The 2019 Amelia Island auctions threw up some amazing results as they always do, but as has become increasingly commonplace in recent times, cars below US$500,000 thrived, while million-dollar-plus cars didn't.
Total sales for the 2019 Amelia Island auctions were similar to last year's total ($79.6 million compared with $80.7 million in 2018), with a better sell through rate (71 percent versus 69 percent last year) and only a slight drop in the average price. But as 2019 rolls onwards, it is becoming increasingly clear that the collector car marketplace is undergoing generational change as younger buyers enter the market.
The strength of the auction marketplace surrounding the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance grew this year with the addition of Russo & Steele to the established big name Amelia incumbents of the official auction house, RM-Sotheby's, plus Gooding & Company and Bonhams.
The highlight of the auctions was Bonhams' sale of the Don C. Boulton Collection of brass era cars, motorcycles and hard-to-find antique car parts. The rarity of these 100-year-old cars ensured bidding competition was fierce, with 100 percent sell-through and numerous world record prices: $885,000 for the 1914 Simplex Speed Car; $698,000 for a 1904 Peerless Type 8 Roi des Belges; and $456,000 for the 1908 Welch Tourer.
No less than seven of the Boulton cars sold by Bonhams are eligible for the annual London-to-Brighton Emancipation Run, an event for which entries are limited to cars of 1904 and earlier.
Accordingly, we've broadened the spectrum of cars at different price points in cherry-picking the following list, and there's something for everyone.
$32,575 | 1977 Ferrari 312T2 F1 Childrens Car
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
A remarkable story behind this car which is a half scale replica of the 1976 Ferrari 312T2 F1 in which Niki Lauda placed second in the 1976 Formula 1 Championship, just one point behind James Hunt in the McLaren Ford. The season was the focus of the 2013 biographical movie Rush. Five such cars were built by Italy Car of Bologna, with Ferrari's suppliers creating 1:2 scale versions of the various components, from a scaled Momo steering wheel to half-sized Goodyear tires. Niki Lauda ordered one for his son, and when Italy Car went into liquidation, another Bolognese company (Pony Car), acquired the remaining parts and finished two more examples. This is one of the original batch of five cars.
Still for Sale | 1967 S.C.A.F. Ferrari 330 P2 Childrens Car
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Company
This car didn't sell because it didn't arrive in time for the auction, but is now available for private sale. The official Gooding & Company price estimate was quoted as $30,000 to $40,000, and the web site now indicates that it can be purchased for $35,000.
It is a five-eighths-scale replica of the 1965 Ferrari 330 P2 Sports Car Prototype, and was sanctioned by Ferrari. Designed and built by François Mortarini in cooperation with Ferrari Società Esercizio Fabbriche Automobili e Corse S.p.A. in 1967, it was developed to be driven by children on a small track adjacent to the main 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe during the late 1960s. Like the original, it has a tubular frame and a fiberglass body, but instead of a 12-cylinder 4-liter motor, it has a small single-cylinder four-stroke engine.Still in its original shipping crate, this is the ideal works replica for the kids in your life.
$41,440 | 1938 Cadillac V16 Passenger Sedan
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
By comparison to the buying power of its new price, this car is a bargain as the Cadillac V16 was the world's first V16 automobile, and is powered by a magnificent 452ci (7.4-liter) 45-degree V16, of which it has been said: "There is no power plant in any motor car so smooth, so quiet, so flexible." Styled by the legendary Harley Earl, 15,000 were built and it is this rather large number which has kept the price within reach of enthusiasts who don't have a spare seven figures in the bank. Bourgeois quality at a proletarian price!
$44,800 | 1907 Cadillac Model K Tulip Roadster
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
The "Tulip" body styles were the most elegant of the coachwork offerings of the Cadillac Motor Company of Detroit Michigan 112 years ago, with this car having been part of the C.T. Protsman Collection which spent many years on display at the Antique Auto and Music Museum in Stone Mountain Memorial Park in Virginia. Great value for a reliable and quite beautiful automotive veteran.
