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Enter The Ring: Do Corvettes With No-Reserve Auctions Sell For More Money?

Three pairs of nearly identical Corvettes enter the virtual reserve vs no-reserve CorvSport boxing ring to answer the age-old question!

Douglas Barton··
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Who will win today?!? Photo Credit: BaT

Welcome to another original and exclusive market feature from CorvSport, where we attempt to answer the burning questions those who follow the markets regularly ask: “Do no-reserve Corvette auctions really matter? Do they result in higher sales?” We developed this series to explore the dynamic between reserve and no-reserve auctions. Although our methodology isn’t perfectly scientific, the results thus far have proven to be insightful. After four bouts, the reserve auctions are winning and bringing more money. We have the complete bout summary after today’s matchups. Today’s feature, along with the majority of CorvSport’s digital content, is FREE and not behind a paywall. When any pop-ups appear, please click to dismiss them and continue enjoying the article.

For our fifth bout, we once again head to the most popular online sales platform for collector cars, Bring a Trailer. Our approach is straightforward: Find three pairs of near-identical Corvettes, one with a reserve, one without, and pit each duo against each other in our CorvSport ring for a three-round bout. Let’s ring that bell and get after it!

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In The CorvSport Ring: Bout #5

The No-Reserve vs. Reserve Corvette Battle

ROUND ONE

♦ In The No-Reserve Corner:

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