1958 BMW 507 Series II was offered at the Gooding & Company auction and set a world record for the model by selling for $2.75 million (above its pre-sale estimate of $2-$2.5 million).
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.
A 1969 Mazda Cosmo Series II will be auctioned off at Monterey, showing 17,650 miles. Gooding & Company’s pre-sale estimate is $110,000-$130,000.
If you’re sailing over to the peninsula for Pebble Beach, be sure to consult our itinerary. With so many concurrent events, you’ll be glad you took the time to plot a course.
The majestic Mercedes 600 also endeared itself to more likable folks including Elvis Presley, Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison, Karen Carpenter, Elizabeth Taylor, Rowan Atkinson (“Mr. Bean”), Jay Leno, Hugh Hefner and Coco Chanel.
One of the most significant items scheduled for the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach auction next month is the 1970 Porsche 917K, estimated at $13-$16 million.
Ferrari Berlinetta Boxers has always migrated racing tech to its road cars; in the classic era, the two were often one in the same or very close.
Bentley firmly establishing the marque’s speed, power and most importantly, durability earned through grueling competitive events of the age.
A report published in Bloomberg early this month speculated that we might soon see the world’s most expensive auction car at perhaps $100 million – a very special Ferrari 275 GTB. The 1965 Ferrari GTB/C Speciale was a race version of Ferrari’s fabulous mid-’60s berlinetta, and one of the three made, chassis No. 06885.
