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Originally Posted by R68GTO
I was at the 2006 BJ auction when Pratt was building his collection hot/heavy. He bought the LS-6 Chevelle convertible drag car and the GM Futureliner bus among a bunch of other cars at that auction. I believe he spent close to 10 million that weekend at the peak of the market. I always wondered how big of a bath he took when he liquidated.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Jan. 22, 2015 – Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest Collector Car AuctionsTM, announced today that total vehicle and automobilia sales from the Ron Pratte Collection surpassed $40.44 million during its Scottsdale auction Jan. 10-18, 2015, at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Ariz. Waves of car enthusiasts, along with a record number of bidders, arrived early in the week as the first four days featured the majority of Pratte’s collection.
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https://racingnews.co/2015/01/22/ron...40-44-million/
Since he built his collection one auction at a time, it would be next to impossible to figure out how much he lost.
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