Originally Posted by TBM
Although the winning bidder is now struggling to get it insured - been refused by Hagerty. May be they dodged a bullet.

I wonder what price it would have gone for without the magical 'doubling bid' - may have reached the same, or topped out at £10K less. Interestingly the seller had allegedly previously turned down a higher offer. Bet he's kicking himself now. smile

Edit - I see we have a new user sign up to TM - "Liberty Ace 002". I imagine 'Talk Liberty Ace' Forum would be a fairly lonely place, with only about 9 members....


For the benefit of full disclosure, I trust you’re happy to concede that the auction commentary confirms that Hagerty also declined to insure a M3W, thankfully a situation remedied when the owner worked through an agent.

In response to “I wonder what price it would have gone for without the magical 'doubling bid' – simple, the auction would have dragged on to the same conclusion as there were a few keen bidders at the end OR it would not have sold and joined the other 7 M3W auctions that have not meet reserve......

Regarding your “Lot of money for a plastic replica” comment, it may require a rethink.

Around the time the ACE was on the block, this little number was also strutting its stuff
1935 Auburn Boat Tail

Titled as a 1935 Auburn Boat Tail Speedster – it was a fiberglass copy of the original body, dropped on a modern chassis with a thumping big V8, all built-in in 2008. The price got to US$ 95,000.00 - more than twice the ACE and much more than the beautiful Trad Morgan.

A Morgan Identified Fastidious Owner...
2011 4/4 Bespoke, 1981 Delorean, Auburn Boat Tail