that it did not draw more.  Oh well.  She looked 
like she did not need the extra few $k. There was another 600, gold with 
an avocado/pea-green interior (I use the term avocado/pea-green instead 
of the baby product color it more closely resembled) that was also on 
the block, it was nicer shape but I missed what it went for, but I think 
it was much less than RoyO's, maybe in the 30s.  Both had TVs in the 
back, like 9" tubes.  Very Bond-ish.

A Bentley Turbo R, red/black, beautiful went for $12k.  That engine bay 
was crammed with motor and a turbo sitting at the top right front next 
to the alternator.  That did not look good to me, but all the bits were 
in good shape.  Would have been an interesting buy for no more than it 
went for.

A decent looking 64or5 230SL 4spd sold for $12k, about the right price, 
needed a bit of body/paint work but it was a pretty little car.

A '34 or so custom-bodied Deusy went for $1.375M, awesome car, I could 
see myself in it.  Take a week just to polish the chrome.  It sounded 
sweet too.

The tobacco-settlement lawyer who was selling a bunch from his 
collection bought that Jay Leno HD motorcycle with all the signatures on 
it for $1M, it was being recycled from some other charity thing (9-11?) 
it originally sold for to a Katrina charity.

Lots of 60s/70s muscle, some 50s stuff.  A 90? 560SEC went for $6k, 
looked nice, seemed to be running well, was in good shape.

I did not buy anything, though there was a blinged-out Hummer that 
looked really really nice.

Oh, and there were some Astons on display, I liked the black DB9 
convertible, though the interior color was sort of a blah papaya 
red/orange, and it looked awful for $188k.

Some people were parading around these large horses, Gypsy Vanners, that 
look like smaller Percherons, they had a colt that was very cute, and a 
breeding stallion that was extremely gentle.  I had been eating a candy 
cane, and noticed something breathing on my neck, I turned around and 
there was a big (huge) nose and mouth "RIGHT THERE" trying to get a 
sniff or a chunk.  Was too funny, like my dog trying to give kisses.  He 
was a bit big to do a belly rub, but he liked his chin scratched.

--R