by Mike Gulett –
The latest issue of Sports Car Market Magazine arrived recently, which included the 2020 Print Edition Sports Car Market Pocket Price Guide.
I value the Sports Car Market Guide not because of the price listings but because of the other valuable information they provide for each of the collector car models they list. Such as: the number made of each model, the years of each model, their opinion on investment grade ranking of A, B, C, D or F and median percent change.
This is all useful information when one is deciding to buy or sell a collector car. Or, if we are just exploring ideas for a new collector car acquisition – you can’t have too much information.
Since 2016 Sports Car Market has published the median prices of cars sold at auction and in 2016 they also published the high price. Since 2017 they have dropped the high price and only publish the median prices for clarity and simplicity. These median prices include prices for cars in all conditions, so they must be taken in that context.
I noticed that they still do not list the AC Cobra Mk IV! However, I am pleased to see that the Apollo GT is now listed for the first time. It is categorized under “American Car Collector” on page 56. Maybe my mentioning this oversight several times here has finally paid off.
Below I compare the Sports Car Market Pocket Price Guide median prices, from 2016 through the new 2020 price guide, for some of my favorite cars with the percent change from ’19 to ’20.
Click on the image below for a larger view of my Sports Car Market Pocket Price Guide comparison.
I notice the Iso Grifo and the Lamborghini Miura P400 S have both seen big increases in values.
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