New member with "barn find" question

[lovehamr]

Originally Posted by tommcb99

In the meantime, she said that RM auctions told her to not release any information about the car, to keep it as a true barn find. I'm not sure this is good advice, but she's doing what they tell her now. They said this will increase the value, which is what a couple of posters here have said, but I have my doubts...but what do I know!

Tom, though I'd draw well short of calling your family's car BS, that statement about RM makes absolutely no sense. Just think about it a sec because advertising the CSX # is the FIRST thing that RM would do to get the hype going for their auction. The more widely that information is disseminated the more their auction is hyped. Look at any auctioneer’s advertisement when it comes to Shelbys. The CSX # is THE way to start proving the voracity of the car and that voracity is what will drive the price. Anything else is perceived as a smoke screen hiding something. The car would still sell nicely but would not have the feeding frenzy going for it had its provenance been more widely known.

Just my 3 cents man, Steve