Gooding & Company, Pebble Beach
BY THE NUMBERS
Total Sales: $76.8 million
Sell-Through: 77 percent; 108 of 140 lots
Top Sale: 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider; $9,905,000
UPCOMING DATES
March 6: Amelia Island, Florida
August: Pebble Beach, California
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.goodingco.com310-899-1960
Gooding & Company marked its 16th year in 2019 as the auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance August 14-17. The Santa Monica, California-based company returned to its traditional location at Pebble Beach Resort’s Equestrian Center, just a short walk from the famed 18th fairway that overlooks Carmel Bay. The schedule included two days dedicated to preview hours, allowing bidders and early-bird spectators to closely examine each of the 140 vehicular lots that had been assembled, but the gavel didn’t start hammering out its sales song until the evening of August 16.
Managed once again by the always entertaining Charlie Ross, 108 lots — or 77 percent — were auctioned to new owners from around the world. During the sale, 17 of those lots achieved prices above the $1-million mark, while five new auction world records were established, two of which ranked on the sale’s top-10 list.
Top honors went to a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB (long wheelbase) California Spider — discussed in more detail within this report — that realized $9,905,000. Landing in second spot was a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series 1 Cabriolet that brought $6,800,000, and rounding out the podium was three-time F1 Champion Nicki Lauda’s 1975 Ferrari 312T that achieved $6,000,000. Tops among the American-made contingent was a 1930 Duesenberg Model J Sport Berline that sold for $2,040,000, which placed it in eighth overall (all prices listed include a buyer’s premium).
As for world records, the list included the sale of a 1913 Isotta Fraschini Tipo IM ($2,645,000); a 1931 Studebaker Special Indy Car ($1,105,000); a 1962 Porsche 356B Super 90 Roadster ($610,000); a 1938 Tatra T77A Limousine ($412,000); and a 1917 Chalmers Record Speedster ($357,000). By way of comparison, 21 lots sold for less than six figures. Collectively, Gooding recorded a total of $76,824,740, which averaged out to $711,340 per lot.
For complete results from the Pebble Beach Auction, as well as a full.
