Big prices for small vehicles at the Bruce Weiner Museum auction
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Created on February 19, 2013
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Bruno von Rotz
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Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM Auctions 2012
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Summary
On February 15 and 16, 2013, the RM auction house in Madison (Georgia) auctioned off 200 microcars from 98 different manufacturers to 95 new owners. Virtually the entire Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum went under the hammer on these two days. The price level was impressive, with the average selling price almost 30% higher than the estimated values. This auction report reflects the atmosphere, lists the detailed sales results and shows pictures of many of the vehicles sold.
This article contains the following chapters
- 8 million for 200 vehicles
- Things are looking up
- Big prices for small cars
- 23 offers remained under USD 10,000
- From barn finds to concours restorations
- World record for the Larmar
- Detailed results
Estimated reading time: 4min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Bruce Weiner is a tenacious collector. How else would he have managed to amass what is probably the largest collection of microcars in just 15 years and bring it together in a museum(Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum)? Weiner was primarily interested in hunting, rather than ownership, or so he said. That's why he had 200 vehicles, together with around 300 exhibition items (from toys to neon lighting), auctioned off by the RM auction house. 200 microcars (and relatives) came up for sale on February 16 and 17, 2013 at the auction of Bruce Weiner's collection, with the vehicles estimated at between USD 5.4 and 72 million. All lots were sold without a reserve price, a risk that paid off. At the end of the two-day auction marathon, the calculator showed a total of USD 8.1 million (including surcharges/surcharges of 15%).
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