$44,800 | 1906 Studebaker Model G Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$50,400 | 1903 Oldsmobile Model R Curved Dash Runabout
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$52,640 | 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen Recreation
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
One of two 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen Replicas sold at Amelia Island this year, and a gentle reminder of just how far the automobile has come in a century and a third. The single-cylinder, four-stroke 954 cc engine of the world's first internal combustion engined car produced 0.75 hp at 400 rpm, and was good for a maximum speed of approximately 16 km/h (10 mph). This particular replica was built by John Bentley Engineering to mark the centenary of the invention, and has a period-correct Surrey Top.
$58,800 | 1907 Buick Model G Roadster
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
It's always worth inspecting these prehistoric cars, as they invariably offer intrigue and fascination. This car is powered by a twin cylinder displacing 159 cubic inches (2.6 liters). The year it was built, Buick was the second largest auto maker in the United States, producing 4,641 cars. The company would eventually become the almighty General Motors.
$60,480 | 1912 Crow-Elkhart Model 52 Five Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$61,600 | 1912 Indian 7Hp Big Twin
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$62,720 | 1907 Columbus 10Hp Two-Cylinder Autobuggy
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was a self-taught engineer, talented racing driver, America's most successful fighter pilot of World War I, owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and a pioneer of modern aviation as the leader of Eastern Air Lines. He survived multiple plane crashes, one of which left him adrift in the Pacific for 24 days during World War II. In between all of this he managed, in the early days of his career, to work as an engineer and salesman for the Columbus Buggy Company of Ohio, where he was involved in the design of this vehicle – the Columbus Autobuggy.
$67,200 | 1906 Rambler Type 3 18/20Hp Surrey
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
From the auction description: To many enthusiasts the name Rambler immediately brings to mind the small Nash of 1950, one of America's original "compact cars." The name, however, hailed from Nash's corporate ancestor, the original Rambler automobile produced in Kenosha, Wisconsin, between 1902 and 1914. This Rambler was no "compact," but rather a high-quality mid-to-luxury-priced car, noted for its excellent engineering and design. Even today the surviving Brass Era Ramblers are highly favored for their ruggedness by enthusiasts who drive them in one- and two-cylinder tours and similar events all over the world.
$68,320 | 1904 Pope-Tribune 6Hp Twin-Cylinder Runabout
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
From the auction description:The smallest and least-costly of the numerous fine automobiles produced by Colonel Albert Pope's empire, the Pope-Tribune was manufactured in a former bicycle factory at Hagerstown, Maryland. It was unusual for a small car of its period in having very advanced and high-quality features, including modern shaft drive and a sliding-gear transmission in a period when even large cars used chain drive and a planetary transmission.
Over the four years following its introduction in 1904, the Pope-Tribune steadily grew larger and more powerful, until it had priced and sized itself out of its original market. With numerous competitors, including those from other Pope factories, its sales fizzled, and it was out of production and the factory sold in 1908. The quality of the car itself endured, however, and the survivors are fiercely prized by American Veteran automobile enthusiasts. Seldom-seen compared even to its scarce Pope-Hartford, Pope-Toledo, and Waverley corporate cousins, it is among the rarest offerings of the Pope empire.
$76,160 | 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen Recreation
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
Another exacting replica 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen built by John Bentley Engineering, being one of approximately 90 examples commissioned by Mercedes-Benz Classic in 2001 and 2002. The replicas were to be used for educational and promotional purposes, as well as for museum and public exhibit. This example was built in 2002 and has never been operated, though it has been regularly oiled to keep the mechanical parts moving freely.
$78,400 | 1911 Stoddard-Dayton Model 11A Five Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$89,600 | 1923 Amilcar CGS Two Seater
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
Epitomizing the French sports car of the 1920s, this exquisite Amilcar sports a charming torpedo body with "boat decking" to its rear, two comfortable passenger seats and an additional one for its tail. So popular was the Amilcar CGS that it was built under license in Italy, Germany, and Austria, and sold in the USA by no less than Maybach Motors in New York City.
