Wow!
Just because it was owned by Elvis.
No engine and the cockpit has been scavenged for avionics.
Unless someone wants to invest another million dollars getting this vintage aircraft flightworthy again it will never fly again.
Bid $50K ($20K would be more reasonable) and then close off the cockpit and sell tour tickets where it sits. Roswell gets plenty of tourist from the alien/UFO crowd. It might make money.
Probably cost several hundred grand just to move it and restore it to static display ( non flyable ) condition.
The sheet metal work on such a project can be made to look good, but would break under the first flight.
The bidding has already past $125M and that doesn’t include the 23% bidding premium. I hope someone has put a sharp pencil to what they are doing. It’s going to cost a fair bit to disassemble, move, reassemble, add the cost of hangering, cant really expect to use it as a a money maker outside. restoration perhaps a heavy Buff to leave the original paint. Same goes for sourcing just the engine nacelle pods, let alone the engines (x4). would have to charge alot for tours. Perhaps set it up so people could use it as an exclusive hotel room, “sleep where Elvis slept” someone is either going to loose the farm or make bank
Lets take it for a little spin to Vegas. No engine? No problem. You push, I’ll steer. :-)