HOLY SHIT The Ten Greatest Barn Finds Of All Time

[JohnnyRingo]

2. I think one very important example is missing the list

An heir to the Macy's fortune parked his new 1931 Duesenberg in a NYC parking deck and left it sit for 70 years. For decades, the millionaire simply paid the parking fees as the car sat idle in a forgotten corner of the deck:

Enter Jay Leno in 2005 when he caught wind of "the last single owner Duesy in existence". Unfortunately it seems Leno took it upon himself to spread false rumors about the car's condition while he negotiated a deal with the by then senile and ailing owner, including lies that the car would no longer fit in the elevator and would have to be removed by knocking out an exterior wall and expensively lowering it to street level it by crane.

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/hobby-news/leno_lands_last_original-owner_duesenberg

The Hollywood caliber lawsuits that followed that quick sale made this notorious Duesenberg a true star in auto collecting circles. Duesenbergs are the automobile equivalent of gold in that it causes irrational and reckless behavior among those who seek them out and collect them. Call it "Duesy Fever". With legal fees and settlement costs, Leno probably paid near fair value in the end instead of the paltry $180,000 he initially tendered, but I doubt he minded too much. He now owns one of the most coveted and original Duesenbergs in the world, and his is only the second name listed on the title.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_0DyZl1aBi67u3BEQJVAYyI