Watching those high end auctions causes delusions of grandeur, its called barret jackson syndrome- Where guys with average or even very nice cars see a car the same year or type as theirs that is a super rare or super low mile original or no money spared top of the line restoration sell for crazy prices, then think their run of the mill not rare car with an average paint job or resto-mod is worth anywhere near as much as those cars. Then you get those guys thinking or claiming their car is worth anywhere near that price. It can ruin the market or be a fast reality check when the car doesnt sell or even get any tire kickers.
Same goes for engines, 428s are nice, but nobody really caress what year or vin# it is since once its out of the car it will never be original #'s matching again. The engine is worth the average market value that is less than half the stated $25k that butler gets for a fresh built engine with top of the line performance parts.
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