Barrett-Jackson, and Pick up Your Ex- Clusive 26Th Anniversary Pin
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ARIZONA ■ INTRODUCTION A Concours Joins the Auctions e’ve got a treat for you as a friend of Sports Car Market and Amer- ican Car Collector. Stop by our booth at Gooding, or come to the ACC Insider’s Seminar at Barrett-Jackson, and pick up your ex- clusive 26th anniversary pin. We ran out of our 25th anniversary Wpins nearly as soon as they were available in Monterey last year, and our 26th are sure to go as quickly. This guide, now on its eighth year, is the only complete guide to the week. You’ll find previews, maps, insider’s tips on where to eat, and advice from each auction company as to what to watch for in their events. Keep it handy. I know you’ll use it over and over. The Arizona Auction week may be on its way to becoming Arizona Collector-Car week. This year, both a concours and an automobilia marketplace join the calendar of events. Both the Arizona Concours d’Elegance and Automobilia Scottsdale are logical extensions of the sales. See more about them on pp. 44 and 50. Get ’em while All six auctions are geared up for action, maneuvering like they’re hot World War I dreadnoughts in the North Sea as they prepare to fire their salvos of desirable cars, from $5,000 trinkets to multi-million-dollar masterpieces. This is my 26th year going to Arizona, and the same advice applies as in years past. Carry sunscreen for the hot winter sun; those of us from winter climes may not realize ADVERTISERS INDEX just how pale we’ve become, and being toasty red all week just isn’t much fun. ACC Scottsdale Insider’s Seminar...68 AIG Insurance .................................39 Bring cold-weather gear for the chilly nights, when temperatures dip into the 40s. Alan Taylor Company, Inc ............48 I’ll never forget my first evening at Barrett-Jackson, when the short-sleeved shirt I had American Car Collector ................66 been wearing all day suddenly didn’t provide much protection from the icy wind. I Arizona Concours D’ Elegance ....29 began to wonder if I could get sunburn and frostbite on the same day. Aston Martin of New England .......55 Enjoy your weekend in Arizona, and be sure to say hi to me and the SCM gang. AuctionAZ.com ...............................43 Automobilia Scottsdale .................47 We’re especially eager to hear what you are bidding on, what you are selling, the news Autosport Designs Inc ....................57 about the one that got away and of course of the fantastic deal you just scored. It’s Barrett-Jackson.........................39, 72 collecting, in all of its facets. — Keith Martin ■ BMW Car Club of America, Inc. ...49 Bonhams / SF...................................11 Classic Showcase ..........................63 AUCTIONS Copley Motorcars ..........................60 22 Barrett-Jackson An automotive “lifestyle event” like no other Cosdel ..............................................42 DB Autosportif ..................................17 24 Russo and Steele The high-energy “auction in the round” Ferrari Financial Services ...............37 26 Bonhams The fast-growing auction keeps it classy Gooding & Company ......................9 Greystone Concours d’Elegance ..46 28 RM Auctions Offering blue-chip collectibles to jet-setting collectors Hagerty Insurance Agency, Inc. ..33 Hagerty Insurance Corporation ...54 30 Gooding & Company An upscale setting for some of the world’s Hahn and Woodward ....................41 rarest automobiles Hamann Classic Cars ....................31 32 Silver Auctions Family-friendly and easygoing Heacock Classic ...........................61 Heritage Classics ............................53 34 MidAmerica Auctions The year’s biggest antique-motorcycle sale Hollywood Wheels Inc .................6–7 Hyman, LTD ......................................59 34 Bonhams Vintage motorbikes cross the block in Vegas Intercity Lines...................................52 JC Taylor ..........................................65 John R. Olson Inc. ...........................67 FEATURES & EVENTS Kevin Kay Restorations ..................51 22 Insider’s Seminar Seventh annual event features all-star panel Lancair .............................................40 Legendary Motorcar Company ...10 50 Automobilia Scottsdale A Monterey Institution expands to Mac Neil Automotive Products ....20 the desert Mid America Auctions ...................35 56 By the Numbers Top sales from the 2013 Arizona auctions My Classic Garage ........................25 Palm Springs Exotic Car Auctions 19 70 The Other Coast January auctions on the East Coast Premier Financial Services ............71 Pro-Team Corvette Sales, Inc .......69 Putnam Leasing ..............................45 REFERENCE Reliable Carriers .............................23 36 Timeline of Events When and where