WOOD HEIGHTS, Mo._ Billed as the “thinning the herd” sale, VanDerBrink Auctions sold 78 vehicles from Bob Ouderkirk’s collection on Nov. 11 in Wood Heights, Mo. All were offered without reserve. The sale generated $411,300 at the gavel, with an 8 percent (on-site) or 10 percent (online) buyer’s premium also charged to winning bidders.
The portion of Ouderkirk’s collection offered for sale ranged from 1930s to late-model vehicles and included 14 different marques. A large number were project-condition vehicles that could either donate parts or qualify as ambitious restorations.
The top seller offered from the collection was a 1965 Chevrolet Impala SS hardtop that sold for $27,000. It was followed by a 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle hardtop built as an SS clone, $25,500; a ’30 Ford Model A coupe street rod, $21,000; a ’31 Ford A two-door sedan street rod, $19,500; and a ’68 Chevy Corvette convertible (with hardtop and crate 350-cid V-8), $17,000.
The “pick of the sale” from Ouderkirk’s collection goes to Lot
