27,000 mile original '74 on BaT, This will be interesting Options

[Big Len]

I'm going for it, $71K.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-porsche-914-59/

[Big Len]

Guys, do you have any clue what the costs are to be a consigner at Sotheby's? And that's IF it gets accepted after you submitted all the docs and pics.
You've got an entry fee, a professional photography fee, transportation costs to the auction site, and of course, a minimal 10% of the hammer price, all for your sub-$80k car. And what if it doesn't sell or make reserve? Tough shitsky. Come and get it.
That's why BaT is a relatively good deal.

[wonkipop]

Guys, do you have any clue what the costs are to be a consigner at Sotheby's? And that's IF it gets accepted after you submitted all the docs and pics.
You've got an entry fee, a professional photography fee, transportation costs to the auction site, and of course, a minimal 10% of the hammer price, all for your sub-$80k car. And what if it doesn't sell or make reserve? Tough shitsky. Come and get it.
That's why BaT is a relatively good deal.

i could be wrong @Big Len but i think the commission gets added to the hammer price at the established auction houses. sometimes the later published result is with the commission added to the hammer.
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but yeah - you still have the other costs.
though it is starting to look like some BAT sellers are moving up a notch in the professional photography stakes.

the couple of "ordinary" 1.8 or 1.7s that have pulled large money have done it on condition and originality. buyers of those cars are collecting an artefact - not a car? but i agree, BAT is the place for most 914s. but if you have a real artefact -- then you have to treat it like one. i mean it either is or it isn't?

don't get me wrong, i like the idea of our 1.8s getting treated seriously.
but to be treated seriously you move into a different space.

in BAT's favour they are building up an amazing on line archive.
wouldn't mind betting they turn that into a $ earning resource down the road.
pay to be a member "google" or encyclopedia for cars?
i've pulled down a wealth of info on our 1.8s picking through past sales and the documentation. it helped solve the question of what was an EC-B and an EC-A 1.8 engine. for the moment that treasure trove of information is free to access.