IMHO, the prices are low-to-mixed. Hardly a sign that the recession is over. Certainly not the prices that we saw mid-decade. And these are well-restored museum cars.

You gotta remember that there are lots of high rollers in attendance and bidding over the phone. Also this is an auction, where cars bring higher prices than is the norm. The only surprising auction was the CRL conv, which got 190K. Others, such as the Belvedere 2dr HT, the wagons, the Coronet and Belvedere converts were bargains.

Uhhhhhhh, let me just ask ANY of you if ANYONE has EVER seen ANY car auction catalog of ANY caliber from the very HIGHEST to the very LOWEST that was totally accurate in its description of the vehicles?   Some of the very finest European auction houses come darn close when doing limited descriptions of vehicles but the more information is given, the further it gets from accuracy.  The people that get hired to write the text for these things somehow never seem to know much about the subject matter and from someone I know and spoke with just yesterday who has done some limited text writing for Barret Jackson on one occasion, I believe that is INTENTIONAL so they can use it as an excuse to avoid lawsuits.  Think about it.  If there are consistent mistakes in the catalogs, then they can claim that in a court of law as a defense that they never are accurate when they describe a car.

There were a few FL folks at the auction. Awaiting Neil's detailed report when he returns home.