Barrett-Jackson To Auction GM Concepts Nearly 200 concept vehicles, pace cars, race cars, and other vehicles from the General Motors Historical Collection will be hitting the auction block. In a rare move, the automaker intends to pare back a collection that is now approaching 1000 vehicles by teaming up with the Phoenix-based Barrett-Jackson Auction. The first public offering will take place in Palm Beach this coming March, where 60 vehicles will be gaveled off. Another 120 will roll across the stage in January at Barrett-Jackson's flagship auction in Scottsdale. While in years past some concept vehicles and race cars did make it out onto the market, automakers have kept tight control over the last few decades. The rare public sale took place in June 2002, when Ford Motor Co. raised $4 million for charity with the sale of 51 of its own concept vehicles. -Paul A. Eisenstein From The Car Connection.com Should be interesting, can't wait to see the list, and wonder what Buicks they will get rid of, more to come, I'm sure. RV
Roberta: I do not know if you saw it but they interviewed the person in charge I think of the GM Museum during BJ. He said they needed space and if they had duplicates they were keeping one and selling the others or words to that effect. I got the impression that most were being sold during the March BJ at Palm Beach, FLa. The cars should be posted there or will soon be. When I went to the link you reference, it says the first public offering will be March 2004 at Palm Beach Fla.(60 cars) to be followed by BJ Scottsdale which I would interpret to be January 2005( another 120 cars). Hopefully that is where I will be able to purchase the title to Brad's proto GSX.
2004/2005 Jim, you are right. During his interview at BJ, John Moss indicated that the initial offering would be at the Palm Beach auction in the spring of 04...the remainder would be in Scottsdale in Jan 05.