$98,000 | 1957 Fiat-Abarth 750 Record Monza Zagato
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
From the auction description: An important example of the classic Fiat-Abarth, the 750 Record Monza was a sporting dual-purpose machine. Based on the rugged Fiat 600 platform and evolved from the wildly successful 750 GT, the 750 Record Monza was in celebration of Abarth's numerous record-setting endurance runs at the famed Italian Autodromo. Like its predecessor, the car was carefully developed by the Abarth engineers at Torino and bodied by the famed Milanese coachbuilder, Zagato.
$100,800 | 1904 Pope-Waverley Model 27 Electric Stanhope
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
From the auction description: Of Colonel Albert Pope's numerous fine automobiles produced in the Brass Era, the Pope-Waverley was the only one produced in the famous early automaking state of Indiana. Built from 1904 to 1908, it was a literal 'horseless carriage,' a buggy powered by an electric motor fed from banks of lead acid batteries. Keeping with Colonel Pope's challenge to conquer the whole of the market, it was intended for the electric car market's focus clientele, wealthy ladies who used the clean-running, silent automobiles for around-town transportation and often drove themselves.
"Clean, Noiseless, Always Ready," Pope advertising noted, speaking to the front parlor. "Simple to Operate. Works perfectly in any weather."
$106,400 | 1899 Knox Model A 5Hp Single-Cylinder
Three-Wheel Runabout
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
From the auction description: In an era when the earliest American automobiles typically all looked like carriages that had lost their horses, the Springfield, Massachusetts-built Knox was something entirely different: a tiller-steered three-wheeler, with a light sulky-like body that brought to mind Ben Hur. Even its propulsion was of a unique design; the single-cylinder engine was air-cooled by means of steel pins, screwed into the sides of the cylinder walls. This expanded the cooling surface of the engine and allowed it to be cooled simply by the air flowing over it. Thus the Knox was one of the earliest air-cooled American cars. It became popularly known as the "Porcupine." The three-wheeled design lasted only through 1901, but air-cooling remained a Knox feature well into the decade.
$112,000 | 1910 Pierce Four
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$120,400 | 1926 Minerva AF Town Car
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$123,200 | 1959 Fiat 600 Jolly
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
There are numerous examples of the Fiat Jolly selling for above $100,000, possibly due to them being the ideal car for warm climates and their relative scarcity. Another factor was the number of celebrities who drove them in the late 1950s and 1960s at a time when the paparazzi were just beginning to supply candid shots of the rich and famous to photo magazines.
Regularly photographed in their Jollys were President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mae West, Aristotle Onassis, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Grace Kelly, Henry Ford II, Mary Pickford, Gianni Agnelli, and James Inglis. The record for a Jolly at auction is held by Gooding & Co, which sold a 1960 Fiat Jolly for $170,500 in Scottsdale in 2015.
$123,200 | 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
$134,400 | 1904 Pope-Toledo 24 Hp
Four-Cylinder Rear Entrance Tonneau
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
No Sale | 1954 Kurtis 500KK SR-100
High bid: $145,000 | Estimate: $200,000 to $250,000
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$156,800 | 1911 Napier 15 HP
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
This 15-hp Napier has been rebodied as a "garden car," with an exotic wicker victoria body, well suited for social events and pleasure use. The wicker was re-done in the 1960s by the Royal Institute for the Blind in Nottingham, England; the teak-veneer fenders are original. The car crossed Australia from Perth to Sydney in a 1970 international rally and also completed a VMCCA Trans-International Reliability Tour from Montréal to Tijuana in 1972.
$156,800 | 1910 Knox Model R 40Hp Seven-Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$162,400 | Ex-Alton Walker, M.G.M. Studios 'Excuse My Dust' 1901 De Dion Bouton 5Hp Motorette
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
M.G.M. Studios owned this 1901 De Dion Bouton 5-hp Motorette and it was featured in the 1951 movie Excuse My Dust featuring well-known comedian Red Skelton (pictured). Whether or not the car was featured in any other films is unknown, but it remained in M.G.M.'s possession until 1970. It previously sold at auction for $191,400 in 2013.
