Why so few private sales of classics?

[Jukebag]

I'm curious to know why, with a certain number of classics, there doesn't seem to be many that are sold privately, but instead are sold via dealers or through auction. These are the ones I rarely see:

Morgan's: I rarely see Morgan's for sale through private sale (with the exception of the club) through sites like Car and Classic, Classic cars for sale, Pistonheads, Autotrader, etc.

TVRs: Most I've seen seem to be via dealers.

E-Types: the majority for sale are via classic dealers and restorers, one or two private but that's about it.

Jaguar XKs (120, etc): same as above, mostly via exclusive/prestige classic dealers or restorers.

Austin Healey's (100/3000).

Is there a reason why they are sold this way more than privately?.

Edited by Jukebag on Monday 24th October 10:24

[Jukebag]

It's expected you will get time wasters of course, but I personally hate it when sellers actually state "no time wasters, tyre kickers, dreamers", etc on their ads. To me that's just ignorant, and there are plenty who have that attitude about em. Complete rust bucket (almost rotten to the floor) E-Types and the sellers are asking for upwards of 20 grand? dream on.

[Jukebag]

Ridiculous offer maker, I think that interprets as sensible offer maker. People who ask for something like 40 grand for say a near rusting or half project Healey 3000 or E Type.are the ones who are kidding themselves. There are plenty out there like that. It truly baffles me when I see examples like that and the sellers are so hard faced in asking money like that. People are so greedy.

[Jukebag]

£115,000 for a rusty early E-Type roadster is ludicrous, and I guarantee I am not the only one who thinks that. Forget about this "it's what the market is at the moment", it's all talk, just brainwashing. You're paying big money (price of an house - unless you live in London) for what is basically rust. And yet people snigger at fibreglass kit versions that can be bought for a fraction of the cost: no rust issues, no huge running costs, etc. £40,000 was just an example I was giving of the average prices of alot of E-Types lately. Even the less desirable 2+2 seem to be rising to the 40 grand mark, in some cases I've seen.

Here's a sensible offer (from about 20 years ago lol):

Edited by Jukebag on Sunday 30th October 10:37