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liveauctioneers.com/item/147739949_1934- ... lve-1107-dietrich-convertible-sedan

This car around St Patrick’s day sold for $150k (seller) plus $30k (auction house) buyers premium. Bidding started at $30k and went to $150k in about 12 minutes.

Liveauctioneers does not specialize in cars like the unusual suspects who do, but attracts wealthy bidders in general.

You may not like the color, but you’d be king of the mountain on St Paddy’s day.

The auction car is a Dietrich Twelve - not a relevant comparison for the 41 160.

I'd be quite happy to have that in my stable.

My apologies for not being clear in supporting a value that hovers around $100k for this car and that Liveauctioneers is an alternative to the auto-only auction houses as a way to reach a wealthy audience. By way of example they recently sold a $150k+ Packard.

Not a good advertisement for the auction site, as the car should have brought well over $200,000... closer to $300. Of course, there may have been some skeletons in the car's closet. But the chassis alone was probably worth $150,000.