$162,400 | 1939 Chrysler Custom Imperial Parade Phaeton by Derham
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
This Custom Imperial was originally created for the 1939 New York World's Fair where it appeared on the Chrysler stand. It was then used as a parade car when King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England came through New York as part of a North American tour (pictured below).
In 1942, it was used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor, and subsequently by Michigan Governor Murray Van Wagoner, Chrysler president K.T. Keller and by War Production Board chairman Donald Nelson to tour Chrysler's defense plants.
$173,600 | 1906 Stevens-Duryea Model U 5-Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$173,600 | 1994 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo Targa
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
This 1994 targa-roof Toyota Supra Mk IV Twin Turbo went to auction from the "Youngtimer Collection" that is being auctioned over 2019 by RM-Sotheby's and, with just 11,200 miles on the odometer, is an extremely rare unmolested specimen of the Japanese supercar. Indeed, it was deemed so original, desirable and rare that it easily set a world record at auction for the model.
UNSOLD | 1910 Pope-Hartford Model T 40Hp Limousine
High bid: $100,000 | Estimate: $160,000 to $190,000
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
This car was originally owned by Uruguay's ambassador to the Vatican and it is believed to have transported Pope Pius X on occasion.
$190,400 | 1904 Haynes-Apperson Model F 18Hp Twin-Cylinder Rear-Entrance Tonneau
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
From the auction description: The Apperson Brothers of Kokomo, Indiana, did not build America's first automobile, as their patron Elwood Haynes liked to claim. They did, however, built a very early U.S. "horseless carriage" in 1894, which is now immortalized in the Smithsonian Institution. The first production Haynes-Apperson was produced in 1897, and by 1904 the company was building rather advanced, well-engineered and solidly constructed two-cylinder models. That was the last year before Haynes and the Appersons went their separate ways. This particular Haynes-Apperson is one of two surviving examples of the company's most advanced product, the 1904 Model F, a rear-entrance tonneau with a surrey-style canopy and a conventional layout in which the engine was placed ahead of the body, in the modern fashion. In many ways the Model F was ahead of its time, having left-hand-drive and an adjustable steering column.
$190,400 | 1913 Renault Type Dp 22/24Cv Coupé Chauffeur
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
This 105-year-old car was sold from single family ownership of 105 years and, perhaps even more remarkably, it is completely original other than the consumables (tires, brake pads, etc). It has never been restored, and as a result possesses a patina unmatched by any restoration.
From the auction description: Of impressive size and powered by a 5.0-liter four-cylinder engine, the Type DP 22CV was one of Renault's flagship models of the pre-WWI era. This hand-built car's untouched bodywork retains its original, now slightly faded, paintwork while the interior, divided into two compartments, is likewise exactly as it was completed back in 1913. The driver's compartment has two deep-buttoned seats trimmed in black leather (no tears evident) while the passenger compartment is luxuriously equipped in a manner benefiting what was an extremely expensive motor car. The high-backed rear bench seat is divided by an armrest and trimmed in deep-buttoned brown leather. Damask and braid has been used to line the sides and the roof, showing little sign of ageing, while interior illumination is courtesy of two small ceiling lights. A small leather-trimmed console contains a pocket watch, a mirror, a clothes brush, a notebook and pencil, and flasks for ink. A communications system enables the passengers to talk to the driver.
The car was sold with the original owner's personal registration plate, some postcards, and the chauffeur's cap.
$201,600 | 1913 Stutz Series A Bearcat
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$207,200 | 1911 Pierce-Arrow Model 48 Suburban
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$212,800 | 1907 Matheson 'Big Four' 50Hp Seven-Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$252,000 | 1904 Knox 16/18Hp "Tudor" 5-Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$263,200 | 1950 Kurtis Sports Car
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
$291,000 | 1911 Pope-Hartford Model W
50Hp Portola-Style Roadster
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$291,000 | 1912 Locomobile Model 'M' Series I 48Hp Roadster
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$313,000 | 1907 Austin Model LX-T 60Hp Seven-Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$318,500 | 1906 Pope-Toledo Model XII 35/40Hp Roi De Belges
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$324,000 | 1911 Pierce-Arrow Model 66-A Roadster
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$329,500 | 1910 Packard Model Ud '30' 40Hp Seven-Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
UNSOLD | 1923 Bugatti Type 23 Brescia Three Seater Torpedo Sports
High bid: $200,000 | Estimate: $300,000 to $400,000
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$362,500 | 1955 Abarth 207/A
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Company
Carlo Abarth contributed engine performance to the cars of Cisitalia, Fiat, Ferrari, and Porsche before beginning production of his own sports cars, with the 207/A being the first to wear the stylized scorpion Abarth trademark. Only 10 of the Michelotti-styled racers were built, beginning with this car – chassis 001 – with alloy coachwork by Boano.
