Dorotheum Wiesenthal Auction 2018 - A great moment for well-kept Mercedes classics
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On December 1, 2018, the Wiesenthal collection went under the hammer at Dorotheum, 13 sought-after Mercedes-Benz models including the Gullwing and the 600. Around EUR 3.6 million was expected for all the cars, but in the end it was almost EUR 5 million. Bids of up to 2.6 times the estimated value were made, e.g. for the 450 SEL 6.9 and 560 SEL saloons. The Gullwing fetched almost EUR 1.5 million. This auction report analyzes the results and shows all the cars in pictures.
This article contains the following chapters
- High prices for top class limousines from the seventies and eighties
- The 600 with a moving history
- Valuable gullwing
- High and low flyers
Estimated reading time: 3min
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"Wiesenthal moves.". The advertising slogan of the traditional Viennese Mercedes-Benz car dealer dynasty Wiesenthal can certainly also be applied to the in-house Mercedes collection: With the auction of 13 models, a cross-section of the post-war model history of Mercedes-Benz, interesting and sought-after vehicles from Sindelfingen came under the hammer at Dorotheum in the Camineum of the Austrian National Library in Vienna on December 1, 2018. The 13 cars were offered without a reserve price, representing a total value of around EUR 3.6 million according to estimates. However, the bidders went much further, with almost all cars outbidding the estimated prices, so that in the end (and after factoring in the surcharges/commissions) a total of almost EUR 5 million was raised.
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