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 & Company held its 2012 Scottsdale Auction event on January 20-21 at the Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in $39.8 million in total sales and a 98% sales rate.Gooding offered 118 lots for sale in Scottsdale, with top sale going to the alloy-bodied 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing that sold for a world-record $4,620,000. … [Read more...]
By Ed LenahanWhen Gooding and Company opens their 2012 auction season at the Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona January 20th and 21st, they’ll do so with a bang as the more than 100 cars on offer will be headlined by an alloy-bodied 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing and a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider.“The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing and Ferrari LWB … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company will return to Florida for its 2012 Amelia Island Auction on Friday, March 9th.Held on the grounds of the Omni Amelia Island Plantation, the 3rd annual Gooding & Company Amelia Island sale will feature a 1953 Fiat 8V Zagato (estimate $750,000 - $900,000), a matching-numbers 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing (estimate $700,000 - $900,000) with factory-installed Rudge wheels, … [Read more...]
A collection of Packard Twelves from the estate of Thomas A. Moretti will be featured at the 2012 Gooding & Company Scottsdale Auction, scheduled for January 20-21 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The headline offering from the Moretti Collection is a 100-point 1932 Packard Twin Six Coupe formerly owned by Hollywood legend Clark Gable."We are honored to have been chosen to sell the beloved cars from … [Read more...]
Gooding and Company will feature a trio of Italian automobiles at their 2012 Scottsdale auction, scheduled for January 20-21 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The headline offerings include a 1956 Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa Scaglietti Spider, 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV by Bertone and 1971 Maserati Ghibli 4.9 SS Spider by Ghia.“These days, extraordinary cars that are rare and have great provenance are … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company, Pebble Beach, August 20-21, 2011Report by Rick Carey, Auction EditorThe 2011 Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction was a milestone in car collecting, let alone one in collector car auctions.In two evenings Gooding recorded $78 million in sales, 84.25% sold and set the two most important auction records: … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auction 2011 was held August 20-21 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California. Gooding’s 7th annual auction, again held in association with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, saw total sales of $78.18 million and an 84% sell-through rate. The two-day sale achieved a $13.6 million increase from last year with 19 new world … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auction 2011 will be held Saturday, August 20th and Sunday, August, 21st at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California. Gooding’s 7th annual auction, again held in association with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, will feature more than 150 cars, including 27 estimated to reach bids in excess of $1,000,000.The Gooding and … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company announced that the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype (s/n 0666 TR) and the 1963 Shelby Cobra 289 Factory Team Car (s/n CSX2129) will be offered at auction at their upcoming Pebble Beach Auctions on August 20-21, 2011."Being in the presence of the 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa Prototype is a visceral and breathtaking experience unlike anything I've ever known," says David … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company will feature five coachbuilt Ferraris at its 2011 Pebble Beach Auctions, scheduled for August 20-21 in Pebble Beach, California.The bespoke Ferraris span the first 15 years of Ferrari’s production history, with each premiering as show models at Europe’s leading motor shows: 1950 Ferrari 195 Inter by Touring, 1953 Ferrari 375 America by Vignale, 1955 Ferrari 250 GT … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auction 2011 will feature the oldest surviving production Bentley in existence, Chassis 3, in addition to a 1931 Brough Superior SS80 once owned by both Steve McQueen and Von Dutch. "We're delighted to present extraordinary collector examples of two renowned British marques, the 1921 Bentley Chassis 3 and McQueen's beloved 1931 Brough Superior SS80, at our … [Read more...]
The Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction 2011 will feature a bespoke Duesenberg Long Wheelbase Model J designed for Captain George Whittell Jr., known as the Whittell Coupe.“Historically, Duesenberg Model J owners were among the most powerful and worldly of America's pre-war elite and, with six model Js in his collection, George Whittell was Duesenberg's best customer of all time, even … [Read more...]
Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction EditorGooding & Company staged its Amelia Island Auction event on Friday, March 12, 2011. Last year Gooding debuted on Amelia Island at the Amelia Island Plantation, a site which Bonhams (then known as Brooks Auctioneers) tried in 2000 with little success.RM Auctions, which had set up shop at the Ritz Carlton site of the Amelia Island … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company held its Amelia Island Auction event on Friday, March 12, 2011, achieving more than $17.8 Million in sales and an 11% increase from the inaugural sale last year. The Gooding Amelia Island Auction 2011 saw 85 collector automotive and motorcycle consignments presented (two lots were withdrawn prior to auction), with 70 lots sold to a domestic and international clientele for a sales … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company will hold its Amelia Island Auction event on Friday, March 12, 2011 on the grounds of the Amelia Island Plantation in Florida.Gooding & Company assembled more than 85 vintage and modern collector cars for its 2nd annual Amelia Island Auction, headlined by the 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Cabriolet by Vignale; 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV Prototype; 1949 Jaguar XK120 Alloy; 1953 … [Read more...]
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