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Classic car auctions in general have artificially pushed up the prices of old cars beyond what they would normally be valued at. Almost every price guide and classic car stealership uses major auction prices to determine values. It no secret shill bidding is rampant at these things. The individuals running the auction houses have been known to run their own cars across the block, get the bids up, then put it back on the trailer and haul it to their next show, rinse and repeat. In any other investment field that would be not only immoral but illegal.