Gooding & Company, Scottsdale
Nine of Gooding & Company’s top sales at its Scottsdale, Arizona, auction, January 18-19, cracked the seven-figure barrier. At the top of that heap sat a 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB that changed hands for $7.595 million. The second-highest sale was a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT TdF Berlinetta that hauled in $5.89 million. Gooding also sold a 1953 Ferrari 250 MM Spider for $5.395 million. In fact, Ferrari locked out the first six places in Gooding’s top-10 highest sales for the weekend, with a pair of 1950s Mercedes 300 SLs (one Gullwing, one roadster) and a pair of Shelby Cobras rounding out the list. These big-ticket cars helped cement a healthy $48.1 million total over the two-day event.
For 2019, Gooding offered and sold five fewer lots than the year before, and the sell-through rate remained a healthy 85 percent. The average sale rose by about $11,000 per transaction, from $447,415 last year, to $458,458 in 2019.
BUGATTI
Year: 1937
Model: Type 57 Two-Light Ventoux
Condition: Restored/#2+
Reserve: Undisclosed
Selling Price: $885,000
Avg. Selling Price: N/A
This Bugatti was the last of just six Type 57 Two-Light Ventoux Coupes. Its body and mechanicals benefitted from a turn-of-the-millennium restoration that is only now starting to display patina. The chrome trim looked a bit tired, and some of the rubber around the bumpers was in poor nick. But the coachwork was original and only repainted. Similarly, the engine was original to the car, according to records. Great care was taken to keep as much original as possible (for example, the interior) during the restoration. The sale price was just under the $900,000 low house estimate.
PORSCHE
Year: 1959
Model: 356A Convertible D
Condition: Restored/#1- None $224,000 $285,000
