The Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina provides a more accessible version, one that bears watching for rising values. At its January 2018 Scottsdale sale, RM Sotheby’s will offer a 2001 example (Lot #266) showing just 9,500 miles, with a pre-sale estimate of $475,000-$525,000.
Over the course of seven days, thousands of vintage automobiles will cross the block in Scottsdale, sending ripples through the media and market. es will cross the block, sending ripples through the media and market. Topping the lists are two Jaguar D-Types, one offered from RM Sotheby’s and the other from Gooding & Company.
The aptly named “ICONS” sale by RM Sotheby’s in New York on December 6 brought $45.5 million for 27 cars sold, 11 that broke the million-dollar mark, stood high above the rest.
The C-Type is an ideal example of an automotive icon, hence the inclusion of a 1952 version in RM Sotheby’s “Icons” auction scheduled for December 6 in New York. This particular example, chassis XKC 007, is the seventh of 53 cars in the chassis number sequence. The pre-sale estimate is $5.5-$7m.
Debuting at the Paris Auto Salon in October 1952, the d’Elegance went on the auto show circuit in the U.S. Afterward, Chrysler shipped it back to Ghia, which sold it to a relative of a Chrysler executive, who imported the car back to the U.S. Collector James Colee bought the car 1955 and
This 1975 Porsche 914 1.8 was sold for $93,500 at the RM auction in Monterey, $65,000 higher than what the experts were estimating. Hagerty shows a high value of $27,900 for a “#1 concours” condition 1975 914 1.8. In fact, Hagerty’s valuation experts were among those taken by surprise.
RM/Sotheby’s is offering a 1960 Giulietta Sprint Speciale in a beautiful shade of dark blue, with a pre-sale estimate of $125,000-$175,000. The value rise for these cars has been most dramatic since around 2010.
Undoubtedly one of the most original Cobras in in the world, this time machine is being offered at the RM/Sothebys Monterey auction with a pre-sale estimate of $1.2-$1.4 million.
The pre-sale estimate from RM/Sothebys is $300,000 – $375,000. The auction house sold a 1962 Ghia L 6.4 model for $577,500 at last year’s Monterey auction.
