Not bad for the collection of someone who wore his prescription sunglasses on stage one night because he'd lost his pair of regular glasses. What did Roy have, wasn't it a six octave range in his voice?
On 12/11/05, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- 1977 240D 1972 Honda CB-500K motorcycle http://www.airamericaradio.com/listen
