Gooding & Company, Amelia Island
Omni Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Florida, was the setting for this year’s Gooding & Company East Coast auction, held on Friday, March 6. This was the 11th year the sale had been timed to coordinate with the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, and three of the top-grossing vehicles of the weekend were sold at Gooding.
Total sales finished at $20,785,080, modest compared with the firm’s $35.9 million Scottsdale, Arizona, event in January. Sell-through was a “market-leading” 93.25 percent, with 83 of 89 lots changing hands, and an average price beyond the quarter-million-dollar mark.
The top seller at the event was a 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Torpedo Phaeton, profiled in this report, which reached $2,205,000. Other interesting lots in the top 10 included the number two sale, an unrestored 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S with a mere 17,500 miles on it, which changed hands for $1,435,000. Setting a new world record with its sale price of $1,380,000 was the 1976 Porsche 934 pictured above. A 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider was bid up to $8 million against a $9-$11 million estimate, but did not make its reserve.
BY THE NUMBERS
Total Sales: $20.8 million
Sell-Through: 93.25 percent
Average Sale: $250,423
Top Sale: 1914 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Silver Ghost; $2,205,000
UPCOMING DATES
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