Auto Auction News: Gooding & Company 2021 Pebble Beach (12 photos)

While there is a short pause between auctions, let's return to the most expensive auction of this year. This year, the cheapest car in the TOP 10 of this auction costs almost three million dollars. It took place back in August.





TOP 10 looks like this:

10. 1992 Ferrari F40 sold for $2,892,500



The model, released in honor of the company's 40th anniversary, is now a collector's dream. The Ferrari F40 was the first road-legally produced car to break the 320 km/h (200 mph) barrier. Design by Leonardo Fioravanti. The first production car with a body made of Kevlar.

It was planned to produce only 400 copies, but due to wild demand, after its debut at the 1987 Frankfurt Motor Show, the number grew to 1,315 copies. 213 copies were produced for the US market; they came with air conditioning and catalytic converters as standard.

9. 1914 Stutz 4E Bearcat sold for $2,920,000





A racing car from the early 20th century. The company rolled out its first prototype directly to the 1911 Indianapolis 500. In 1912 they won 25 out of 30 auto races.

The first owner of this specimen was Thomas Ives Hare Powel, a descendant of the founder of Brown University.

Over its long life, the car changed many owners, it was in the garage of Winthrop Rockefeller (the future governor of Arkansas), and was in the giant collection of William F. Harrah. In 1936, he even took part in the race again and won it.

In 1965, he was restored for the first time, thanks to Rockefeller.

The seller has owned it since 2006.

8. 1963 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster sold for $3,085,000



The brainchild of Max Hoffman. It looks like he came up with all the iconic models of the 50s. At his request, a road version of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL sports coupe appeared, and later a Roadster version. The coupe debuted in 1954 in New York, this would be the first time that a new product was shown abroad before in Germany itself.

7. 1961 Aston-Martin DB4 GT sold for $3,305,000



The DB4 was introduced in 1958. It was a completely new car for the company. The body is of a new design, a new six-cylinder engine, a 4-speed gearbox with synchronizers in all gears. Light body and 240 hp. under the hood made this model the fastest on public roads in those years.

The GT version appeared at the end of 1958. It had a lighter body and a 300-horsepower engine. You could drive them to the office every day, and compete successfully in races on weekends.

Only 75 examples of this version were produced, of which 30 were left-hand drive.

This example was produced in Goodwood Green with a red Connolly leather interior. Its first owner was Georges Filipinetti, owner of the Filipinetti racing team.

He had used the car for less than a year and had only driven it 3,800 km.

The second owner bought it in February 1962 and sent the car back to the factory. At his request, the car was prepared for racing, it received shorter gears and Bosch brake boosters. In the 1962 season, the car took part in many competitions. He took part in races until the early 90s and even had an accident.

In the early 2000s, the owner gave it away for restoration. By that time, the mileage was already almost 100,000 km. The mechanics were handled by the famous company Roos Engineering, and the body work was done in the Garage Eyra workshop.

In 2010, the car was exhibited at the Retromobile exhibition, where it was bought by a collector from Germany. After the purchase, he sent the car to the UK for another restoration at the Marksdanes Restorations Ltd workshop.

After restoration, the car was sold in the USA.

6. 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 sold for $3,662,500



The new model, which replaced the Ferrari 250, debuted in Paris in 1964 and was again designed by Pininfarina. The 275 GTB is the company's first pure road model. She wasn't designed for racing, but she couldn't avoid it.

Under the hood was a 3.3-liter V12 with 280 hp. at 7600 rpm with three Weber carburetors. It was possible to order a version with six Weber carburetors, then the power was already 300 hp.

In 1965, the model was modernized, the front overhang became larger, the rear window was enlarged and external trunk hinges were added. In 1966, a 4-seater version GTB/4 appeared.

Only 330 copies were produced. The buyer of this car ordered the installation of electric windows and an electric antenna. He personally came to the factory to pick up his car and, together with two other buyers, one of them was the famous Luigi Chinetti, went on a trip. Three brand new Ferrari 275 GTB/4 from Maranello left for Paris. So the Mont Blanc Pass was closed and they had to spend the night in Geneva. The next day they reached Paris, drove around the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysees, and headed to Le Havre. Where they loaded their cars onto a ship in the USA. The owner remembered this trip for the rest of his life.

He constantly operated and maintained the car. In 1989, he gave it away for the first restoration. In 2007, the car received the Ferrari Classiche certificate.

5. 1930 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing-Top Convertible Coupe Sold for $3,965,000



Cars of this brand leave no one indifferent. Some people admire the technical part, others the elegant bodies. The Model J was first shown to the public at the New York Auto Show in December 1928. It was more powerful, faster and better than any other American car. The inline eight produced 265 hp.

In those years, these cars cost more than a Rolls-Royce or Hispano-Suiza ($8,500 per chassis). Therefore, they quickly replenished the stars' garages. Greta Garbo, Al Jolson, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Dolores del Rio and her husband Cedric Gibbons (director and creator of the Oscar statuette), William Randolph Hearst, Philip K. Wrigley, Howard Hughes, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Queen Maria of Yugoslavia, King Vittorio Emmanuel III of Italy and Prince Nicholas of Romania.

