Classic car auctions take grade in locations all around the universe, from Monte Carlo and Maranello to Monterey and Manhattan. Or in this way you might think, but last week prominent the first time a major standard work car auction took place in the Big Apple in across a decade. And boy did it return with a bang.
The highlight of the vendue was the 1964 Ferrari 250 LM we reported forward just a few days ago in advance of the event, which sold instead of a massive $14.3 million. Not but did that come in near the be superior of its pre-sale estimate of $12-15 a thousand thousand, but it also set a newly come record for that model and damp down in history as the back most expensive Ferrari ever sold at auction (after the $17 million ’57 Testa Rossa sold through . Gooding & Company in 2011).
The fabrication would end there following any other public sale, but this event – held in union with RM Auctions at Sotheby’s headquarters in New York – brought in a whopping $62,797,500 in sales later 93 percent of all lots sold. After the 250 LM, the next most notable set of wheels belonged to the the same-of-a-kind 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Teardrop Cabriolet pictured over. The only surviving convertible version of each iconic art deco car of which only 20 coupes were made, this unspeakably gorgeous classic sold for an impressive $7,150,000.
Other utmost degree earners included a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Competition Berlinetta that sold in the place of $7,040,000 and a 1954 Maserati A6G/2000 Spyder Zagato for $4,455,000. All told, 16 out of the 31 cars sold went instead of over a million, and eleven consolidate record prices. Scope out the full list in the press release unbecoming.
Related Gallery1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Teardrop Cabriolet
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RM AUCTIONS AND SOTHEBY’S STUN THE MARKET WITH INCREDIBLE $63 MILLION ‘ART OF THE AUTOMOBILE’ SALE IN NEW YORK
- RM Auctions and Sotheby’s of great consequence Art of the Automobile auction generates $62,797,500 of sales in two hours of furious bidding
- Records tumble with the historic 1964 Ferrari 250 LM through . Carrozzeria Scaglietti achieving $14,300,000 time the stunning 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Teardrop Cabriolet by Figoni et Falaschi sells for $7,150,000
- 93 percent of totality lots sold to an international assemblage of bidders representing 17 countries
- Full results are serviceable online at www.rmauctions.com and www.sothebys.com
NEW YORK, New York (November 21, 2013) – In which is being regarded as one of the greatest in quantity incredible collector car auctions of wholly time, RM Auctions and Sotheby’s Art of the Automobile demand today achieved $62,797,500 of sales in exactly over two hours of bidding. The packed sale room saw records tumble across large lots, with top sale honors going to a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, a wonderfully historic and primeval example of this very rare sports racing Ferrari, what one. sold for $14,300,000, establishing a of recent origin world record for the model at cant. Taking the number two spot was the plainly gorgeous 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Teardrop Cabriolet through . Figoni et Falaschi, commonly regarded for example one of the most beautiful coach built cars of every one of time, which sold for $7,150,000, furthermore establishing a new world record toward the model at auction.
The 31 participation-picked automobiles, two motorcycles and seven pieces of artwork, offered at the Art of the Automobile market, the first major collector car vendue to take place in Manhattan for over a decade, presented over a century of stunning automotive history and design in a exceptional gallery setting at Sotheby’s New York headquarters. The public sale, with its unique blend of sort and presentation, has set a reinvigorated standard within the collector car auction market and attracted a vast and multiform audience of international bidders, keen to incautious the finest examples of automotive artistry to be availed of to the market. Demonstrating both RM and Sotheby’s between nations footprint, bidders hailed from 17 countries, 15 percent of whom represented clients who had not at any time participated in an RM sale.
Rob Myers, CEO and Founder of RM Auctions, says: “Working with Sotheby’s, we set out to produce the finest automobile auction that there has ever been. Our aim has been to promote the bar and set a completely renovated standard for quality and presentation, and I am delighted to declare that these amazing results have proven it a prominent success. What we have established here in New York is a clean demonstration of how to bring more of the world’s rarest and greatest number exceptional automobiles to market, in the pair an exciting and visually arresting direction of motion. Furthermore, the sale has successfully brought frequent new collectors into the market with regard to the first time, which is fanciful news for our hobby.”
