P 38 Lightning sells for record amount

[Paul Simonsen]

I don't know if anyone happened to catch this news item :Glacier Girl, a P 38 recovered in 1992 from under 300 feet of ice in Greenland, where along with 5 other P 38s and 2 B 17s where it had been since 1942.The Lightning was restored over a few years to flying condition.Its owner passed away and a company in Murietta Calif, Provenance Fighter Sales,purchased the plane from the owners widow for resale.They sold the plane to a Texan for close to 7 million dollars.

This is a benchmark price, these planes[the few that exist]
have been in the 2 million dollar range for a while,this will probably result in massive values on these museum pieces in the very near future.So,if you were thinking of purchasing that Mustang or Corsair, ya better hurry up!

[Matt “Rolling Hot” Cicero]

I'm partial to the Black Widow, myself. I'll get in touch with my agent today…thanks for the heads up!

Matt C.

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Texans! Way too much Oil Money, obviously.

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