JohnH wrote:
me109me109 wrote:
provenancefightersales.com if you want to pay way to much!
Come on man...this game is for wealthy people and that comment is uncalled for. Prices are driven by the market and are always negotiable.
http://www.provenancefightersales.com/John
The "game being for wealthy people" has nothing to do with it. From the moment Provenance popped on to the warbird scene, they have acquired and re-sold warbirds for prices significantly above then-market value.
Good on them for exploiting a market that was obviously un-tapped. Sounds like a pretty straighforward business plan to me:
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Provenance -- a term referring to a collectible's history or chain of ownership -- is owned by Tony Raftis, an Australian computer entrepreneur who is into Ferraris and other fast machines.
The company was founded in 2005 after Brown, who was brokering World War II aircraft, sold a Corsair for Raftis at a tidy profit.
"He said, 'Can this be done on a regular basis?' " Brown recalled. "I said, 'It can,' and we went out and had a beer and thought up the idea for this company."
The organizational chart is straightforward, Brown said: "He finances it and I run it."
http://www.latimes.com/business/smallbu ... 8050.story