{"id":1303,"date":"2016-05-06T17:15:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slickpix.de\/curbs\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2016-05-06T17:15:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:15:07","slug":"auction-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slickpix.de\/en\/auctions\/versteigerungsweltrekord\/","title":{"rendered":"Auction world record"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW AUCTION WORLD RECORD FOR CARS IN EURO: OVER 30 MILLION!<\/h2>\n
The epoch category of racing cars from 1953 to 1961, the era of the first World Sportscar Championship, remains by far the most expensive for historic racing cars, at least in terms of auction results. The current ranking of all results here in the Euro era since 2002 shows only seven-figure values in Euros for the first 71 places (!). In the top 20 places, all vehicles are valued at over 3.5 million Euros, and now the top five results \u2013 for four Ferraris and a '53 Jaguar C-Type Works Lightweight \u2013 are even eight-figure.<\/p>\n
The previous record, set at the Bonhams auction during the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed at approximately 14.4 million Euros for a \u201e54 Ferrari 4.9 Liter 375 Plus Spider Competizione, was surpassed by RM\/Sotheby's in New York late last year, which sold a \u201c56 Ferrari 290 MM for over 25 million Euros. This new record for that era category, however, only lasted a few weeks, as Artcurial at Retromobile in Paris on February 5th truly outdid themselves, fetching 32,075,200 Euros for a '57 Ferrari 335 S! This simultaneously marks a new world auction record for cars overall \u2013 in Euros and British Pounds. Only when measured in US Dollars does the '62 Ferrari GTO, which Bonhams sold for 38.115 million US Dollars at Quail Lodge, remain ahead. According to the auctioneer, the Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti, with its 3.8-liter V12 cylinder engine and chassis number \"0674,\" debuted at the 1957 12 Hours of Sebring in the hands of Peter Collins and Maurice Trintignant, finishing sixth. Later that year, Wolfgang von Trips drove it to second place in the Mille Miglia. Sold in 1958 to American Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti, it won the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix under Stirling Moss and Masten Gregory. After another sale in the USA, French collector Pierre Bardinon acquired the car in 1970 and was its owner for 35 years.<\/p>\n
The traction of the racing cars of that era also reaffirmed the result achieved by RM\/Sotheby's in Paris at the beginning of February for a \u201e55 Porsche 550 Spyder. The 2.744 million euros for chassis number \u201c550-0068,\" according to RM\/Sotheby's, which was also exhibited at the IAA in Frankfurt in 1955, were quite close to the two previous record prices for vehicles of this series (Gooding & Company, Amelia Island 2012, converted to around 2.8 million euros, and Mecum Auctions Monterey 2013, converted to around 2.77 million euros).<\/p>\n
In rapid succession, in January at Gooding & Company in Scottsdale\/Arizona and then at Artcurial in Paris in early February, the auction world record for touring cars was significantly improved twice, in both cases by 1965 versions of the Alfa Romeo GTA. In the era category of touring cars from 1963 to 1975 (European Touring Car Challenge, European Touring Car Championship), the new record now stands at 441,040 Euros, achieved by Artcurial in Paris for one of the very first GTAs delivered to France, chassis number \u201eAR 613311.\u201c This car had been in the hands of the same owner there for 40 years. This surpassed the previous record by more than 100,000 Euros (also Artcurial for a 1970 Alfa Romeo GTAm on the same occasion two years ago: 328,992 Euros).<\/p>\n
Gooding & Company achieved 440,000 US dollars (approximately 390,000 euros) for the '65 GTA, which originally and repeatedly belonged to the well-known Berlin race driver Herbert Schultze and was used very successfully in his hands over the following years. According to the auctioneer, the complete racing history between 1965 and 1971 is also documented here and was published by Gooding & Company. In the touring car category, three Alfa Romeos now occupy the top three places, ahead of a '66 Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n