Aside from the Ferrari 250 LM and Talbot-Lago, made up of many additional lots sold spectacularly well during the sale, with several world personal history prices established. The third highest vender of the night was the unmatched 1959 Ferrari 250 GT SWB “Competition” Berlinetta Speciale, any of the greatest dual-purpose sports racing cars of quite time, with bespoke coachwork by Bertone. Huge attract in this car culminated in a chief bid of $7,040,000.
Other manifest European highlights include the 1954 Maserati A6G/2000 Spyder through . Carrozzeria Zagato, the only example by coachwork by Zagato, which sold conducive to $4,455,000 while the 1936 Delahaye Type 135 Competition Court Teardrop Coupé by Carrosserie Figoni et Falaschi, the 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Sports Coupé through . Freestone & Webb, and the 2011 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Bleu Nuit, every one achieved $2,420,000.
No inferior than 16 of the 31 automobile lots achieved in dissolute behavior of $1,000,000, including:
Lot 141 – 1964 Ferrari 250 LM by Carrozzeria Scaglietti – $14,300,000
Lot 122 – 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Teardrop Cabriolet through . Figoni et Falaschi – $7,150,000
Lot 136 -1959 Ferrari 250 GT SWB “Competition” Berlinetta Speciale – $7,040,000
Lot 134 – 1954 Maserati A6G/2000 Spyder through . Carrozzeria Zagato – $4,455,000
Lot 121 – 1955 Ferarri 250 Europa GT Coupe – $2,420,000
Lot 117 – 1936 Delahaye Type 135 Competition Court Teardrop Coupé through . Carrosserie Figoni et Falaschi – $2,420,000
Lot 112 – 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Sports Coupé through . Freestone & Webb – $2,420,000
Lot 126 – 2011 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Bleu Nuit – $2,310,000
Lot 111 – 1956 Aston Martin DB2/4 MK ll ‘Supersonic’ through . Carrozzeria Ghia – $2,035,000
Lot 110 – 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Series II PF Cabriolet – $2,035,000
Lot 124 – 1933 Duesenberg Model SJ Beverly – $1,760,000
Lot 127 – 1958 BMW 507 Series ll Roadster – $1,650,000
Lot 109 – 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster – $1,650,000
Lot 120 – 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing – $1,265,000
Lot 144 – 1933 Auburn Twelve Custom Speedster – $1,219,000
Lot 139 – 1964 Chevrolet CERV II – $1,100,000
In whole a staggering 11 cars achieved universe record prices:
Lot 109 – 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster – $1,650,000 – Record according to a 300 SL Roadster at auction
Lot 112 – 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Sports Coupe – $2,420,000 – Record despite a Rolls-Royce Phantom II at public sale
Lot 114 – 1933 Auburn Twelve Custom Speedster – $1,210,000 – Record instead of an Auburn Twelve Speedster at auction
Lot 115 – 1932 Ford V-8 Cabriolet – $319,000 – Record since an unmodified 1932 Ford at auction
Lot 122 – 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Teardrop Cabriolet – $7,150,000 – Record towards a Talbot-Lago T150-C SS at vendue
Lot 127 – 1958 BMW 507 Series II Roadster – $1,650,000 – Record on the side of a BMW 507 at auction
Lot 128 – 1958 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Convertible – $258,500 – Record during a 1958 Oldsmobile Convertible at vendue
Lot 130 – 1954 Pegaso Z-102 Series II Berlinetta – $797,500 – Record on this account that the model at auction
Lot 134 – 1955 Maserati A6G/2000 Spyder – $4,455,000 – Record by reason of a Maserati A6G/2000 Spyder at auction
Lot 138 – 1966 Jaguar E-Type Series I 4.2-Litre Roadster – $467,500 – Record since Jaguar E-type (non-competition prototype) at auction
Lot 141 – 1964 Ferrari 250 LM – $14,300,000 – Record since a Ferrari 250 LM at vendue
Art of the Automobile follows a striking three day exhibition in Sotheby’s 10th floor gallery, which also featured a fascinating symposium presented to in excess of 700 guests forward Tuesday evening. The sale caps not upon a record-setting year for RM Auctions, which included a $125 million sale in Monterey, California in August – the highest grossing collector car vendue in history. RM Auctions will kick against its 2014 auction calendar at the beautiful Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, January 16 – 17. RM’s 15th annals Arizona sale is closely followed by the company’s debut Paris opportunity to sell, February 5, during the world-remarkable Retromobile week. Full details for upcoming events are serviceable online at www.rmauctions.com.
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