$423,000 | 1907 Tincher Model H Seven-Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$456,000 | 1908 Welch Model 4-L 50Hp Seven-Passenger Touring
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
The Welch was the first car to use an engine with a hemispherical combustion chamber, overhead camshaft and inclined valves, and this car is one of just four known to exist.
$472,500 | 1929 Bentley 4½ Liter Sports Tourer
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$475,000 | 1949 Delahaye 135M Cabriolet
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
$489,000 | 1904 Thomas Model 22 Three Cylinder 24Hp "Flyer" Rear Entrance Tonneau
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
The Thomas Flyer was victorious in one the most famous automobile races in history – the 1908 "Great Race" from New York to Paris, via San Francisco, Siberia and Moscow – a 13,341-mile (21,470-km) race that took six months to complete and was largely conducted on roads that had never previously seen a car. This Model 22 Flyer was the car that initially put the Thomas name on the map, and it is the only known survivor of the model.
UNSOLD | 1939 Delage D6-70 Three-Position Drophead Coupe
High bid: $400,000 | Estimate: $500,000 to $600,000
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
This Delage was built to win shows, with the legendary French atelier Figoni et Falaschi tasked with creating unique three-position drophead coachwork. It made its debut at the 1939 Concours d'Elegance au Bois di Boulogne where it took the gold medal. A Delage D6 finished second in the 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans, so in addition to being an exceptionally attractive car, it was also one of the fastest and most reliable road cars prior to WW2. In 1949, when the 24 Hours of Le Mans began again, a D6 again took second place in the endurance classic.
$505,500 | 1949 Maserati A6 1500/3C Berlinetta by Pinin Farina
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
One of just 10 examples factory-equipped with triple Weber carburetors, this fascinating car was delivered new to famous playwright Isabella Quarantotti (who penned the movie classic, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow), and its subsequent owners included Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan and the Blackhawk Collection.
In 2009 it underwent a second restoration by 13-time Pebble Beach award-winner Gary Maucher, with the nut-and-bolt restoration costing $350,000. Post restoration, the A6 was sold to the vendor, who sent the A6 to Candini Classiche in Modena, which completely overhauled the engine, gearbox, clutch, differential, brakes, and suspension at a total cost of $85,000. During this restoration, the correct Maserati steel wheels were sourced and fitted. In short, a wonderful car with period competition history, great provenance, extensive historical documentation and the receipts to prove it is as close to perfect as is possible.
$626,500 | 1998 RUF Porsche Turbo R
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
UNSOLD | 1936 Bentley 4¼ Liter Tourer
High bid: $490,000 | Estimate: $600,000 to $800,000
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
UNSOLD | 1951 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport Cabriolet
High bid: $440,000 | Estimate: $600,000 to $750,000
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$648,500 | 2009 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 S Roadster 'McLaren Edition'
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$698,000 | 1904 Peerless Type 8 Style K 24Hp Four-Cylinder King Of Belgium
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$714,500 | 1927 Bentley 6½-Litre All-Weather Tourer by T.H. Gill & Son
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
Prestige car dealer Scott Grundfor best summed up the sale of this Bentley "that went for a perplexingly low $714,000 at RM, further cementing the common thread among industry observers that non-big name coachbuilt pre war models, regardless of intrinsic quality, are going to have a hard go of it in the years and decades to come from a generational perspective."
This car debuted at the Olympia and Scottish Motor Shows in 1927, the former being one of the most important motor shows on the planet at that time.
