Beautiful car and damn tough to find one as nice. Pricewise do recognize that the "value" of all of these collector vehicles is escalating for many of the same reasons that eggs, gasoline, education, health care, natural gas, etc. have escalated. Seven trillion dollars of printed funny money in the name of COVID relief are busy chasing scarce resources.
This same car has sold a few times in recent years. In 2020 it was bid to $74k at Mecum (no sale) but did sell for $110k at a B-J auction. The seller that got $190k ($209k with 10% fee) for it recently had to be thrilled. https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1970-BUICK-GS-455-STAGE-1-243255
Just want to throw out there that for 209k, my 71 is also for sale....its a better color combo, and for the right buyer I'd consider letting it go for 200k, just to keep it in the Buick family.
Just playing the devil here but if it were your "forever" car, I am talking about the one that you have wanted forever and didn't think you would be able to find another one, would you sell it for 200k?
I lucked into a pretty nice Stage 1 Convertible a few year back and completed alot of work to make it a nice driver. With interest and prices...what to do. I'm thrilled to see Buick finally getting there due however it's making it more difficult to find reasonable "next project" (Buick Of course) cars without selling the farm or Stage 1...
Johnny, your car was going up in value right up to the point the picture was taken on the roll back. LOL!!
I have 2 neither one is concourse quality but better than a driver one my parents bought new grew up loving that car can't imagine selling it even for that kind of money knowing its not worth that kind of money
i dont wanna be the debbie downer of the group, but i do not think this particular sale represents the new market for us buick guys. i would love to be totally wrong about this but i think that the 209k number is just a fluke. especially for a white coupe. {just for the record i LOVE refrigerator white on muscle cars!} being a thornton resto its sure to be top tier but its far from a fresh concours resto being built 13 years ago. with that said i would love to own that car at a reasonable price!!! charlie,
Agree, sort of like the Ram Air III '69 Judge that sold at Barrett-Jackson for $250k a couple weeks later. All credit to the seller, they had the right car at the right place and time to get a couple or more people interested at the same moment and are able to take a lot of money to the bank. https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1969-PONTIAC-GTO-JUDGE-RAM-AIR-III-263050
It definitely was for a $195K hammer price. I remember noticing about a dozen "incorrect" things. For that money, it had better be absolutely perfect.
Maybe (?) that depends on one's age & net worth. Mine (#'s matching engine/trans '70 Stage 1 4-sp) is pretty much what I'd want (a few factory options I'd add/delete if I was ordering it new). Rebuilt drivetrain & very decent car overall but needs/deserves to be restored. I'd probably never get another. Adjusting for condition, I'd very reluctantly have to sell it for a crazy "I really don't want to sell it" offer. Based on the $209k car, that number went up.
