Stone reportedly hoped that the car’s sale would raise $120,000, which was billed as being about three times the normal value of the car. (The notion that a ’74 Corvette is worth $40,000 is, itself, fantasy – but, hey, it’s Hollywood.
Well, the car did better than anyone could have dreamed.
The opening bid was a cool $1,000,000.
That was also the last bid, the only bid, the winning bid.
And, you see, that’s why they needed Craig Jackson. To bid at Barrett-Jackson, you have to prove you have the money.
The winning bidder for Stone’s Corvette, according to the Boston Herald’s Inside Line website, did not.
He thought it would be fun to make a big bid, and then drop out after the next bid was made. But, at that price, no one was foolish enough to be the next bid, and that meant the charade had an unhappy ending.
Stone, it is said, was not amused.
But, let’s be fair.
She hoped to sell a car for three times a price that’s probably twice what the car is worth.
She should have known better.
Only Barrett-Jackson can do that.
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