Gooding & Company Auction Pebble Beach 2012

Pebble Beach CA, Aug 18-19 - The official auction house of the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Gooding & Company has a history of record-setting auctions to its credit. Last year, the auction house realized 37 world records, including those for the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype that sold for $16.39 million, the world’s most valuable car ever sold at auction and the Whittell Coupe Duesenberg Model J that sold for $10.34 million, the most valuable American car ever sold at auction. Already in 2012, the company has set 24 world records, including those for the 1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am Spyder that sold for $4.4 million, a world auction record for Porsche, and the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing that sold for $4.62 million, a world auction record for an Alloy Gullwing and 300 SL. The company sold 297 collector cars last year, averaging $441,218 per-car sold, at its auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona; Amelia Island, Florida and Pebble Beach, California.

Photos by Randy Berg: von Krieger Special Roadster; 1932 Chrysler; 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom; 1955 Ferrari 857 Sport ; 1967 Austin-Healey; 1928 Stutz BB Coupe; 1959 Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage

Next Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction: Aug 17-18 2013