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Re:Star Power: Carl Sagan’s 1970 Porsche 914 (2016) by thekevan on Thursday November 22, 2018 @10:54PM (#18514238)
I would agree with your general theory, but your scale is way off. The cars you mention are going already be worth tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, except for 3), which would be a once in a lifetime incident and thus even more rare.

This car was for $1600 with 7 days left. Let's just say it went for $3200. Even an intermediate home mechanical could put maybe $5000 into it and sell it.

Then do a few sly reddit, Twitter or FB posts with people of an interest in astronomy with a picture of the car like, "Wow, I saw this great old Porsche today and it actually used to belong to Carl Sagan. And it's for sale!". Wait for it to go viral--understanding that that virality is going to be an a small niche of the internet--and wait.

And for what it's worth, have you met race fans? Jeff Gordon's minivan would certainly get above going rate on eBay. It's just a matter of much more and what the current owner paid for it.

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Re:Star Power: Carl Sagan’s 1970 Porsche 914 (2016) by rasz on Friday November 23, 2018 @02:40AM (#18514988)
> great old Porsche

is not, its a 914/4

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Re:Star Power: Carl Sagan’s 1970 Porsche 914 (2016) by escherplex on Friday November 23, 2018 @08:50AM (#18516376)
True, at 0-100km/hr in 13.3 sec a 1.7L 914/4 could only be a nostalgia piece. A 1985 turbo VW Golf diesel that I keep as a 'nostalgia' piece could probably match it - but may have to be going downhill and with the wind :)

for reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_914

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Re:Star Power: Carl Sagan’s 1970 Porsche 914 (2016) by lloeki on Friday November 23, 2018 @04:59AM (#18515513)
I'd have bought it on the spot if it were on my side of the Atlantic ocean, even if it's a 914/4. This is a small piece of history that deserves to be preserved. Then again I'm the perfect target for that since I'm both a car enthusiast and appreciative of Sagan.
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Re:Star Power: Carl Sagan’s 1970 Porsche 914 (2016) by rasz on Saturday November 24, 2018 @05:18AM (#18521357)
Porsche collectors wont touch it, because to them its a worthless vw. Volkswagen collectors rather have a bug, or Ghia. Thus due to being ugly fake Porsche its worth even less than Karmann Ghia or even nice Beetle.
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