[DeTomaso] Auctions (Hot August Nights & Monterey)

[Effie Richards]

Were you in Reno, Julian? My husband, Robert, was there too. 

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> On Aug 5, 2016, at 9:18 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   It's slow on the list and I've just returned from
>   an afternoon at the Hot August Nights auction now run by Motorsports
>   Auction Group (MAG) after BJ blew Reno off (literally). It seemed there
>   were a lot of no sales, those cars that did sell (of cars that would be
>   of interest to me) seemed mostly well bought. No Pantera's and as
>   expected a lot of hot rods, which are very much an individual taste
>   IMO, usually coveted most by the guy that built it more than anyone
>   else!. Dave Kindig and his sidekick were there with the GM Futureliner
>   (feature lot) a 60' Caddy and an F100. I have to say the quality
>   of the workmanship and final finish was impressive.
>   On to upcoming auctions and the Pantera content as there's a 'Plethora
>   of Pantera's' coming up for sale in Monterey in a couple weeks. Yes I
>   purposely put 'pride' aside as last time all those Southern cats got
>   together they stirred up a hornets nest, but also because when you look
>   up a group of Panther's (not withstanding they are solitary
>   felines) they would be a 'leap' and not a pride! You wouldn't believe
>   the hits I got for a group of Cougars....... Anyway enough of the
>   multiplicity of big cats and onto the multiples of Pantera's coming up
>   for auction;
>   Mecum seems to have the 'leap' on all the other auctions with six
>   Pantera's on the lot list;
>   [1]https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244447/1974-detomaso-pantera/
>   [2]https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244469/1974-detomaso-pantera/
>   [3]https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244585/1974-detomaso-pantera/
>   [4]https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-259989/1972-detomaso-pantera-l/
>   [5]https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-260073/1971-detomaso-pantera/
>   [6]https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244308/1972-detomaso-pantera/
>   None of the other major auction houses had any De Tomaso models listed.
>   Julian
> 
> References
> 
>   Visible links
>   1. https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244447/1974-detomaso-pantera/
>   2. https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244469/1974-detomaso-pantera/
>   3. https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244585/1974-detomaso-pantera/
>   4. https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-259989/1972-detomaso-pantera-l/
>   5. https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-260073/1971-detomaso-pantera/
>   6. https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244308/1972-detomaso-pantera/
> 
>   Hidden links:
>   8. https://www.mecum.com/lots/CA0816-244308/1972-detomaso-pantera/
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