European automotive auction heaven dubbed Retromobile has come and gone in the form of the 2016 Paris Auction offerings by houses Artcurial, Bonhams and RM Sotheby’s. After a mild Scottsdale 2016 offering with less elite examples bringing in less money in general than previous years, Paris 2016, and especially Artcurial’s 6 world record auction sales, showed a completely different and likely telling indication of where things may really stand in the marketplace, at least in terms of where the blue chips stand.
With multiple records broken for numerous marques, the Paris auctions have shown that the best, most elite examples in multiple categories are still bringing in the interest.
The collectible car trade was alive and well this past week in Paris and we’ve got you covered on what went down in our usual simple one stop shop link list.
Please find our full lot result links and 300SL links as well as our auction weekend highlight picks below.
FULL AUCTION LOT RESULTS
Artcurial
RM Sotheby’s
Bonhams
Paris 2016 Highlight Sales
Ferrari 275 GTB berlinette 1966 Sold for €2,070,000 ($ 2,325,852) Bonhams
1955 Porsche 550 Spyder by Wendler Sold for €2.744.000 ($3,097,976) RM Sotheby’s
1957 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti Sold For €32,100,000 ($36,240,900) Artcurial
1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica LWB Coupé Aerodinamico by Pininfarina Sold for €2.950.000 ($3,330,550) RM Sotheby’s
1957 BMW 507 Roadster Series II Sold for €2.016.000 ($2,276,064) RM Sotheby’s
300SL Lots
– Multiple Mille Miglia Storica participant
– Original matching-numbers engine
– Recent full engine service and detailing
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