Monterey auction thread (the '24 edition)

Let the Games Begin!

 

A couple of lots appeared on the RM Sotheby's website, but then disappeared. These were 365 GTS #12253 and 212 Inter #0135E.

 

Broad Arrow and Gooding & Company have also published their first lots for their car week auctions.

Early highlights for Gooding include a 1957 BMW 507 (chassis 70089) and a 1961 Jaguar E-Type Series I 3.8-Litre Roadster (chassis 875781).

Broad Arrow's early highlights are a bit more impressive and include the 1972 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV (chassis 5048), the 1998 RUF CTR 2 (chassis W09BD0364WPR06010), a 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight (chassis 9113601177), and two 300SL's, a 1955 gullwing and a 1957 roadster (chassis 198.040.5500120 & chassis 198.042.7500680).

Gooding has no Ferrari entries published yet while Broad Arrow has just one, a 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS (chassis 05838).

 

@ECC we hardly knew ye . . .

 

Well, that escalated quickly.……missed the reason though. But probably too much of an add…

ciao
Oscar

 

Big difference between SWB and LWB Californias PLUS open and closed headlamps. Although 1217 GT is interesting and seems like it may be a good car, and now with its matching engine, that it did not have it for years is a bit of a story, plus non matching gearbox, missing numbers off the axle and non original disc brakes. 1795 GT is the first SWB California Spider, the Geneva Show car and Classiche Certified. RM Sotheby's state it has a competition spec engine. It does not. See here. Competizione engines have tipo 130 cams with 10 mmm lift. This car has standard cams with 9 mm lift. Velocity Stacks and 40 DCL Webers rather than 36 DCLs does not make it a comp. engine. Also has a MPH speedometer whereas the build sheets state KPH. Exhausts should be Abarth, not Ansa.

 

why does this list says for million mm? why not just a capital M?
mm are millimeter, so I wonder

could someone please explain to me?

 

MM is a common abbreviation for Million because M in Roman Numerals is 1,000, so MM is one thousand thousands, or one million.

 

1 K = One Thousand. A.k.a. One Grand.
1 M = One Million.
At least in Banking in Switzerland.
But what do I know.......

Marcel Massini

 

I didn't think anyone had "thousands" in their Swiss Bank account/s, only millions +

 

Open a new savings account and get a free toaster.

 

It's neat that the Swiss banking system is able to have their own little idiosyncrasies and operate entirely different than the rest of the financial world.

 

MM is clear for me, so capital MM, but here is written small mm, and that is why I wonder. a little confusing for me not using those shortcuts. but I also see there is no capital K, only a small k. but why it says K ( k ) for 1000 and not M ( m ) ?

 

Gilded, I assume?!

 

All the work I do is CapEx in the energy industry. I use MM. My current project: original budget 220MM, revised budget 290MM, EAC 396=410MM.

 

so I also know marcel, but never have seen mm

 

Just read into the context and it'll make itself clear.

 

So when reading a topic about auctions and estimates you didn’t think the “mm” meant measurements in millimeters? Shocking!

 

This is wild.

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Steven,

not to correct you, but some additional info:

if you look into the Foglio di Montaggio of 1795GT, you see:

Osservazioni

Motore competizione con assi a cammes normali


Californias were delivered with 36, 40 and 42 Webers, also one example (2935GT) with Solex.

SWB Competizione Berlinettas had 40 and 46 Webers. At least, these were the only Carbs, that my Foglios show.


2015GT, 2383GT had Tipo 130 Cams, 40 Webers. As did 2561GT. 2987GT "just" is a normal California in Alloy.
Early SWB Californias had 40 Webers, than 42, 40 again and the last ones had 36.



Yep, the exhaust is a complete different topic. Ferrari Classiche used ANSA. As it was the only easily available. Now, you could buy an expensive Abarth Repro, if you want.
Early Californias had a two box system, later ones a three box system (I racall, as soon, as the IGM 2130 OM is stamped into the Frame)


and so on and so on with the differences of all the 106 different Californias...