Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal
Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
Coverage of Gooding & Company auctions, including previews, results and reports from the Scottsdale, Amelia Island and Pebble Beach sales.
Gooding and Company, Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida, March 8, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Don’t let Gooding & Company’s 2013 sale total, down nearly $8 million, 21.9%, from 2012, fool you. Last year’s sale was dominated by the Drendel Family collection of turbocharged Porsches. It attracted every Porsche-centric collector on the planet, and … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Amelia Island Auction 2013 was held Friday, March 8th at the Amelia Island Plantation in Florida, resulting in $28.1 million in total sales and a 97% sell-through rate. Gooding offered more than 70 lots at their 4th annual sale, with eight cars selling above the one million and two eclipsing two million. … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Amelia Island Auction 2013 will be held Friday, March 8th on the grounds of the Amelia Island Plantation in Florida. Gooding and Company assembled more than 70 collector cars for its 4th annual Amelia Island sale, headlined by the 1928 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre Semi-Le Mans Tourer … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company, Fashion Square, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 18-19, 2013 Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor 104 cars offered, 101 cars sold, 97.1% sell-through, $57,741,695 total sale, up 44.8% from last year and 65.1% from 2011, an average transaction of $571,700. Those are awesome numbers. Consider that with 7.9% of the lots that crossed the block at … [Read more...]
A selection of headline collector cars were consigned to the Gooding and Company Amelia Island Auction 2013, scheduled for Friday, March 8th in Amelia Island, Florida. Held on the grounds of the Omni Amelia Island Plantation, the 4th annual Gooding Amelia Island sale will feature a 1928 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre Semi-Le Mans Tourer, 1953 Fiat 8V Supersonic, 1965 Aston Martin Short Chassis Volante, … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Scottsdale Auction 2013 was held January 18-19 at the Scottsdale Fashion Square in Arizona, resulting in $52.49 million in total sales and a 97% sell-through rate. The total from the two-day sale was up 31% from last year, with seven cars selling above the $2 million mark. “With our significantly higher total for fewer cars sold at this year’s Scottsdale Auctions, … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Scottsdale 2013 Auction will be held January 18-19 at the Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona. The 6th annual Gooding Scottsdale auction will see more than 100 automobiles on offer, headlined by the 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider, one-off 1957 Maserati 150 GT Spider and 1959 Porsche 718 RSK. In addition to the headline offerings, other … [Read more...]
The history of 0666 TR, and the 250 Testa Rossa program at large, are rooted in the broader context of international motor sport during the late 1950s. With Mercedes-Benz out of the picture, the highest levels of sports car racing consisted of an escalating battle between Ferrari and Maserati for top honors, punctuated by the increasingly effective efforts of Jaguar, Porsche and Aston Martin. … [Read more...]
Gooding and Company will feature a selection of collector cars when it returns to Scottsdale Fashion Square in Arizona on January 18-19, 2013. Among the headline offerings at the 6th annual Gooding auction include a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider, 1959 Porsche RSK, 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Speciale by Pinin Farina and Edsel Ford’s personal 1930 Ford Model A Sport Phaeton. … [Read more...]
This Porsche 962-103, better known as the “Holbert Racing Löwenbräu Special,” is widely considered the most successful and recognizable 962. Built by Porsche AG in Spring 1984, 962-103 was the third customer car completed at the racing department in Weissach. Intended to compete in the IMSA GT Championship, 962-103 was originally delivered to Holbert Racing, an American outfit with … [Read more...]
A selection of sporting automobiles will be featured at the Gooding and Company Scottsdale 2013 auction, scheduled for January 18-19 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The headline consignments include a one-off 1957 Maserati 150 GT Spider, 1938 Bugatti 57C Atalante, 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster and an original 1965 Shelby 289 Cobra. “Our market is thriving because people continue to want superb … [Read more...]
Gooding and Company Pebble Beach, Equestrian Center, Pebble Beach, California, August 18-19, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor $113,736,600 sold in just two days, with just 123 cars offered and 110 sold, an 89.4% sale rate and average transaction value of just over $1 million; $1,033,969 to be precise. In the history of collector car auctions there have been a few that … [Read more...]
Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor It’s been a week since Monterey wound down. It is, by any measure, the best car-week in the world. The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance leads the way, closely followed by the Reunion and a whole litany of events – Gordon and Molly McCall's Airport Party, Concorso Italiano, the Carmel Concours on the Avenue, innumerable marque events and – … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auction 2012 was held August 18-19 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in California, resulting in $113.7 million and an 89% sales rate. The auction total, which exceeded Gooding's 2011 Pebble Beach results by more than $35 million, represents a world record sales total for an automotive auction. Gooding’s 8th annual Pebble Beach auction featured 123 … [Read more...]
At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1973, Porsche unveiled a special 911 concept car that changed the course of sports car history. With RSR fender flares, a large rear wing and the word “Turbo” emblazoned over the rear haunches, the new Porsche offered an exciting new glimpse at the future of the 911 series. A month later, Porsche announced that they would cease factory-backed racing … [Read more...]
