How do you value a classic?
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Apologies for hijacking the forum with a question about a Maserati, but it seemed the best place to ask.
I've been looking at Maserati Mistrals. There's beena couple of auction sales this year of £87k (inc premium, so about £75k hammer price) at Monaco Bonhams in Feb, and Mecum sold one last week (restored with carb conversion) for £72k (presumably excluding premium?).
There's 3 "good" ones for sale I can see at the moment. One in Portugal, "concours", £160k, and 2 in the UK on at "POA".
One of these is for sale on behalf of owner at £120k, the other is Classiche and immaculate, at nearly £170k.
What I can't get my head around, is how do you work out why one car is worth over twice as much as the other. Are those top notch ones really worth that much, or is it some sellers trying it on a bit to set new benchmarks in the market?
Sure I can see that price varies with condition, but can it really cost £100k to being one of the 'cheap' cars up to concours standard?
I've been looking at Maserati Mistrals. There's beena couple of auction sales this year of £87k (inc premium, so about £75k hammer price) at Monaco Bonhams in Feb, and Mecum sold one last week (restored with carb conversion) for £72k (presumably excluding premium?).
There's 3 "good" ones for sale I can see at the moment. One in Portugal, "concours", £160k, and 2 in the UK on at "POA".
One of these is for sale on behalf of owner at £120k, the other is Classiche and immaculate, at nearly £170k.
What I can't get my head around, is how do you work out why one car is worth over twice as much as the other. Are those top notch ones really worth that much, or is it some sellers trying it on a bit to set new benchmarks in the market?
Sure I can see that price varies with condition, but can it really cost £100k to being one of the 'cheap' cars up to concours standard?
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