For over four decades, the Antique Boat Museum has been recognized throughout the wooden boating community as putting on one of the best wooden Boat Shows in North America. The 45th Annual Boat Show will be held this year from July 31st to August 2nd, 2009. The highlight of the show each year is the Antique Boat Auction held this year on Saturday August 1st at 1pm.
The auction offers a full compliment of collector boats for ALL budgets. Typically the auction draws bidders from most of the 50 states and Canada. The Antique Boat Auction is a truly transparent way to buy boats and provides the best barometer for the state of the collector boat market for everyone. The auction is conducted by AntiqueBoatAmerica.com who have been recognized throughout the world as having the LARGEST collection of antique and classic boats on their web site.
They offer the finest selection of quality collector boats, outstanding professional
service and unrivalled sales success. As such the Antique Boat Auction always captures the true passion of wooden boat collectors and enthusiasts throughout North America. A snapshot of the auction is very clear says Peter Mellon, President of Antique Boat America.
“Firstly we offer a perfect venue for first time bidders and are encouraged by the new breed of buyer entering into the market looking for their first boat. Because of this we always have a broad range of boats for entry level boaters to signature collector boats. Because of these new bidders and the economy we expect even more excitement at the auction this year”.
“Our goal is to build an auction for everyone” noted Dennis Honeywell, General Manager of AntiqueBoatAmerica.com. While original examples are still in demand we also find that reproductions and classic boats are strong as well. “Collector boats have prevailed in a struggling economy, proving to us that they can be treated as both a hobby and an investment and we believe that this year will offer—a great opportunity to secure a quality wooden boat.
The vision of a free fall in prices simply has not materialized. While we have seen a softening of prices for certain boats we have also found that wooden boats with originality, provenance and overall strong condition are finding buyers at market correct prices. As well bidder registration and interest have not waned in light of negative news from Wall Street.
The key to the Antique Boat Auction is the collection of boats and the fact that the Antique Boat Museum uses this event as a fundraiser for their many initiatives and operations. The Antique Boat Museum is the finest fresh water wooden boat museum in the country, having an excellent collection of early launches, runabouts, St. Lawrence skiffs, outboard motors and utilities.
The museum as a not for profit organization also accepts boats as donations
as well as consignments and generates revenue based on the buyers premium for each boat auctioned. “With over 65 boats auctioned in 2008 and with over 200 bidders on site we look forward to welcoming collectors and enthusiast from around the country to the beautiful Thousand Islands region for what is shaping up to be another first class event” says Mellon. Of particular interest this year will be the focus on boats “Built in the Thousand Islands”.
The auction offers a full compliment of collector boats for ALL budgets. Typically the auction draws bidders from most of the 50 states and Canada. The Antique Boat Auction is a truly transparent way to buy boats and provides the best barometer for the state of the collector boat market for everyone. The auction is conducted by AntiqueBoatAmerica.com who have been recognized throughout the world as having the LARGEST collection of antique and classic boats on their web site.
They offer the finest selection of quality collector boats, outstanding professional
service and unrivalled sales success. As such the Antique Boat Auction always captures the true passion of wooden boat collectors and enthusiasts throughout North America. A snapshot of the auction is very clear says Peter Mellon, President of Antique Boat America.
“Firstly we offer a perfect venue for first time bidders and are encouraged by the new breed of buyer entering into the market looking for their first boat. Because of this we always have a broad range of boats for entry level boaters to signature collector boats. Because of these new bidders and the economy we expect even more excitement at the auction this year”.
“Our goal is to build an auction for everyone” noted Dennis Honeywell, General Manager of AntiqueBoatAmerica.com. While original examples are still in demand we also find that reproductions and classic boats are strong as well. “Collector boats have prevailed in a struggling economy, proving to us that they can be treated as both a hobby and an investment and we believe that this year will offer—a great opportunity to secure a quality wooden boat.
The vision of a free fall in prices simply has not materialized. While we have seen a softening of prices for certain boats we have also found that wooden boats with originality, provenance and overall strong condition are finding buyers at market correct prices. As well bidder registration and interest have not waned in light of negative news from Wall Street.
The key to the Antique Boat Auction is the collection of boats and the fact that the Antique Boat Museum uses this event as a fundraiser for their many initiatives and operations. The Antique Boat Museum is the finest fresh water wooden boat museum in the country, having an excellent collection of early launches, runabouts, St. Lawrence skiffs, outboard motors and utilities.
The museum as a not for profit organization also accepts boats as donations
as well as consignments and generates revenue based on the buyers premium for each boat auctioned. “With over 65 boats auctioned in 2008 and with over 200 bidders on site we look forward to welcoming collectors and enthusiast from around the country to the beautiful Thousand Islands region for what is shaping up to be another first class event” says Mellon. Of particular interest this year will be the focus on boats “Built in the Thousand Islands”.
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