Frosts your cookies don't it?

There are probably lots of similar stories on here.

Back in the mid '70s, when I was in my Hudson period, I met and befriended an ol' boy who had a few Hudsons sitting around his shop. The neat part was he'd always been "a Hudson man" and had bought each of the cars new. They were all pretty much used up in day to day terms, but being Central Washington cars they were sun fried but rust free for the most part. The one he had that interested me most was a '40 coupe, original maroon color. I asked if he'd sell it to me, but I suspect he just had too much sentimental attachment to let it go. As you'd suspect he up and died one day. After an appropriate time I called on the widow, whom I'd met but wasn't real familiar with. We talked for awhile and I made an offer on the '40. I'd brought an Old Cars Price Guide with me, and showed her the evaluation criteria and we agreed it was a #5 car. The "book" said $600 value, so that's what I offered. She excused herself and made a phone call. Turns out she'd already contacted an auctioneer to dispose of all her late husband's shop equipment, and cars. She relayed to me that the auctioneer "friend" told her I was trying to cheat her and that he was sure he could get at least twice that at the auction. Needless to say I was a bit ticked as I'd gone out of my way to demonstrate my sincerity, but hey, you makes your choices and you takes your chances. A couple months later the auction was held and the '40 ended up at a high bid of $400.............and she got to pay her "friend" the auctioneer 10% of that to boot. Oh well.........