More Than $64.59 Million in Collector Cars Sold at Pebble Beach Auction

Posted By Devlin Smith, August 18, 2010 in News & Events

This 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider sold for $6 million, setting a new world record for LWB California Spider sold at auction.

Gooding & Co., the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, sold more than $64.59 million in collector cars at the annual Pebble Beach Auctions, achieving its highest-ever recorded sales total in its Pebble Beach history, the company has announced. With only 106 lots sold, Gooding & Co.’s price per car averaged $609,000 at the Aug. 14–15 auction, according to the company.

Three vehicles sold for more than $6 million each at the auction—a 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider, a 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza and a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta SEFAC hot rod—achieving new world sales records during the live auction and also ranking as Pebble Beach Auto Week’s top three cars sold at auction this year, according to Gooding & Co.

In total, six world records were set at the auction: a world record for a LWB California Spider at auction, the 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione at $7.26 million; a world record for an Alfa Romeo at auction, the 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza at $6.71 million; a world record for a SWB Berlinetta at auction, the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta SEFAC hot rod at $6.105 million; a world record for a 200SI at auction, the 1956 Maserati 200SI at $2.64 million; a world record for a 340 America Spider at auction, the 1951 Ferrari 340 America Spider at $2.53 million; and a world record for an SS100 at auction, the 1937 Jaguar SS100 at $1.045 million.

For more information, visit www.goodingco.com.

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