you need to be Rick Cole Auctions .........................13 38 Area Map Drive times and distances to all the auctions Road Scholars .................................27 Russo and Steele LLC ...........2–3, 4–5 38 Phone Directory Numbers to know Silver Collector Car Auctions ........19 SCM Scottsdale Insider’s Seminar ...68 62 Doing Scottsdale right What to do when you’re in Scottsdale Sports Car Market ...........................66 T.D.C. Risk Management ...............39 All auction photos are courtesy of the respective auction houses unless otherwise noted TYCTA ...............................................20 Vicari Auctions ................................12 8 SCM 2014 ARIZONA INSIDEr’s GuIDE ARIZONA ■ AUCTION ROUNDTABLE Arizona Auction Roundtable SCM asks each auction house for their 2014 star and under-the-radar sleeper cars Bonhams Osborne Mark Osborne Director, U.S. Motoring Department, Bonhams, San Francisco, CA This year we Star Car are proud to present “The Tailor’s 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Touring berlinetta at Bonhams Car” — a 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Touring with triple carburetors spawned a cottage indus- Sleeper Car For the en- berlinetta (chassis# and benefiting from nu- thusiast who try of Crosley-powered 0088E). This beautiful merous weight-saving desires a bit of pizzazz on SCCA racing specials. early V12 Ferrari was measures. Raced in pe- a smaller budget, we of- Eligible for such high- delivered new to Italian riod, the car passed to its fer a delightful 1949 profile events as the tailor and racing driver present long-term owner Crosley Hot Shot – it’s California Mille, the Hot Augusto Caraceni. The in 1969, and it retains sure to be the talk of any Shot offers a chance to House of Caraceni was its original Touring parking-lot car-guy gath- rub shoulders with the known for making be- bodywork and matching- ering, and it might even motoring elite without spoke suits for the finest numbers engine and turn more heads than a making a major dent in European gentlemen, drivetrain. Ferrari 212. the wallet. including Enzo Ferrari Correctly restored to The Hot Shot was himself. extremely high standards, Crosley’s effort at a low- One of only four such it is one of the most at- cost sports car, and they berlinettas produced, it tractive and purest early were successful in com- represented Touring’s dual-purpose Ferraris we petition to the extent that first closed racing model have had the pleasure to they won the inaugural built for Ferrari, complete offer in quite some time. Sebring race in 1950 and M Auctions R Myers Shelby Myers Managing Director, RM California Star Car The ex-Bob Donner and ex-Don Wester 1961 Porsche 718 RS 61 Spy- der, boasting extensive racing history from 1961 to 1965, including nu- merous podium finishes at SCCA and USRRC Porsche 718 RS 61 Spyder at RM events. Beautifully re- 14 SCM 2014 ARIZONA INSIDEr’s GuIDE ARIZONA ■ AUCTION ROUNDTABLE 1929 Duesenberg Model J dual-cowl phaeton at Gooding & Company stored to original specifi- vides a terrific start to the Duval Dodge of the Beach Concours cations and currently in season, and our 2014 Dodge Family and is be- d’Elegance in 2011. fantastic condition, the event will be no excep- lieved to be the only RS 61 is offered for the tion; the lineup is as di- Model J originally sold in first time in nearly 20 verse and important as Detroit. years. ever. We look forward to This stunning Ameri- teele We’ve had a year of welcoming the global can classic was com- S pushing the envelope in collector community back pletely restored by famed terms of delivering some to the Arizona Biltmore Duesenberg specialist of the most significant as we continue to work to Fran Roxas of Chicago usso and collector cars to our dis- earn and maintain their and has won many pres- R cerning clients, including respect and business. tigious accolades that the $27.5 million Fer- include Best of Show at Alcazar rari NART Spyder, the Meadow Brook in 2010 most valuable road car and major awards from Drew Alcazar ever sold at auction. Our Pebble Beach Concours President, Russo and Steele, Scottsdale, AZ latest sale, “Art of the ompany d’Elegance and the Automobile,” held in con- C Amelia Island Concours The first Star Car junction with Sotheby’s d’Elegance. production in New York, set a new 1954 Hud- automobile for Lambo- benchmark for collector- Sleeper Car son Italia. rghini was the 350GT. car auctions, offering a This wonderful Hudson Even by today’s stan- unique auction experience Gooding & Italia is one of just 25 dards, the original design by presenting cars as true Gooding originally produced and elements hold timeless works of art. boasts a distinctive Frank integrity. An ultra-rare David Gooding Spring design and a hand- From the huge, glass- Sleeper Car President, Gooding & encased cabin