90-92 300E: What are people paying for these?

[Ron in SC]

My buddy is looking for one of these for his kid, with I eye toward me fixing anything that needs fixing. I have two 124s now and already fixed up a 1990 300D 2.5 turbo for his mother.

I've been watching ebay and these cars do not seem to be making reserve, with the bidding stopping around $2500-$3800. He had me do a PPI on a 1992 300E in Columbia, SC we found on ebay. Cosmetically the car was great. But I got a hit on my electronic snifffer when I inserted it up one of the evaporator drain holes. The car had R12 and showed bubbles in the reciever/dryer. The center vent temp was only 74 with and ambient of 87 F. So that car may need an evap.

The worst thing I found was oil leaking badly between the head and the block and plenty of oil in the coolant tank, too.

This car was represented as pristine with either ice cold or freezing A/C, I forget which.

The really bad part of this is the bidding got to $3800, luckily the reserve which the guy had set at $4500 was not met. I felt like alerting the high bidder not to make any kind of deal on the car. I did not do that since I felt like it was none of my business and besides he might have been a schill bidder for all I know.

So bottom line has anyone bought one of these lately who will let me know what they paid? If so please respond here or send me a PM if you prefer.