with commission/all-in?
Ryan - The red 1972 246 GT C&F (Lot 45, serial # 4970 - one owner car) sold for a bid price that was $195,000 over the HIGH estimate. The red 206 GT sold for $30,000 for a bid price that was $30,000 over the HIGH estimate. But the purple 246 GTS (Lot 5, serial # 8070) sold for a bid price that was $15,000 UNDER the LOW estimate. Any idea why? The right people not in the room? The color? Condition? Mark
dinogts/Mark wrote:>>>The red 206 GT sold for $30,000 for a bid price that was $30,000 over the HIGH estimate.<<< That'll be the bubble someone was predicting, then? It seems even Gooding weren't too optimistic...
i think you answered your own question-not many people want a purple dino...color is everything at an auction..
I looked at the purple Dino #8070 in 2010 when it was red. Lots of issues. I highly doubt that they were addressed with a little paint.
I was considering this car before I bought 2350 but did not go and see it. I don't mind the violet color but balked when I saw the original color as "blue" in the registry. Matthias, do you know if this was one of the original 31 Viola cars?
OOPPSS!! Should have read: The red 206 GT (Lot 70) sold for a bid price of $580,000 that was $30,000 over the HIGH estimate.
"Color" is NOT necessarily everything at an auction. A great purple/viola/aubergine car could do well at auction, regardless of whether Barney was in the room.
I think it depends on the buyer. Sophisticated buyers who already have 3 red Ferraris or like to be different will want an off color, but your average buyer wants a color people won't make funny remarks about.
I think I have heard more jokes about first time Ferrari buyers buying RED, with punch lines involving everything from "resale red," to "short unit" to "nouveau riche."
I like this part: "Every nut and bolt has been meticulously restored so this Dino will run, drive and look like a new 1974 246 Dino GTS." Makes you wonder was has all been done to this Dino since the last public sale.
