You can still find bargains at a classic car auction - Mother Nature Network (blog)
GREENWICH, CT—The Greenwich Concours d’Elegance is a very high-end car show, with million-dollar cars sitting cheek by jowl. One of those that made the cut in Greenwich was a 1954 MG Midget, the last in the series known as the TF (just before the ground-breaking MGA). Owned by Keith Murphy of New Jersey, it had a big sign on it saying “driven to all events. Murphy bought the TF for $1,600 from a neighbor (who tried repeatedly to buy it back) in 1973, had it restored by 1980, then drove it 40,000 miles while life took him all over the country. For Murphy, the culmination of decades of TF ownership was winning first place over a dozen other similar MGs in a recent club meet. He wasn’t looking for big awards in Greenwich, but he got them anyway. "We were astonished when the judges awarded us the 'Best English Sports Car 1954-1960,' Murphy said. The latter bore some resemblance to a totally different but equally exotic car I’d seen the day before at the Dragone Auction — Manny Dragone’s personal 1951 Simca Abarth SC Cabriolet. Both showed some American influence in the use of decorative chrome (and both had Buick-type “portholes” ). The similar good looks. Source: www.mnn.com
