Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and what a man pays or gives depends on his need, or want. I learned a long time ago "no two contracts are alike" in what one gives or takes.
Although I did not see the truck, or auction, the original poster, Allen, makes a good topic, perhaps for somewhere else, but he brings up a good point when mentioning the money aspect of it. Its my personal opinion we need to talk money a lot more than we do. I understand some folks may not want to say what they sold, or paid, for something thinking "we" may think they paid to much, or to little...... but if we shared info, we could get a much better idea of what is going on in the market and use it to our advantage regardless if we are selling or buying. With deep, or shallow, pockets. I've mentioned this before but not much was ever said.
Just this afternoon my nephew called me while he was looking at a 48 1/2 ton pickup. He walked around the truck describing it and ask me what I thought it was worth. Although a 1948 in #6 condition, in Old Cars Price Guide, is around 1500, I told him 500 would be a high price for what he described and he promptly told me the lady wanted 3000 and that she had seen the auctions and knew the truck was worth it. I told him to RUN.[/u]
