Next Thursday to Sunday Auctions America’s largest event of the year, their Auburn Fall Auction. It is hard to imagine that there are still this many cars available following the Monterey deluge, but we find some of the cars at this sale even more desirable than many of the Monterey cars. Check out our favorites below, and take a look at the full lot listing (an amazing 1000+ cars!) here in their complete listing of lots on offer.
Lot 5199 is this blue 1972 DeTomaso Pantera. This one is the right Pre-L model with chrome bumpers, and the blue/black combination is terrific. Their estimate is $60k-$65k, and this one is an interesting counterpart to the grey one we featured earlier this week.
Lot 4150 is this 1982 Ferrari 400i. We like black interiors in these cars and know of a silver one just like this in our neighborhood that looks terrific on these 5-spoke alloys. These cars are looked down upon too often, because whenever we see one in the wild we absolutely love it. Like most of them, this one comes with a GM automatic. We are sure that someone has developed a 5-speed swap, and doubt that such a procedure would hurt value. It might even increase it. The estimate on this one is $18k-$22k. Isn’t that new Fiat 500 money?
Lot 6037 is this 1957 Austin Healey 100-6 race car. This one was laced campaigned in 2012 and is said to have history at Road America back to the early 60s. If true, this one seems like a bargain at the $35k-$45k estimate. We’d love to see some early photos and race results.
Lot 6086 is this 1954 Chevrolet Corvette. This corvette has an interesting story back to its initial owner, but the color is why it is really interesting. 80% of these cars were white in 1954, and 15% of them were this beautiful Pennant Blue. This color looks terrific, and the straight-6 is very nicely detailed for this price range.
These were the same guys that had some interesting offerings at the new Burbank, California sale just a few weeks ago. That one has some high results but also some bargains, so it will be interesting to watch what happens in Auburn.