Price boom at the Gooding auction in Scottsdale 2013
Summary
On January 18 and 19, 2013, Gooding & Co auctioned 104 vehicles in Scottsdale for an average of USD 472,000. With a sales quota of almost 100% in terms of both value and number, various world records were celebrated. This auction article summarizes the results in detail in a sortable table and highlights some of the offers in pictures and text.
This article contains the following chapters
- Exquisite and expensive offers
- The incredible Mercedes 220d
- Impressive overall result
- A Lancia Aurelia B24S from the barn
- Expensive pavement
- In the wake of expensive offers
- Cheaper vehicles too
- Complete results in detail
Estimated reading time: 6min
Preview (beginning of the article)
If you think prices can't go any higher, you'll be proven wrong after the Arizona auction week. Gooding auctioned off a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster from 1957 for no less than USD 1.4 million (including surcharge, USD 1.54 million, or CHF 1.43 million or Euro 1.16 million). Until recently, 1 million for the open-top 300 SL was still the sound barrier. But it was not only the highest bid for the 300 SL that caused astonishment among experts. In the elegant surroundings of Fashion Square, Scottsdale's clothing paradise, Gooding & Co offered 104 vehicles for sale over two afternoons under a beautifully decorated tent city. Around 800 participants, mainly from the USA, attended the auction. The estimated prices alone would have been enough to deter buyers, as they were certainly not low. But the bidders wanted to know.
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