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...]
What Is The Next Big Thing In The Collector Car World? – Maybe Porsche
December 20, 2014 By 3 Comments
by Mike - In a few weeks all eyes in the collector car world will be on Arizona where some of the most important collector car auctions are held all in one week. There will be hundreds of cars sold in just a few days totaling a few hundred … [Read more...]
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