The first auction of car wrecks in Ústí nad Labem was attended by 46 auctioneers, all 16 cars were sold. The former car racer paid the most for the Škoda 120, namely 35,500 crowns. In total, people auctioned off cars for 123,100 crowns, said Monika Straková from the Department of Transport and Property at the Ústí nad Labem City Hall.
The auction started shortly after 9:00, each car was to be auctioned for three minutes. However, due to the higher interest in some cars, the auction lasted a little longer. All cars started to be auctioned for 300 crowns, people could bid at least 50 crowns. They then had to pay for the wrecks on the spot in cash.
“The auction was, I would say, very successful, a lot of bidders came. Beyond expectations, it was auctioned for quite a bit of money,” said Miroslav Kupka from the Bailiff’s Office in Prague 5. According to him, no one from the office expected such high interest.
“We are very satisfied with the result, because the priority for us was to get the cars off the streets, which we did. And now it was just about where they would go next,” said Straková. According to her, the city will continue with auctions, another auction could take place in the spring, when, according to her, more cars will go to the auction than today.
Dalibor Dařílek, head of the department and property at the Ústí nad Labem municipality, expected great interest from the people. That all the vehicles towed from the streets of Ústí nad Labem would be sold, but he did not guess. “We have some 350 stimuli from the beginning and I think we have more than two thirds of the cars off the streets. The rest have been removed by people and some stories are still running in terms of time,” Dařílek told reporters.
The money earned from the sale will cover towing and parking costs in the parking lot. The rest of the money belongs to the original owner of the vehicle. “After two years, if he does not pick them up, we will call him again, and if he does not pick them up within three years, then the surplus belongs to the city,” the leader added. Removing the vehicle from the street will cost the city about 10,000 crowns.
The auctioneers were most interested in the Škoda 120, which its new owner wants to repair. “I expected it to sell for much more. We were willing to go a little higher, the expectation was something around 100,000 (crowns),” said the owner, who did not want to mention his name. Antonín Čermák from Prague, who wanted to buy her out of nostalgia, was also interested in her. He wanted to pay a maximum of 35,000 crowns for the car, he said. According to ČTK, people from Mělník and Kutná Hora also arrived at the auction.
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