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title: "More than a Dozen Seized Toyota Supras Are Up for Auction"
date: "2022-05-07"
modified: "2022-05-07"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin V. Shaw"
    job_title: "Contributor"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/more-than-a-dozen-repod-toyota-mkiv-supras-are-up-for-auction"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "For Sale"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Toyota News"
tags:
  - "Toyota"
  - "toyota supra"
---

# More than a Dozen Seized Toyota Supras Are Up for Auction

![Silver Toyota Supra in field](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/07/Supra-lot-HERO.jpg>)
*\<em\>Stanley J. Paine Auctioneers\</em\>*

About a year and a half ago, [41-year-old Cory Taylor](<https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/08/raid-of-holyoke-luxury-dwelling-nets-guns-marijuana-exotic-cars-and-millions-in-cash-cory-taylor-wanted-considered-armed-and-dangerous.html?fbclid=IwAR2EYGHOwFHihbLc-X2FpVZlXe5TWX2ClQlwtK87bTCAgeuKFxLOa0uXRk0>) was stopped by Massachusetts police in Pelham, about 90 minutes or so west of Boston. Officers found more than they bargained for in Taylor’s van, including 138 pounds of marijuana. A follow-up operation found bales of weed, a store of illegal guns, and millions in cash from his large-scale drug trafficking business at Taylor’s home, along with 30 or more cars that included A80 [Toyota Supras](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/44617/2023-toyota-supra-with-a-six-speed-manual-will-debut-april-28-report>), E46 [BMW M3s](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/34535/the-480-hp-2021-bmw-m3-and-m4-will-have-a-stick-shift-and-rwd>), [Nissan 350Zs](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/39910/texas-grandmother-falls-in-love-with-nissan-350z-immediately-buys-one-and-lowers-it>), and a few tuner-ready Mitsubishi models.

As reported by *[Jalopnik](<https://jalopnik.com/13-low-mile-mkiv-supras-go-up-for-auction-in-massachuse-1848891294>)* this week, 27 of those cars are now up for auction online with [Stanley J. Paine Auctioneers](<https://www.paineauctioneers.com/servlet/Search.do?auctionId=5194>), and Stan himself confirmed these are Taylor’s seized cars when I called the auction house today. The most amusing description of the situation I've read is on the blog [TireMeetsRoad.com](<https://tiremeetsroad.com/2020/08/30/more-than-a-dozen-toyota-supras-nissan-gt-rs-and-rare-evos-found-in-holyoke-ma-marijuana-traffickers-hideout/>), which says, “Flush with cash from selling the devil’s lettuce, Taylor converted some of that drug money into rare JDM cars.”

![Red Toyota Supra in field](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/07/7.jpg>)
*Stanley J. Paine Auctioneers*

The bidding is amping up quickly, with the lowest at this writing sitting at $9,250 for a 2003 Nissan 350Z with 47,000 miles on the clock. At the top of the price range is a 1998 Supra with a six-speed manual and 23,000 miles and a 1997 Supra Limited Edition 15th Anniversary with 40,000 miles on the clock for $125,000 each.

Taylor, who is now deceased, had good taste in cars. When they were seized, at least one of them ([according to reports from Masslive.com](<https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/08/raid-of-holyoke-luxury-dwelling-nets-guns-marijuana-exotic-cars-and-millions-in-cash-cory-taylor-wanted-considered-armed-and-dangerous.html?fbclid=IwAR2EYGHOwFHihbLc-X2FpVZlXe5TWX2ClQlwtK87bTCAgeuKFxLOa0uXRk0>)) was even shrink-wrapped in plastic.

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/07/2.jpg>)
*Stanley J. Paine Auctioneers*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/07/3.jpg>)
*Stanley J. Paine Auctioneers*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/07/4.jpg>)
*Stanley J. Paine Auctioneers*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/07/5.jpg>)
*Stanley J. Paine Auctioneers*

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/07/6.jpg>)
*Stanley J. Paine Auctioneers*

The entire catalog includes 13 Mk IV Toyota Supras, two Honda S2000s, two Nissan 350Zs, two Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions, five E46 BMW M3s, a prime [Lime Rock Park Edition](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/44582/lime-rock-parks-veteran-announcer-on-janet-guthrie-paul-newman-and-more>) E92 BMW M3, and a few more. Odometer readings vary wildly from the barely-driven 2,629-mile 2004 Honda S2000 to the driven-hard 1994 Toyota Supra with almost 124,000 miles on it.

If you’re looking to bid, know that there is a 15 percent buyer’s premium and the auction house requires a $5,000 deposit. All final payments must be made in cash or wire transfer. I have my eye on the green 1996 Supra, but it's out of my budget range already at $70,000 and rising. Tell me which one you'd pick.

*Got a tip? Send it to kristin.shaw@thedrive.com.*

## Author
Kristin Shaw is the former Weekend Editor for The Drive and a current freelancer in both the automotive and aviation worlds. She’s a big fan of anything car-related and calls on her technology background on the corporate side to explain engineering and high-tech concepts. Now living in her sixth state (New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, and now Texas), she is thrilled that working from home is now mainstream.

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