Gooding & Co to auction #062 in Monterey

[Peloton25]

Drew - I'm not a regular SCM reader, so thanks for the links. I'm familiar with CA's laws for specially constructed vehicles, but doubt they came into play with the F1. I'm not suggesting that its CA registration is improper, just that it was not done using the McLaren VIN. Not sure that fully addresses the comments, but I was in no way suggesting the CA registration was invalid.

Gooding & Co have added the Ameritech VIN to the auction description now with this comment:

Please note that complete chassis number reads 1A9MC99L9SA398062.

= = =

Video preview of #062 at Gooding and an interview with Antony Sheriff of McLaren Automotive:

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/43106...-for-just-35m/

>8^)
ER

[F1FREAKZILLA]

does anyone know if it has sold yet?

[Peloton25]

It is on the list for tomorrow night's auction - fairly late in the running order. They will sell lots #77-162 tomorrow and the F1 is #145 on that list.

The auction starts at 6:00PM PST and you can watch it live online here:

http://www.goodingco.com/auction/auction.g&c

Gooding & Co had difficulty moving many of their lots tonight - only a small number of cars hit or exceeded their pre-sale estimates, and they also had a large number of No Sales where they apparently just missed the mark on the reserve.

The F1 may still perform well, but I wouldn't expect another record price like we saw in 2008 at RM London for #065.

>8^)
ER

[Peloton25]

Auction begins in about 15 minutes. The F1 probably won't cross the block until the 9pm hour, local time.

I'm going to record the bidding for the F1 - it won't be pretty as I'm basically going to point my digital camera at the screen on my laptop and press record () but at least those who can't watch it live will have something to see later on.

During last night's auction Gooding had 20 out of 74 lots go unsold due to not meeting their reserves so it will be interesting to see if that trend continues this evening. Something tells me there just might be enough interest in the F1. Also I don't think there are any other auctions running in Monterey tonight competing for people's money - last night they ran in parallel with RM's and Russo & Steele's sales.

>8^)
ER

[Paulthagerous]

I'm just getting a Gooding & Co logo with sound, it supposedly started 10 mins ago. Working for others?

[Paulthagerous]

Its going now!

[Peloton25]

They announced a delayed start because the Pebble Beach awards ceremony ran late.

>8^)
ER

[Peloton25]

They are two lots away from the F1.

>8^)
ER

[Paulthagerous]

3.25m US$!

[Peloton25]

Sold - hammer price $3.25M + 10% commission - WOW!

>8^)
ER

[Peloton25]

Here's my crappy video of the bidding:

>8^)
ER

[SnowBawl]

Originally Posted by Peloton25

Here's my crappy video of the bidding:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZxW8O7W2Hs

>8^)
ER

Thanks for the video. I had wanted to see it live, but I missed it last night.

[Peloton25]

No surprises here:



>8^)
ER

[F1FREAKZILLA]

Is that you Eric in the F1--we all know it is--lol

[tdc911]

I happened to take some photos of this car pre-auction. Will post the rest at a later date. (Pretty boring photos I might add)