by Mike - I find it interesting to compare actual sales results with my favorite classic car price guide - the Hagerty Price Guide. I randomly selected cars from the recent auctions in Monterey by Gooding and RM. I then looked up the same … [Read more...]
1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Speciale – Sold!
August 21, 2015 By 2 Comments
by Mike - This one-off Ferrari 250 GT Bertone (Giugiaro) design was sold at the Gooding auction in Pebble Beach last week for $16.5 million US. This special Ferrari sold in the middle of the pre-auction estimate with a hammer price of $15 … [Read more...]
1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Speciale At Auction In Monterey
August 7, 2015 By 5 Comments
by Mike - This beautiful Ferrari 250 GT Bertone is a real eye catcher. This 1962 Ferrari is a one off Bertone design styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro in 1961. It is easy to spot the styling cues of Giugiaro. The hood scoop, for example, is … [Read more...]
I Thought The Dirt As Patina Sales Fad Was History, Then I Saw This
May 26, 2015 By 8 Comments
by Mike - I thought I had observed a trend away from the "dirt is patina" sales strategy for collector cars since last year in Monterey when Bonhams sold a very dirty Jaguar at a loss for the seller. I wrote in September 2014, Selling … [Read more...]
The Gooding: Scottsdale 2015
January 23, 2015 By 4 Comments
by Wallace Wyss Gooding, like RM, seems to be stretching the definition of what a classic car is. Like I wouldn’t have thought a 1963 Karmann Ghia is a collector car. Or how about a 1958 Bantam? Yet they both were there. I think the … [Read more...]
The Arizona Auctions Kick Off The 2015 Collector Car Market Year
January 21, 2015 By Leave a Comment
by Mike - The beginning of the 2015 classic car auction season was this past weekend in Arizona with the major auction companies recording record numbers totaling $270 million USD in sales. This does not include results from Silver and Russo and … [Read more...]
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