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AUTOS: Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Scores With Record-Breaking Saturday Sales
Tucker Torpedo, Bentley Franay, Mercedes Gullwing each earn $2 million as a record $43.9 million in collector cars go over the block.
The big-dog collector cars hit the stage at Barrett-Jackson on Saturday, with a number of multi-million-dollar sales as superb classics and unique concepts thrilled the gigantic crowd in the main tent.
All told, eight cars ran into the millions of dollars. Through Saturday, total sales for the Scottsdale auction exceed $85 million, with 244 collector cars selling on Saturday alone for $43,884,730, exceeding the previous record set in 2007.
Not surprisingly, the headline collector car of the Scottsdale auction, the 1948 Tucker Torpedo, became the top sale of the event with a resounding bid of $2.65 million, plus 10 percent bidder fee.
One of just 51 cars built in the short life of the Tucker car company, the gleaming-blue, rear-engine sedan with its signature triple headlights rolled onto stage with a round of applause from the massive auction crowd that didn’t stop until the Tucker was hammered “sold” by auctioneer Spanky Assiter.
“The best Tucker in the world in my opinion,” Barrett-Jackson president Steve Davis said of the car consigned from the Ron Pratte collection in Chandler, Ariz.
Another star of the Scottsdale auction, the 1947 Bentley Mark VI with its glorious Franay body, climbed quickly to a winning bid of $2.5 million, plus 10 percent bidder fee.
Widely considered to be the most beautiful Bentley ever built, the auction car was also brought to the auction by Pratte, a Barrett-Jackson regular and renowned car enthusiast.
“An English chassis with a beautiful French coach on it,” auction CEO Craig Jackson said before the bidding. “This has to be the most beautiful Bentley ever produced.”
The all-original 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing driven just over 4,000 miles was the first car of the evening to hit $2 million, before 10 percent bidder fee, which is a towering price for a steel (rather than alloy) Gullwing but not unexpected considering its pristine condition.
Next up was the exotic and extremely rare 1933 Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow, also from Don William’s Blackhawk Collection, that equaled the Gullwing sale at $2 million, before fee.
All told, eight cars ran into the millions of dollars. Through Saturday, total sales for the Scottsdale auction exceed $85 million, with 244 collector cars selling on Saturday alone for $43,884,730, exceeding the previous record set in 2007.
Not surprisingly, the headline collector car of the Scottsdale auction, the 1948 Tucker Torpedo, became the top sale of the event with a resounding bid of $2.65 million, plus 10 percent bidder fee.
One of just 51 cars built in the short life of the Tucker car company, the gleaming-blue, rear-engine sedan with its signature triple headlights rolled onto stage with a round of applause from the massive auction crowd that didn’t stop until the Tucker was hammered “sold” by auctioneer Spanky Assiter.
“The best Tucker in the world in my opinion,” Barrett-Jackson president Steve Davis said of the car consigned from the Ron Pratte collection in Chandler, Ariz.
Another star of the Scottsdale auction, the 1947 Bentley Mark VI with its glorious Franay body, climbed quickly to a winning bid of $2.5 million, plus 10 percent bidder fee.
Widely considered to be the most beautiful Bentley ever built, the auction car was also brought to the auction by Pratte, a Barrett-Jackson regular and renowned car enthusiast.
“An English chassis with a beautiful French coach on it,” auction CEO Craig Jackson said before the bidding. “This has to be the most beautiful Bentley ever produced.”
The all-original 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing driven just over 4,000 miles was the first car of the evening to hit $2 million, before 10 percent bidder fee, which is a towering price for a steel (rather than alloy) Gullwing but not unexpected considering its pristine condition.
Next up was the exotic and extremely rare 1933 Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow, also from Don William’s Blackhawk Collection, that equaled the Gullwing sale at $2 million, before fee.
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