$730,000 | 1964 Maserati 3500 GTi Spyder by Vignale
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
The 245th example of 248 Vignale spiders built, with the much sought-after five-speed gearbox and four-wheel disc brakes. Sold with fully documented history and comprehensive restoration by marque specialists in Italy.
$758,500 | 1933 Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
This DOHC classic is one of the four cars used by the 1933 Bugatti factory team of Varzi, Dreyfus, and Williams, with unending provenance, including 17-year ownership by Peter Mullin, a FIVA passport and a comprehensive report by Bugatti historian David Sewell.
$775,000 | 1936 Horch 853 Special Roadster Recreation
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
UNSOLD | 1990 AAR-Toyota Eagle HF89
High bid: $825,000 | Estimate: $900,000 - $1,200,000
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
This car was already one of the top 20 most valuable Japanese cars of all time, having sold for $660,000 at Amelia Island four years ago, thanks to being a five-time race winner and the first Toyota GTP car to win a race, its significance as being the high point in Dan Gurney's All American Racers project, and the fact it was driven by twice IMSA Champion Juan Manuel Fangio II. It won't get any less significant as new generations join the car collector ranks ... a new generation which recognizes the historical gravitas of cars bearing the name Toyota.
The record auction price for an Italian car is $48.4 million, for a German car $31.1 million, $22.5 million for a British car, $22.0 for an American car, and $10.4 for a French car ... while the Japanese record is just $2.1 million. History suggests that equation will eventually balance itself, and as the first Toyota GTP car to win a race, it seems inevitable that the value of this car will continue to appreciate.
$863,000 | 1932 Stutz DV-32 Convertible Victoria by Rollston
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$885,000 | 1914 Simplex 50Hp "Speedcar"
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$896,000 | 1913 Mercer Type 35J "Raceabout"
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
UNSOLD | 1964 Shelby Cobra 289
High bid: $800,000 | Estimate: $900,000 to $1,100,000
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$912,500 | 2012 Lexus LFA Nürburgring Package
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
Only 500 Lexus LFA supercars were built, and only 50 of them were blessed with the Nürburgring package and a $465,000 price tag when they sold in 2012. Thanks to one of them setting a Nürburgring Nordschleife production lap record of 7:14.64 in 2011 (an unofficial record for a production car on non-competition tires), LFA Nurburgring models are now selling for a lot of money. RM-Sotheby's sold one for $885,000 and Barrett-Jackson sold another for $918,500 during the 2019 Scottsdale auctions and this result suggests it will soon become a million-dollar car.
$967,500 | 2017 Ferrari F12tdf
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$990,000 | 1956 Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing Coupe
Official Auction Description: Russo & Steele
$1,017,000 | 1992 Ferrari F40
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$1,022,500 | 1987 Kremer Porsche 962C
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
This car has only been raced twice, for a fourth and a ninth at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1987 and 1988. This car was built by Kremer Racing using a Thompson Aluminum Honeycomb Tub and the all-conquering 3.0-liter flat six Porsche engine which dominated endurance and prototype racing during the 1980s. Sold with a fascinating history file.
$1,077,500 | 1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
UNSOLD | 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series II by Pinin Farina
High Bid: $1,050,000 | Estimate: $1,150,000 - $1,300,000
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$1,105,000 | 1968-69 3-Liter Repco Brabham-Cosworth BT26/BT26A
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
Exactly 50 years ago, this car was a state-of-the-art Formula One Grand Prix car. On September 20, 1969, Jacky Ickx used this car to win the Canadian Grand Prix. Ickx also used the car to finish second in the 1969 Mexican Grand Prix, third in the French Grand Prix, fifth in the Dutch Grand Prix and sixth in the Spanish Grand Prix. He also qualified on pole in Canada and shared fastest lap with Jack Brabham, driving a sister BT26A.
In the eleventh and final round of that year's World Championship series, the Mexican GP, Jacky Ickx used it to post the fastest lap after Jack Brabham had started from pole. Ickx finished second in the Drivers' World Championship standings, behind Jackie Stewart in the Tyrrell-entered Matra-Cosworth MS80.
