TCG Stories

One of the better accounts I follow on Instagram is a Californian by the name of "Rad Report", who started a quasi-newsletter a few years ago highlighting so-called "rad"-era vehicles for sale on craigslist. Like many others, he soon discovered that while people love to consume free content, they rarely ...

In the collector car world, there’s an unusual divide that has formed between those who preserve cars in their original (if not slightly flawed) state and those that prefer to open the checkbook and finance a lengthy restoration. Like a true conundrum, there is no “right” answer, but both sides ...

Recently, we noticed a batch of Japanese sports coupes taking home some surprising numbers on Bring A Trailer and Cars & Bids. In an era where there’s some modest cooling of the marketplace, seeing three decidedly commonplace vehicles each handily clear $20,000 was worthy of analysis.

We looked at the ...

This is not meant as a bragging post, but more a spotlight on what's possible when you have a deep digital records portfolio for your specialty vehicle. My 2011 BMW 328xi 6-speed wagon recently left for a new home after five years in my possession, and the presentation on The ...

I don't often talk about the collector insurance car behemoth Hagerty outside of referencing its continued influence in the hobby car space. However, the company's largess was on full display as I raced to secure a modest loan from my credit union to buy a car over a recent weekend.  ...

A recent article on Hagerty.com entitled "Car people are lying to you about their budgets, and I have the receipts" took a lighthearted look at how often fellow car enthusiasts beat each other up over the asking price when a car is listed for sale. Recently, it even ...

I spend a lot of time extolling the virtues of a well-prepared classifieds listing. Whether it’s on Bring A Trailer or your local craigslist page, there’s no denying that a car with deep documentation and a clear love of ownership is going to entice buyers out of the woodwork. But ...

“The canary in the coal mine” is one of my favorite expressions. It’s up there with the butterfly effect, which I broadly define as observing otherwise innocuous signals and considering their future implications. The collector car market is in an intriguing place at the moment, with key indicators simultaneously indicating ...

For a while now, there’s been speculation that the math doesn’t add up on Bring A Trailer. Incredible sales results for cars that would seemingly struggle to hit those same numbers on the pages of craigslist or eBay have raised eyebrows to the point that the peanut gallery has begun ...

At some point in the past two years, almost every car enthusiast has looked at a sale price on Bring A Trailer and said, “Wow - I never thought that car would sell for that much cash.” We’ve discussed it here on occasion, and I’ve taken the position that the ...