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24/01/2012
Gooding & Co. 'The Scottsdale Auction' 20-21 Jan 2012: Review

1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL alloy-bodied ‘Gullwing’ - Sold for $4,620,000

Grossing a touch short of $40 million, California-based auction house Gooding & Co. had another stellar Arizona sale.

In addition to the massive overall take, 98 per cent of the lots were sold and seven cars achieved more than $1m each. Of these, two went on to beat the $3m mark.

These were the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL alloy-bodied ‘Gullwing’ (est. $2,500,000 - 3,000,000) which sold for a staggering $4,620,000, and the highly desirable 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider that went bang-on top-estimate for $3,905,000. Wow-ee.

Gooding states that many of the prices achieved were world auction records, including those of the alloy ‘Gullwing’, the 1966 Ferrari 275 GTS ($770,000), the 1971 Maserati Ghibli 4.9 SS Spyder ($880,000) and the $489,500, 1968 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage.

In addition, the wild, ‘Viola’ 1969 Iso Grifo 7 Litri sold for $352,000, and blue-chip cars such as the 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV ($1,100,000) and the 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 ($1,200,000) showed that the market for these ‘box-ticking’, investor-grade machines shows no signs of abating.

1971 Maserati Ghibli 4.9 SS Spyder - Sold for $880,000

Of the older cars, more auction records were set with the 1930 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing-Top Convertible Coupe ($2,640,000,a world auction record for a Murphy Roadster) and $2,145,000 for the 1929 Bentley 4 ½ Litre Dual Cowl Sports Tourer.

Elsewhere in the sale, buyers could still pick up some handy, sub-$100k bargains, ahem, such as the 1967 Chevrolet Corvette 327/350 HP Coupé, for $55,000, the interesting 1967 Trident Clipper ($39,600) or the 1964 Porsche 356 SC Coupé $72,600 – always a Classic Driver office favourite.

Gooding’s next sale will be at Amelia Island on 9 March 2012.

Please click HERE to see the full results.

For further information, visit www.goodingco.com.

Text: Steve Wakefield
Photos: Gooding & Co.

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