By Mike Gulett - The Iso Grifo Spider sold recently at a RM Sotheby’s auction at the junkyard in Southern California where it had been stored for a few decades. It achieved a price of $1,875,000, a record for an Iso Grifo GL, more than the … [Read more...]
The Only Factory Iso Grifo Spider at Auction
September 23, 2024 By 13 Comments
by Mike Gulett - It has been known for many years in the Iso community where the one and only Iso Grifo A3/L Spider was hiding. It had been hoarded away by a Mr. Rudi Klein, who also hoarded many other classic and rare cars. He stored the Grifo … [Read more...]
Why We Buy Certain Classic Cars
September 17, 2024 By 5 Comments
by Mike Gulett - There are different reasons why we like certain classic car makes and models. We like some cars in a way that we want to own one and we like other cars in a way that we admire the art, the engineering, the shape or maybe the … [Read more...]
Are There Any Bargains During The Monterey Car Week Auctions?
August 8, 2024 By 1 Comment
by Mike Gulett - Monterey Car Week starts soon - it has been starting earlier every year it seems. The Laguna Seca Monterey Pre-Reunion & Corkscrew Hillclimb is this weekend. This is nine days before the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance which was … [Read more...]
Scarab Formula 1 Race Car up for Auction in Monterey
August 5, 2024 By 4 Comments
by Mike Gulett - Regular readers of My Car Quest know what a big fan I am of Lance Reventlow and his Scarab race cars. One of the Scarab Formula 1 race cars will be auctioned off by Mecum during Monterey Car Week this … [Read more...]
Economic Theory and Collector Cars
May 9, 2024 By 5 Comments
by Mike Gulett - I was reading an article in the New York Times from Nov. 22, 2014 titled Conspicuous Consumption? Yes, but It’s Not Crazy by Robert H. Frank, economics professor at Cornell University. The article basically said that rich … [Read more...]
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