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The first act in the international collector car auction circus, the Arizona sales serve as a barometer for the market moving forward into the new year. Despite some strong headline results and an abundance of record prices achieved in 2016, there were lessons to be learned by the auction houses. We’ve pored through the catalogue for the RM Sotheby’s Arizona sale, in which some obvious patterns emerged. 

Chapter 1

Before we begin, here’s a quick note on the current ‘easing’ landscape of the collector car market from Stu Carpenter of Copley Motorcars in Massachusetts, which nicely reflects the fact these aren’t investment tips, and remind us that there are many non-financial returns to be had. “I think the market has become tired over the last six years,” he explains. “A lot of cars were being sold just because they were available, with little regard for how much the buyers loved them.

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