Acta_Non_Verba

I spent the entire day, Thursday, at Barrett Jackson, Scottsdale. It took from 9 am to 2:30 pm, just to walk all of the lots where cars were either already auctioned on earlier days or being queued for future hours/days. I should have seen everything there but in a lot of cases I was walking fast. I didn't start watching auctions until 4 pm. Thursday is an "off day", I estimate there were probably 75,000 people there. The BIG days are Fri/Sat. A Corvette Z06 will be auctioned off Sat night for charity, guessing it will be over $3M.

I took over 200 pics. I'll show a couple below. Of everything I saw, not one single AMG GT(S,C,R) up for auction. If there was, I missed them. This is good news on a couple fronts - they're rare in numbers and show owners are hanging on to them. I saw 2 SLSs, and this pair of perfect 300SLs:

CAUTION: Arizona is a "free state" so there will not be many masked spectators...LOL...




This is the "representative Z06". It is just the showcar. The auction winner will configure their car and it will be built as S/N 001.



Nice Bugatti:




This 35 Lincoln was well done and not auctioned yet.




Of some of the "stupid money" spent there, A 1969 Corvair went for $41K; A Good Humor Ice Cream cycle for $12K; A "Muffler car" for $19K and an army cart for $4K.






The Action. This was a pic taken in the morning. By afternoon, evening this pit and stands were full. People in these two pics all have bidders passes, so not spectators.





Some of the stranger stuff at BJ:

MalibuScott

I saw a nicely restored BMW 3.0CS on the docket for Sunday. I expect it will go for very stupid money. I had a 1972 3.0CS for 29 years and sold it in 2001 to a big time Hollywood Director for exactly twice what I paid for it. It was a very pretty car but nothing special in terms of performance. Nevertheless, I've regretted the sale every day since.

Saudio

Love the pics. I'm still not sure I love the looks of the Bugattis. And good news about no GTs for sale.

Acta_Non_Verba

There is a vendor at BJ that has some very interesting custom "Steampunk" items...some "mancave" tables, etc. I'm a big Steampunk fan. It was a special moment where I spent more than a few moments...

AMG GT C

One of those sold on BaT. Very cool!
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2021-289-v8-table/

Acta_Non_Verba

So, the RED 1955 300SL in my first pic sold for $1.7M. This is a perfect car!

Acta_Non_Verba

I can't believe I missed that, I watch BAT all the time. That same table was priced $20,000 at BJ.

Acta_Non_Verba

The other of the "pair" of red 300SLs, the 59, went for $900,000.