[tom406]

Sorry, I'm not familiar with the Simpson auction. I am a little familiar with the Floyd Garrett sell-off a year or two ago. Floyd lost his last appeal with the IRS and they wanted something like $1.3 million, and they wanted it YESTERDAY. He quietly brokered off 30+ cars. He and the brokers might have underestimated the demand for his top-flight stuff. All but two of the cars sold word-of-mouth in like two days. At least three of the cars (big block Fords) came out to Seattle. Don't know if any others did. I think his IRS woes were preceded by a divorce, if I'm not mixing up my gossip.