Monterey 2021 highlights
20 August, 2021
Gooding & Company’s McLaren F1 took the overall honours at this year’s Monterey auctions, estimated to achieve in excess of $15,000,000 the barely used example with only 390km on the clock was hammered away for a world record $20,465,000.
Gooding also sold the second most expensive car of the week, the recently restored 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione making just above its lower estimate at $10,840,000. The two-day sale saw 24 cars break the million-dollar mark, with five new auction records established, including a 1968 Lamborghini Miura at $1,902,500 (estimate $1,400,000 – 1,800,000), and an ex-Works 1929 Bugatti Type 35B – the winner of the 1929 French and Spanish Grand Prix – which fetched $5,615,000 (estimate $3,500,000 – 4,500,000).
Gooding reported total sales of $107 million and an 87% sell-through rate.
[ Gooding & Co Pebble Beach Auction – sale results here ]
Top lot at RM Sotheby’s three-day sale was a 1962 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato from The Paul Andrews Estate Collection, selling for $9,520,000 (estimate $11,000,000 – 14,000,000). The collection raised $34.4 million, with all but one of the 26 lots on offer finding new homes.
Ferraris locked out the next three slots, with a 1962 268 SP and a 1966 275 GTB Competizione – both with Le Mans history – each bringing $7,705,000 against estimates of $8,000,000 – 10,000,000, while a 1958 250 GT TdF drew a mid-estimate $6,000,000.
RM also set five new world auction records, notably among the supercars a two-owner, platinum award-winning 1995 Ferrari F50 with 8,496 miles realised $3,965,000 (estimate $3,600,000 – 4,000,000); a 10,000-km 1994 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport made $2,755,000 (estimate $2,750,000 – 3,000,000); and a time-warp 1991 Jaguar XJR-15 showing just 78 miles achieved $1,902,500 (estimate $1,750,000 – 2,100,000).
44 lots sold for more than $1 million, with an auction total of $148.5 million and a 90% sell-through rate.
[ RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale – auction results here ]
A 1928 Mercedes-Benz 26/120/180 S-Type that had been purchased ‘sight unseen’ for $15,000 by the consignor’s father in 1964 led the results at Bonhams Quail Lodge sale, blitzing its $3,000,000 – 4,000,000 estimate and going for $5,395,000.
Other top-tier sales included a 1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Record Sport Cabriolet Décapotable at $1,875,000 (estimate $1,800,000 – 2,300,000); a 1952 Ferrari 212 Europa Cabriolet, exhibited at the Geneva and Turin motor shows in 1952, brought $1,820,000 (estimate $1,700,000 – 2,100,000); and a four-owner matching-numbers 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing made $1,710,000 (estimate $1,250,000 – 1,500,000).
Bonhams’ auction delivered four new records, among them a 1997 Porsche 911 Turbo S with fewer than 1,700 miles raised the bar for a 993 variant of the model at $654,000 (estimate $260,000 – 320,000), and a concours award-winning 1934 Riley MPH became the most expensive Riley ever sold at auction at $967,500 (estimate $800,000 – 1,200,000).
Bonhams’ single-day sale generated close to $37 million and an 89% sell-through rate.
[ Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction – sale results here ]
Classic car auction results and prices for: McLaren | Ferrari | Lamborghini | Bugatti | Aston Martin | Jaguar | Mercedes-Benz | Talbot-Lago | Porsche | Riley
From leading auction houses: Gooding & Company | RM Sotheby’s | Bonhams
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