With this body, the Murphy studio produced only six copies; they have a soft top that retracts inward, which is why they are called Disappearing Top. Of these six cars, five were short wheelbase and one was long wheelbase. Only four copies have survived to this day.

This copy was made by order of a woman. At her request, the spare wheels were removed back so that they would not spoil the silhouette of the car. In 1934 the car was sold, and it went from collection to collection until 1979. Then collector Dick Burdick bought it and kept the car in his collection for 36 years!

The seller, after purchasing the car in 2016, immediately sent it for restoration. The budget was unlimited. After this restoration, the car took first place in the Duesenberg class at the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance with a score of 100 points, a very rare occurrence.

4. 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet sold for $4,405,000



The model debuted in 1954 at the Paris Motor Show. Under the hood was a 3.0-liter V12 engine producing 240 hp.

There were only 40 cars of the first series in the convertible body, and they were not similar to each other. They were built to order, for a specific client.

This one was 34th. It left the factory in Oro Andalusia with a beige interior and was exhibited at the 1958 London Motor Show. In 1964 he moved to the USA.

In 2008, the car was badly damaged in a fire. The owner almost immediately sold his remains.

The new owner took the car to the Motion Pictures workshop, which completely restored the car. After their tremendous work, the car received a Ferrari Classiche certificate and was listed in the company's Red Book.

3. 1929 Bugatti Type 35B Grand Prix sold for $5,615,000



The Bugatti Type 35 is the finest racing car built by Bugatti. This model has more than 1,000 victories in various races, including 351 in the Grand Prix series, and set 47 speed records. The Bugatti Type 35 won the 1926 World Championship and took first place in the French Grand Prix in 1928, 1929 and 1930, as well as in all Targa Florio races from 1925 to 1929. This racing career, unprecedented in the history of motorsport, is due solely to the engineering talent of Ettore Bugatti and the efforts of the best drivers of the Bugatti team: Louis Chiron, William Grover-Williams, Bartolomeo Costantini and Emilio Materazzi.

The Type 35B version was the last in the Type 35 series. Initially, the cars were called Type 35TC, as they were equipped with engines from the Type 35T with a supercharger from the Type 35C. Their engine produced 138 hp. They accelerated to “hundreds” in 6 seconds. The maximum speed was 210 km/h.

A total of 45 copies were produced.

This car was used to win the 1929 French and Spanish Grand Prix by Williams and Chiron. Chiron bought it after the races. In the early 30s he sold it to Germany. Fortunately, the car survived the war and was exported to the USA after it.

It was last restored in the workshop of Ivan Dutton Ltd. in 2006.

2. 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione sold for $10,840,000



In late 1957, two of the most successful and influential Ferrari dealers in the United States, Luigi Chinetti and John von Neumann, convinced the company of the need for a convertible based on the Ferrari 250 GT. Americans wanted a car that could be used to commute during the week and compete on the weekends.

The result was the California Spider with a body from the Carrozzeria Scaglietti workshop.

Only 106 examples of the model were built between 1957 and 1963 - 50 long wheelbase (LWB) and 56 short wheelbase (SWB).

This example is one 10 with a long wheelbase in the sports specification - Competizione.

This example was produced by order of racer Dottore Ottavio Randaccio. His car had a special engine with a different camshaft, higher compression ratio, Borgo pistons and 6 DCL3 Weber carburetors. On the dyno it produced 253 hp. at 7200 hp It was paired with a sports gearbox. In addition, the car received a limited slip differential, an Abarth exhaust system and a 136-liter fuel tank. It was painted red, but with stripes the color of the Italian flag in the middle.

The driver's successful performance was noticed by the company and this car even ended up in the company's yearbook.

At the end of the year, the customer sold the car and until 1995 the sports car changed owners without leaving Italy. In 1995 he was taken to the USA.

In 2017, the sports car underwent a cosmetic restoration at the Moal Coachbuilders workshop.

1. 1995 McLaren F1 sold for $20,465,000



The legendary McLaren F1 is every collector's dream. Only 106 copies were produced. Of these, only 64 are intended for public roads.

Under the hood they have a 6.1-liter V12 from BMW, producing 627 hp. and 650 Nm of torque. The gearbox is a six-speed manual with a three-disc carbon fiber clutch, developed in collaboration with the American company Wiesmann Transmissions. Acceleration to “hundreds” in 3.2 seconds. The McLaren F1 held the status of the fastest production sports car in the world for 12 years (from 1993 to 2005) - 386 km/h.

This example is the 25th road supercar. Moreover, it is the only one painted in a special Creighton Brown color. The interior is trimmed in Light Tan and Dark Brown leather.

The supercar spent most of its life in Japan, and now it is in the USA.

Mileage only 390 km! It's still on the factory Goodyear Eagle F1 tires.