Hundreds of classic Chevys being auctioned off in Neb.

PIERCE, Neb. People from around the world gathered Saturday in the small town of Pierce, Neb., in the middle of a field just get to get a glimpse at history, CBS affiliate KMEG-TV of Sioux City, Iowa, reports.

More than 450 classic Chevys were parked side by side - some covered with dirt, broken glass and rust - but still worth a whole lot of money.

"There's never been a collection of cars this vast that have just been sitting for so long in one place that's not like a junkyard selling its inventory, so I think that's why people are so shocked by them because these are complete cars minus a few things here and there," said Rutledge Wood, host of "Top Gear" on The History Channel.

Once you start taking a look inside and out, you start to realize just how valuable these classics really are.

"There's a '58 cameo pick-up with one mile on it. That just doesn't happen. As far as cars go, people would never hold on to them back then like that. Nowadays there's a few special additions people might tuck away. You'd never see something as utilitarian as a pick-up that just never got sold," said Wood.

The Lambrecht Chevy dealership started up in Pierce, Neb., back in the '60s, and for decades Ray, the owner, stored the trade-in vehicles and a few new and unsold cars on the family farm and in shacks. When he retired, those cars stayed right where he parked them and this is the result.

"This is his history, this is his legacy, this is him," said Yvette VanDerBrink, auctioneer for VanDerBrink Auctions.

And saying goodbye has been tough.

"Yesterday when we were moving out the cars, he was having a hard time because it's sad and happy. He knows they're going to go to good homes. But that's your legacy. That's what people know you for and then when they're all gone you're just sort of- you have those memories but you don't have the cars," said VanDerBrink.

It doesn't matter if the windows are smashed or the tires are flat, all the cars must go, and the ones that don't is a car lovers nightmare. They'll all be destroyed.

The starting bid on each car is $350 but if you're bidding on that '58 cameo...

"I thought before looking at the pictures online, the videos, I thought, OK that's probably $100,000 truck. Now that I've been underneath it and all through it I don't know what that thing will sell for. What people will pay is the biggest question that we have to figure out," said Wood.