twobjshelbys Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Nomad #2 Sonny and Cher Chuck Barris Mustangs. Hoakey. Classics "Batmobile", I guess. Superbirds are cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Pretty little Shelby Mustangs all in a row Two '06 Ford GTs. The "John Dillinger" car. It sold without all of the other stuff around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 More photos from wandering around on Friday There were a fair number of these little cars around. AMC did have a muscle car. There were a few Nash Metropolitan's around too. I wandered up when this 63 Split Window Corvette was going across. Lot #1003 sold for $110K. There was a seller that had three T-birds that went "in a row". His cars are among the most respected 'birds. #1006 (the blue one) sold for $110K, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 They got in the way of the T-bird The second T-bird also went for $110K. The third one, which I didn't get a shot of, went for $104.5K. This was a FR500 car that was auctioned for St. Jude charity. It had been last driven by Gary Bennett from Barrett Jackson. I don't know how they keep getting in the way. The cars were fairly well grouped. Like the way the Shelby GT350/GT500s were grouped, so were the T-birds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Two Super-Bees. These two cars had consecutive VINs. The "twins" were broken up for the first time since 1969. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFan1 Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 WOW- thanks Tony so much for sharing- I had it on the TV all week, Diane and I enjoys watching it every year and we are looking forward to see it in person one of these days, maybe next year- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Darrell Gwynn raced the original of this car. He was badly injured after driving it for the last time before he was badly injured in 1990. Gwynn has been a regular at Barrett Jackson for years, and the car he sponsors always gets top dollar. This car was actually auctioned three times. The Speed Channel broke for a commercial. The first buyer was Ron Pratt. He made his donation, and then it was sold to two more bidders who had bid against Ron before he bought it. The original bidding ended at $100K and Pratt jumped in and upped it to $200K. Then two other bidders (including the one Ron upped) started again, with him getting it for $110K, and then a third getting it for $100K. There was quite a lot of, shall we say, enthusiasm, over this. Darrell was, shall we say, overwhelmed. For all the "stuff" he gets, Ron Pratt's collection includes a significant number of charity cars that, frankly, otherwise would not be collectible. I don't know how much money he has donated over the years but it's significant. I liked this Kaiser Darrin and the doors. $220K! Road Runners are Super Birds! Meep Meep. '66 Mercury Comet Flip Top Funny Car. Last surviving and the one that started it all. 427 SOHC!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 I was getting a Diet Coke when this went across. It was the Series 1 given to Playmate Keren McDougal. Very good price considering all the extras on this car. And this is the end - it's just the way it worked out. I might have a few other random ones later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Here is one more set of photos. On Thursday it was raining so I decided to do a tourist event. Originally I was going to go to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen West Home/School (his architecture school is still active here), but it was raining and they weren't sure if the tours past the first two would happen and since a fair amount of it is outside I decided to pass. I'd been there in the 70's and will return next year. Instead I decided to go to the Heard Museum North (in Scottsdale, north of the auction location). The Heard Museum is a world-famous museum featuring art of Southwestern Native Americans (I disdain the term "Indians"). The main museum is in downtown Phoenix and if you visit plan on spending at least half a day there to see and understand all of the exhibits. The North site is quite a bit smaller There are two types of museum viewers - those who zip through and those who read and study exhibits. If you are the former it might take only .5-.75 hour, I'm in the latter group and spent about 2.5 hours. Here's some photos. This is a mural that was preserved and restored. Turquise carving. Various forms of turquoise jewelry. I'm quite fond of it. This is called a Squash Blossom. Pieces vary in ornateness and size of the blossoms. I am seriously in search of an "old pawn" piece. If anyone knows of one for sale please let me know. A section of the museum is a varying display that is currently some modern art. I found this piece haunting yet peaceful. If they had had prints I would have bought one, but alas, no reproductions were available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 I used Photoshop to stitch together a few multi-shot images of some of the displays. These are more along the lines of the main museum First, there is a display of Native American baskets. This is not your "basket weaving 101" stuff. Quite beautiful work. Similarly for the pottery. This particular piece is called a Storyteller. I collect them. They are also called "Singing Grandmothers". This is quite a fine piece and looks like Stella Teller or her descendants (of whom I have a couple). Navajo Textiles. This is the Hopi Katsina (formarly Kachina) display. These were a favorite of Barry Goldwater and his complete collection can be seen at the main Museum. These are some dolls from the Katsina display. This one is from the Fred Harvey collection. Fred Harvey was the guy that made concessions along the railroad routes in the 1800s. The Grand Canyon concession is a Harvey concession. The movie "The Harvey Girls" starring Judy Garland is about it (although fictionalized). This is from Goldwater's collection. These are some StoryTellers from the gift shop. I bought this one and another from the same artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 This is a statue in the gift shop This is another StoryTeller like piece. Note the butterflies and the ladybug. I thought it was nice but it was a little too big for me to try to get back home in carry-on luggage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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