The market speaks loudly! $63,000 + fees for this Callaway Corvette:

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The market speaks loudly! $63,000 + fees for this Callaway Corvette:

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What do you think about this price?

The last C4 non-AeroBody car to come close to this ballpark was the under 00500 mile 1988 35th Anniversary 4 speed manual coupe from the MY Collection.

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That's crazy! Over bought on an emotional bidding war IMO. Reminds me of the $75K Grand Sport vert that was bought at NCRS in Kissimmee years ago. The price has never replicated to the best of my knowledge.
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Dunno....She is pretty!
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Maybe people are starting to realize what a special car these are and what they are really worth! Kevin
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1988Callaway#16 wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:35 pm Maybe people are starting to realize what a special car these are and what they are really worth! Kevin
Man, I sure hope so. That would be long overdue, IMO. That is really strong money for a non-Aerobody car. :beer
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critt99 wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:44 pm Dunno....She is pretty!
That car greatly benefitted from amazing photography. If you scroll thru the pics, you’ll see the front bumper has considerable wear, scratches etc.

I’m not saying its not a good car, it’s driver quality IMO and there is nothing wrong with that. When a yellow 91 Aero vert brought a little over 50k on BAT, I’ll say this one was over bought.
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SurfnSun wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 5:15 pm That's crazy! Over bought on an emotional bidding war IMO. Reminds me of the $75K Grand Sport vert that was bought at NCRS in Kissimmee years ago. The price has never replicated to the best of my knowledge.
It's funny, as I remember that whole deal.

Bidding went up, up, and away... Cell phone got sketchy, could not hear, bidding climbed, and then the next thing we knew, the car sold for $75,000
No other "regular" Grand Sport from 1996 sold at that figure since. Only the Callaway AeroBody SNAT has been in that ballpark.
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SurfnSun wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:38 pm
critt99 wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:44 pm Dunno....She is pretty!
That car greatly benefitted from amazing photography. If you scroll thru the pics, you’ll see the front bumper has considerable wear, scratches etc.
I am not crazy about the pics. Call me critical, but I could have done much better. The clean room settings remind me of dealership tricks, but will say it highlights the car, and it stood out. Other ads they ran (I think) had better pics. The ones from the train yard, if it's the same seller...
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SurfnSun wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:38 pm
critt99 wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:44 pm Dunno....She is pretty!
When a yellow 91 Aero vert brought a little over 50k on BAT, I’ll say this one was over bought.
Damn I miss that car. :help
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*89x2* wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:31 pm
SurfnSun wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:38 pm
critt99 wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:44 pm Dunno....She is pretty!
That car greatly benefitted from amazing photography. If you scroll thru the pics, you’ll see the front bumper has considerable wear, scratches etc.
The clean room settings remind me of dealership tricks, but will say it highlights the car,
That's my point. My guess is the car will have presented much better in the pics than in real life.

Before anyone thinks Im poo-poo'ing on the car, Im not. I just think it was caught up in an emotional bidding war.

IMO this was a much better car and only brought half the money.
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SurfnSun,

Looks like the car brought $50,000 in a 2nd auction, as the "buyer" never followed through with the sale on the initial "win".

But still, at $50k, that's a lot more than what I thought this car, as a non-AeroBody car with lots of wear might have previously sold for. I mean, that's AeroBody 6 speed money!

...So was it the provenance of the GM Ownership?
...A set of great images?
...John Heinricy and Reeves Callaway commenting on the auction?
...Or was it all the above, helping the price skyrocket?

The buyer seems to know what they got, and maybe these cars are primed to jump (skyrocket) in value :wtf
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I think all of the above, however, I think the buyer could have had the car for 40k if that had been the opening bid. I could be wrong but the bar was definitely set high!!
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That was big money for that 1988 Callaway and I do wonder what the buyer thought after receiving the car. It looks nice in the picture s
But not if you look really close. Auction s can be funny like that, more so when phone or online.
What’s the rest of this story, does anybody know?
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