While hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of collector cars once again changed hands at the world-renowned 2019 Monterey Car Week auctions, preliminary sale totals were reported by Hagerty Insurance and Larry Edsall of ClassicCars.com on Saturday, August 18th at $245.5 million.
Gooding & Company is offering one of Vignale’s finest designs from that time, a 1952 Ferrari 212 Inter, one of only 80. At the time, this meant Ferrari has produced 180 cars. Total. This 212 Inter pre-sale estimate is $1.7m-$2m.
The DB AR1 was a well thought-out machine, with big Brembo brakes featuring racing-style grooved discs, and four-piston calipers and the booster from a V12 Vanquish. There’s a limited-slip differential, and unique multi-spoke 19-inch alloy wheels use a revised offset to give a wider track.
Certainly one of the most beautiful Brewster bodies on the Phantom I was the Ascot Tourer, of which 28 were made. This was a dashing five-passenger open car with flowing fenders more characteristic of the 1930s models to come.
Formerly called Exotics on Cannery Row, Exotics on Broadway will take place this year on Broadway Avenue in nearby Seaside, California and stands as the premier exotic-car gathering and one of the fastest-growing events of Monterey Car Week.
The Fuel Run Rally is limited to 100 “hyper, exotic and supercars” and 200 participants – kicks off the official start of the 2019 Monterey Car Week with a day-long, 250-mile road rally from Malibu to Monterey on Wednesday, August 14th.
As the official auction house of the world-renowned Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Gooding and Company has had the honor of being the official auction house of this storied event – the cornerstone of Monterey’s celebrated Classic Car Week.
Gooding & Company will offer an early Fiat Dino Spider at its Monterey auction, without reserve and with a pre-sale estimate of $120,000-$140,000. It is the brainchild of both Fiat and Ferrari.
RM Sotheby’s will offer the Briggs Cunningham car at its Monterey auction later this month, with a pre-sale estimate of $700,000-$850,000. Cunningham was an American yacht and car racer and all-around wealthy guy, making this car a rare find.
