Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => Commercial Advertising => Topic started by: Balsaeed on September 14, 2024, 20:52:39
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There is this auction coming up with lots of Mercedes parts for Sale check it out
The Rudi Klein
Collection
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/jy24/lots/
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Several 113s in the 600s and 700s lots!
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I bought an axle from him last year and was very happy with it. Fascinating. Wish I could pick through the cylinder heads.
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I wonder what the front end of a 190sl would look like with a Porsche 356 back end. The opportunity it there. Lot 705 + lot 706.
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Would that be a car with no engine, or a car with two?
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Vin …… 987
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/jy24/lots/r0004-1963-mercedesbenz-230-sl-pagoda/
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That looks like a light restoration project you should pick up , James.
jz
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A whole lot of dreck on offer, but after reading several descriptions of the cars, it seems that Klein would purchase cars, including many rare ones, drive them for a short period of time, and then park them in a shed and from to time sell parts off them.
He did this even with unique limited production cars, like the alloy gullwing, and even back a fork lift into that one.
For all but some of the very rare and relatively untouched models, one would need to a brave soul to buy any of the cars at auction.
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Some fantastic donor cars there. Anyone looking to convert a california coupe to a convertible would be delighted to snap up all they need.
I'd be like a kid in a toy shop there!
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Interesting looking at the results. Two pagoda hard tops look like an absolute bargain to me.
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What's very interesting with these large collections is the fact, well, that they are large collections.
A large amount of anything becomes extremely problematic to deal with.
You may have, (as I have had myself) a small number of parts with some value; not necessarily a large amount of cash, but something of value to someone who needs it and is willing to pay something for it. That's easy. Sell a part, two people happy.
Now, multiply that by 1000 or more...and make it all one big mostly uncategorized lot. Big problem. You have to store it all, in many cases move it all, and even after an auction, only the cherries get picked. There's a good amount of cash someone has made, but the bulk of the stuff remains. I have been through this with family estate sales. I've seen it with Sheila Heaney when her company https://mbzparts.com/ in Oregon tried to make a go of buying a warehouse full of old MB parts in Oakland, CA. Had it been 1/10th the size, it may have been possible. But the whole lot? Was like a drug lord trying to deal with millions upon millions of dollars, all in $1 bills. Very problematic.
Those who want the parts, well they don't want ALL of them. Those selling want to sell everything, at the highest possible value, even if the parts are exceedingly obscure.
I once went to a warehouse in the USA full of many old Mercedes parts. Nothing on the scale of what MBZ was trying to buy, or that Sotheby's auction recently. But plenty of old obscure parts. One beautiful wood dashboard caught my eye, from some 1950s era MB sedan. Gorgeous. NOS. Large. For a RHD vehicle! Not exactly a fast mover anywhere.