Only thing I can guess is either the people bidding on these things live somewhere that they aren't available, or they haven't checked out the hotwheels isle at their local Wal-Mart lately... that's a rediciulous price.
Definitely a cherry. Even worse, you are paying 10X it's value, and it has been removed from the package, and someone has had their grimy kid hands all over it while taking pictures of it. If I keep seeing these things sell for these prices, I will have to quit my job and sell "classic die cast vehicles" on e-bay and make a hell of a lot more than I do at my job! Think about it, go to wally world, buy up all the mavericks, mustangs, Cudas, even harleys, yank them out of the package, post them on ebay as being "classic, with RUBBER wheels!" and ship them out (charge $4 for shipping, $12 per car, I make $15 on each car I sell, after taking the original $.99 purchase price out!!!)