Santa Monica-based Gooding & Company sold a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL with a lightweight aluminum body for $4.62 million and a 1959 Ferrari 250 California Spyder for $3.9 million, at the auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona, this weekend. Standard 300SL Gullwing prices can exceed a million dollars, but this particular example was expected to sell for anywhere between $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. These alloy 300SL Gullwings come up for sale infrequently, though, which is perhaps why the final bid of $4.2 million was so high. With auction fees, the final selling price of the 300SL was an incredible $4.62 million, a new record for this car.
Gooding reported sales of seven million-dollar cars and $39.6 million in total sales, up 13 percent from a year ago.
The Scottsdale Auction – Top Seven Auction Results:
- 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing – $4,620,000
- 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider – $3,905,000
- 1930 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing-Top Convertible – $2,640,000
- 1929 Bentley 4 1/2 Litre Dual Cowl Sports Toure – $2,145,000
- 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 – $1,200,000
- 1965 Ferrari 500 Superfast – $1,100,000
- 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV – $1,100,000
