Barrett-Jackson: Ron Pratte's Futurliner wows the crowd - FOXSports.com
With the massive crowd at Barrett-Jackson on their feet, many of them waving tiny American flags, and an honor guard of military veterans on stage, the huge Futurliner crept slowly up the ramp toward the auctioneers like some behemoth from a... The 1950 General Motors Futurliner tour bus, a brawny piece of modern sculpture on wheels, was the best-known of the 140 vehicles from the Ron Pratte collection that crossed the block during the Scottsdale auction, and it was selling for a worthy... But that wasn’t all – auction president Steve Davis cajoled a number of Barrett-Jackson’s well-heeled regulars into donating even more to the military foundation for a total of $600,000 in addition to the sale. This grand piece of theater was the crowning moment of the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction, the culmination of months of promotion and conjecture, and the packed house of people roared with delight and patriotic fervor. That would be the 1966 Shelby Cobra Super Snake, the late Carroll Shelby’s own Cobra that boasts a twin-supercharged 427-cubic-inch V8. It sold after it left the stage for $5. 115 million (all results include the buyer’s fee), which was the... “This is the best 427 Cobra on the planet, bar none,” auction company CEO Craig Jackson told the crowd during the bidding. Pratte bought the unique and famous Cobra in 2007 for $5. 5 million, which stands as the highest-priced sale at any Barrett-Jackson auction. Source: www.foxsports.com
