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01/08/2012
Gooding & Co., The Pebble Beach Auction, 18-19 August 2012: Preview

1960 Porsche RS60: $2,250,000 - $3,000,000

From the rarest racing cars and a ‘barn-find’ Ferrari 275 GTB, to the most desirable pre-War, pre-eminently ‘Pebble-able’ Mercedes, Rolls and Duesenbergs, David Gooding’s 2012 August sale has it all.

With the two-day sale finishing on Sunday night, the Santa Monica-based company has the responsibility of bringing the Monterey Peninsula’s annual car festival to a close.

It rarely fails, with previous highlights that include last year’s $16.39 million, 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype.

In 2012, the 154-car (with one painting) catalogue looks likely to set the calculators spinning yet again.


1956 Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertible: $200,000 - $275,000 'Without Reserve'	1928 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre Le Mans Sports 'Bobtail': $5,500,000 - $7,500,000

Not necessarily this writer’s cup of tea, the 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster (once owned by German socialite Baroness Gisela von Krieger, 'Estimate on request') could be the top-selling car, although other, more ‘Classic Driver’ entries such as the TWO Ferrari 250 GT California Spiders, either of the pair of Cricklewood Bentleys or the matching-numbers, original-bodied 1960 Porsche RS60 might set tongues wagging over dinner in Carmel later that night.

The latter is estimated at $2,250,000 - 3,000,000, while other Porsches include a 1963 356 Carrera 2 Cabriolet ($400,000 - 500,000), a couple of 356 Speedsters and a 1973 911S 2.4 Coupé. One of several ‘Without Reserve’ entries, the Ivory-with-green-interior 911S could well burst through its $120,000 - 140,000 estimate. It’s also one of the last cars to be offered at a Monterey sale in 2012.

The Scuderia Ferrari, John Edgar, Jack McAfee, Carroll Shelby and Andy Warhol, 1955 Ferrari 857 Sport: $5,000,000 - $7,000,000

The L-1 (Pre-war Preservation) and L-2 (Post-war Preservation) classes at Pebble Beach have set a trend for unrestored, original and unmolested (yet running, and probably the subject of a multi-thousand-dollar spruce-up) cars. Nowadays, a dusty but original example of a 300 SL ‘Gullwing’ or Ferrari 250 GT will achieve as much – or more – than the ‘boiled sweet’, over-restored concours queens of decades past.

Gooding & Co.’s contribution to this phenomenon in 2011 included the $1,540,000, for-restoration, alloy-bodied 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB and the 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster - similarly patinated - which went for $962,500. For 2012, the company offers a 1956 Lancia Aurelia B24S Convertible ($200,000 - $275,000, ‘Without Reserve’) and a 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB estimated at $850,000 - $1,000,000.


The 1970 Geneva Show, 1970 Monteverdi HAI 450 SS Prototype: $600,000 - $800,000	One owner for the past 43 years, 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB: $850,000 - $1,000,000

1932 Bugatti Type 55 Cabriolet: $5,000,000 - 6,500,000	1965 Alfa Romeo GTA 1600: $250,00 - 300,000

Of course, the vast majority of the catalogue is in the most superb condition and will, surely, contribute to another record-breaking Pebble Beach Equestrian Center sale.

Full results to come - as always - on Classic Driver just as soon as they are released.

Please click HERE to see a full lotlist.

For further information, visit www.goodingco.com.

Text: Steve Wakefield
All images copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company / Mike Maez / Mathieu Heurtault

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