he deserves it he figured out how to screwover the rich guys He takes car of his garage and cars , but probably not himself He''ll be dead in next 10 years
-- Edited by 427CARL on Wednesday 5th of December 2012 08:22:15 PM
The original buyer of the Bugatti could've been one of Craigs guys to intentionally have the sale go bad in order to pick it up for that price. I had to laugh at the rediculousness of his wife's Bugatti shoes. Now that's what I call stupid money
-- Edited by Gearhead on Thursday 6th of December 2012 12:49:17 PM
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Well his daddy started the business years ago and he took over. How many sellers got short falls on pricing who knows. One thing I do know a few years back when Craig bought the Bugatti one of two built it was bid up to 170.00K and it sold but the deal went bad. That was when Craig stepped up and said he would stand good for the purchase at that price and everyone thought oh what a nice guy, and he aquired it. Now really a car worth over $750K being sold with no reserve and selling for 170K and no buyer fee and a seller fee. Hmmm I dont even think the Bugatti was on the block when the high rollers were in the house. Yes he is a smart guy very smart. How did he aquire the rest of the collection it sure makes me wonder. I think everyone of those cars have a story. JMO
he still has only a small garage compare to some bidders who go at the auction .........Ron Pratt has a way bigger collection and his net worth is 350 million .......he could buy the complete barret jackson company if he doesn t want to pay buyer and seller fees
he still has only a small garage compare to some bidders who go at the auction .........Ron Pratt has a way bigger collection and his net worth is 350 million .......he could buy the complete barret jackson company if he doesn t want to pay buyer and seller fees
Pratt seems to be a better man than ****head Jackson
Ron Pratte is an American businessman / entrepreneur, with a net worth of $350 million. Ron Pratte has earned his wealth as the founder and former CEO of Pratte Development Company, Inc., one of the biggest wood framing and concrete foundation companies in the United States. He is famous for his elaborate car collection. Pratte Development Co. is located in Phoenix, AZ. They are a privately held company that manufacturers structural wood products. Pratte sold the development company to Pulte homes at the peak of the housing boom in Arizona. Due to the great timing of this deal, Pratte was able to cash out before the housing market crashed. This Arizona multi-millionaire is a big car buff. In his vast collection of fine automobiles is the Shelby GT500, he purchased, in 2008, for nearly $650,000 and last year’s $4.1 million purchase of the Futurliner bus.
Ron Pratte Net Worth
Pratte has also given to charity almost as much as his spends on cars. He has even donated the Tony Stewart race car to the Gwynn Foundation, after winning it at an auction. The Gwynn Foundation than sold the race car a second time and raised $165,000 to buy electric wheelchairs for kids. Due to the bids received in the first auction for Stewarts car and the proceeds from the second auction, a total of 1/2 million dollars was raised to help support those afflicted for Muscular Dystrophy. He also purchased the 2006 Jeff Gordon Monte Carlo for $500,000, where the proceeds went to the National Marrow Donor Program. Pratte started building his vast car collection at the B-J auction in 2003, by buying 52 cars. More of his awesome cars include; the last Sting Ray, the first T-bird off the assembly line, the Oldsmobile F-88 show car and The Beverly Hillbillies Woody.