RM\/Sotheby's set another new auction world record in January in Arizona, where an early \u201e65 version of the seven-liter Cobra Roadster went under the hammer for $2,255,000 (just over two million Euros). This improved the old record for vehicles of this model series by more than \u20ac450,000 (also by RM\/Sotheby's on the same occasion three years ago: $2,007,500). According to the auctioneer, chassis number \u201cCSX 3010\" also has an extensive racing history in the USA and Canada between 1965 and 1971.<\/p>\n
Bonhams also managed to set a new record at Retromobile in Paris \u2013 156,400 euros for a 1975 Fiat-Abarth 124 Rallye Group 4, more than double the price in 2014 for a 1973 model at its own auction during the Goodwood Revival (51,750 GBP). According to the auctioneer, the first owner was Fiat itself, before Luca di Montezemolo personally handed it over to the Italian rally champion of 1972, Vanni Tacchini. Tacchini entered the Fiat-Abarth 124 Rallye in the 1977 Rallye Sanremo and the Rallye della Lana before it disappeared into his garage for more than 40 years. However, between 2009 and 2012, the car was used again in various Historic Rallyes in Italy.<\/p>\n
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Race Car Auction Results<\/h3>\n\u20ac32,075,200 Ferrari 335 S 1957 \u2013 Artcurial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Racing Cars \/ Racing Prototypes \/ Sports Cars<\/h4>\n
Car<\/strong> Ferrari 335 S Sport Scaglietti \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1957 \nResult:<\/strong> 32,075,200 Euros \nAuction<\/strong> Artcurial Retromobile Paris<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Porsche 550 Spyder by Wendler \nYear of manufacture<\/strong>1955 \nResult:<\/strong>2,744,000 Euros \nAuction<\/strong>RM\/Sotheby's Retromobile Paris<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Porsche 356 Speedster \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1955 \nResult:<\/strong> 352.000 USD \nAuction<\/strong> Gooding & Company Scottsdale<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Shelby Mustang GT 350 \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1966 \nResult:<\/strong> 179.200 Euro \nAuction<\/strong> RM\/Sotheby's Retromobile Paris<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Fiat-Abarth 124 Sport Rallye Coup\u00e9 Groupe 4 Spider \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1975 \nResult:<\/strong> 156.400 Euro \nAuction<\/strong> Bonhams Retromobile Paris<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Alpine A 110 1600 S Groupe IV, Ex-Jean Saurel \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1970 \nResult:<\/strong> 116.816 Euro \nAuction<\/strong> Artcurial Retromobile Paris<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Chevrolet Corvette Race Car \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1968 \nResult:<\/strong>110.000 USD \nAuction<\/strong> Mecum Auctions Kissimmee\/FL<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I \u2018Think Pink\u2019 \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1959 \nResult:<\/strong> 60.500 USD \nAuction<\/strong> RM Sotheby's Arizona<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Fiat-Abarth 750 GT Zagato \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1958 \nResult:<\/strong> 53.640 Euro \nAuction<\/strong> Artcurial Retromobile Paris<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong>Lotus Elan S4 FHC Race Car \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1970 \nResultat<\/strong> 29.250 GBP \nAuction<\/strong> Silverstone Auctions Race Retro<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Fiat-Abarth 750 GT \u2018Double Bubble\u2019 by Zagato \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1958 \nResult:<\/strong> 30.800 Euro \nAuction<\/strong> RM\/Sotheby's Retromobile Paris<\/p>\n\n
Formelwagen<\/h4>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Stanguellini Formula Junior \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1959 \nResult:<\/strong> 72.500 Euro \nAuction<\/strong> RM Sotheby\u2019s Retromobile Paris<\/p>\n\n
Tourenwagen<\/h4>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1965 \nResult:<\/strong> 441.040 Euro \nAuction<\/strong> Artcurial Retromobile Paris<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> BMW 2002 Tii Group 2 Touring Car \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1970 \nResult:<\/strong> 32.060 GBP \nAuction<\/strong> Silverstone Auctions Race Retro<\/p>\n\n
Car<\/strong> Ford Anglia Race Car \nYear of manufacture<\/strong> 1960 \nResult:<\/strong> 22.500 GBP \nAuction<\/strong> Silverstone Auctions Race Retro<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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