The space-frame chassis designed by Ron Tauranac resulted in one of the sweetest handling cars of the era, and the car had debuted the previous year as a BT26 in the hands of Jochen Rindt, taking pole position in its debut at the 1968 Canadian GP. The auction description has far more granular detail about the car, one of the last competitive space-frame F1 cars before monocoque construction changed the game entirely.
UNSOLD | 1965 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage Convertible
High bid: $1,150,000 | Estimate: $1,400,000 - $1,600,000
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$1,132,500 | 1993 Porsche 964 Carrera RS 3.8
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
$1,187,500 | 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$1,187,500 | 1930 Cadillac Series 452 V-16 Roadster
Official Auction Description: Bonhams
$1,226,000 | 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
$1,325,000 | 1934 Packard Twelve Individual Custom Convertible Sedan by Dietrich
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$1,325,000 | 1965 Ferrari 275 GTS
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
$1,352,500 | 1926 Hispano-Suiza H6B Cabriolet Le Dandy by Chapron
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
UNSOLD | 2005 Maserati MC12 Corsa
High bid: $1,350,000 | Estimate: $1,600,000 - $2,000,000
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$1,490,000 | 2015 McLaren P1
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$1,490,000 | 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder Weissach
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
$1,500,000 | 2010 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 'Sang Noir'
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$1,650,000 | 1930 Duesenberg Model J 'Sweep Panel' Dual-Cowl Phaeton by LeBaron
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
$1,765,000 | 1930 Packard 734 Speedster Runabout
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
$1,792,500 | 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
UNSOLD | 1963 Ferrari 250 Lusso
High Bid: $1,800,000 | Estimate unavailable
Official Auction Description: Russo & Steele
UNSOLD | 1979 Porsche 935
High bid: $2,000,000 | Estimate: $2,500,000 to $3,000,000
Official Auction Description: Gooding & Co
UNSOLD | 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra
High bid: $2,750,000 | Estimate: $3,000,000 - $4,000,000
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
One of 19 true production 427 competition Cobras, this car is even rarer in that it retains the original body. It is also the only production 427 Cobra to win a significant European race, having won the British round (Brands Hatch) of the 1966 FIA World Sports Car Championship.Completely restored by the Legendary Motorcar Company it was also featured on the Dream Car Garage television show. This car was presented at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, 2014 Concorso Villa D'Este, and 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
$2,205,000 | 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB by Scaglietti
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
The most expensive car sold at auction during the 2019 Amelia Island festivities, having recently been restored by Wayne Obry's Motion Products. It's "coming out" showing saw it take a Cavallino Platinum Award in 2018, and it was sold fully documented by marque historian Marcel Massini with Ferrari Classiche certification pending.
UNSOLD | 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Tourer by Corsica
High Bid: $5,700,000 | Estimate $6,000,000 - $7,500,000
Official Auction Description: RM-Sotheby's
One of eight Type 57S examples bodied by Corsica, and one of only two four-seater tourers to come from the coachbuilders. Indeed, only 16 Type 57S Bugattis were delivered with open coachwork and this car spent the first decade of its life as the personal car of Maurice Fox-Pitt Lubbock, who was obliged to sell his beloved car when he became President of Rolls-Royce.
Private Sale (POA) | 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/C
Auction House: RM-Sotheby's
It didn't go to auction, but this Ferrari 275 GTB/C was on display at RM-Sotheby's where it is for private sale. If it sold during the Amelia Island festivities, it would almost certainly have been the most expensive car sold as 275 GTB/C Ferraris are a very rare and expensive car, with previous examples having sold for $26,400,000, $9,405,000, and $7,860,622. The aluminum body and numerous other improvements were destined for just 12 cars, and those cars went to Ferrari's best customer teams, such as the North American Racing Team (NART), Ecurie Francorchamps, Maranello Concessionaires and Scuderia Filipinetti. The 275 GTB/C won its class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 and 1967, as well as the 1000 Km of Monza, 1000 Km of Spa, Targa Florio and numerous other top tier events in many countries.
