2009's Top Ten Cars Sold at Auction
Dec 30, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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2009's Top Ten Cars Sold at Auction "The top ten cars sold at auction in 2009 went for $12.2M on the high end, $3.1M on the low. That means there were at least ten people this year who responded to the town crier's screams of "Recession and Depression!" by saying, "Honey, did you hear what that man said? I couldn't make it out because I was busy smacking my lips all over these gold plated bon-bons. They're delicious. Here, try one..."
Not only was this a(nother) big year for auctions, in some ways it was the biggest year: the record for the highest car ever sold at auction was set at RM Auctions' Leggenda e Passione event in Maranello, Italy in May. If that's how buyers dealt with the sequel to The Great Depression, we have no doubt auctioneers are hoping for the same kind of discrete-consumption-is-the-new-black bidding next year. Follow on the for the full list...
1. 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa - Price: $12.2 million (€9,020,000), (RM Auctions - Maranello, Italy - May 17)
This car beat the previous record set by a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California of around $9.5 million (€7,040,000), just the year before at the same event. One of but 22 Sergio Scaglietti-designed, pontoon-fendered Testa Rossas, chassis number 0714TR was the fourth car built and the second customer car, delivered in the colors shown. Its first owner was privateer racer Piero Drogo, who raced it in Argentina, Cuba, and Portugal, and then became better known for his own coachbuilding exploits: it was Drogo who would build another iconic Ferrari, the 250 GT SWB Drogo, otherwise known as the "breadvan."
2. 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe - Price: $7.25 million (Mecum Auctions - Pebble Beach, CA - August 15)
The record for an American car sold at a public auction was also set this year ("Did you say gold-plated bon-bons? Yes, I'll have one, thank you...") by this 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe, chassis CSX2601. The winner not only got the car, but lessons from Bob Bondurant on how to drive it and technical advice from its designer, Peter Brock. The Bondurant-driven Shelby that won the 1965 World Manufacturers Championship -- hand-built in Italy, one of six built, and known simply as "The Championship Car" -- had failed to sell in May, then stormed into bidder's hearts determined to take another crown.
3 - 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider - Price: $5,115,000 (Gooding & Co - Pebble Beach, CA - August 16)
The silver and black, Pininfarina-bodied Ferrari captured Best of Class at the 1999 Concours d'Elegance, then returned for its 10-year anniversary by capturing $5.1 million. The V12 runner was restored to like-new condition with a little age, came with an exceedingly rare-yet-unrestored hardtop, was deemed "hard but not impossible to fault," was FCM certified platinum, and still only took half the record for a SWB California (see #1). Which makes us think the record-setting car must have been powered by fairy juice and angel's feathers..."
For the complete list follow the source @ Luxist -->> 2009's Top Ten Cars Sold at Auction
Not only was this a(nother) big year for auctions, in some ways it was the biggest year: the record for the highest car ever sold at auction was set at RM Auctions' Leggenda e Passione event in Maranello, Italy in May. If that's how buyers dealt with the sequel to The Great Depression, we have no doubt auctioneers are hoping for the same kind of discrete-consumption-is-the-new-black bidding next year. Follow on the for the full list...
1. 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa - Price: $12.2 million (€9,020,000), (RM Auctions - Maranello, Italy - May 17)
This car beat the previous record set by a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California of around $9.5 million (€7,040,000), just the year before at the same event. One of but 22 Sergio Scaglietti-designed, pontoon-fendered Testa Rossas, chassis number 0714TR was the fourth car built and the second customer car, delivered in the colors shown. Its first owner was privateer racer Piero Drogo, who raced it in Argentina, Cuba, and Portugal, and then became better known for his own coachbuilding exploits: it was Drogo who would build another iconic Ferrari, the 250 GT SWB Drogo, otherwise known as the "breadvan."
2. 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe - Price: $7.25 million (Mecum Auctions - Pebble Beach, CA - August 15)
The record for an American car sold at a public auction was also set this year ("Did you say gold-plated bon-bons? Yes, I'll have one, thank you...") by this 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe, chassis CSX2601. The winner not only got the car, but lessons from Bob Bondurant on how to drive it and technical advice from its designer, Peter Brock. The Bondurant-driven Shelby that won the 1965 World Manufacturers Championship -- hand-built in Italy, one of six built, and known simply as "The Championship Car" -- had failed to sell in May, then stormed into bidder's hearts determined to take another crown.
3 - 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider - Price: $5,115,000 (Gooding & Co - Pebble Beach, CA - August 16)
The silver and black, Pininfarina-bodied Ferrari captured Best of Class at the 1999 Concours d'Elegance, then returned for its 10-year anniversary by capturing $5.1 million. The V12 runner was restored to like-new condition with a little age, came with an exceedingly rare-yet-unrestored hardtop, was deemed "hard but not impossible to fault," was FCM certified platinum, and still only took half the record for a SWB California (see #1). Which makes us think the record-setting car must have been powered by fairy juice and angel's feathers..."
For the complete list follow the source @ Luxist -->> 2009's Top Ten Cars Sold at Auction
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