The Arizona auctions are testing the waters when it comes to Japanese classics - every self-respecting auction house will be offering an overrestored Toyota FJ40 or two - but this new wave of interest in not confined to vehicles that one can't really drive at highway speeds. The low claimed mileage of this example perhaps plays a part in the estimate. Bonhams estimates that this example will bring between $225,000 and $275,000, which represents very healthy appreciation. There has been a bit of a recent surge in these due in some part, we suspect, to kids of the 1980s now buying cars whose posters hung on the wall next to the Farrah Fawcett poster.
The time to get in on these passed years ago, and these are still one of the rarest 911s of the past 30 years.
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emissions equipment, and will be supplied with the standard Porsche books and manuals as well as a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity. This example is optioned with a Blaupunkt radio, U.S. Supplied to the U.S., this example has a claimed mileage of just over 6,000 miles from new, and is said to have spent its life in the care of Porsche collectors, driving between Washington state and Colorado (apparently not that often). The car on offer from Bonhams hails from May of 1989, and is finished in a very photogenic Guards Red color. This Speedster comes from the very tail end of original Porsche 911 design, and traces many of its details to the look of the very first 911s. Offered with a wider "Turbo look" body and a somewhat frumpy cowl designed to conceal the folded canvas top, the 1989 Speedster was made in very small numbers: just 2,065 examples. The Speedster was introduced in 1989 just before the debut of the 964 body style, and it recalled a model from Porsche's past. Here's a car that'll have many Porsche aficionados kicking themselves, but one that is perhaps no stranger to frenzied collectors or speculators. This year's lineup of lots will have a total of four Japanese classics on offer, for those of you watching for trends, and given the modest number of total lots scheduled to be offered that's certainly an item that should be noted.īelow are ten cars to watch that we've picked out ahead of the Bonhams Auction in Scottsdale, which will take place at the Westin Kierand Resort and Spa on January 15. A very impressive-looking 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500K Sports Phaeton managed to attract a $1.43 million result, while the sole American car in the top ten was a very rare 1935 Auburn 851 Supercharged Boattail Speedster which sold for $467,500. Last year's all-stars were a parade of the usual suspects, and included a duo of 300SLs, a Roadster and a Gullwing coupe, in addition to a group of Ferraris including a 275 GTB/6C which brought $2.64 million.
In fact the top six sales generated seven-figure results, with all but one car being from a European marque.
Bonhams also boasted an 89 percent sell-through rate, with the top sale being a 1951 Ferrari 212 Export Touring Berlinetta that sold for $3.19 million. Bonhams Auctions won't have the largest selection of cars on offer this January when the auction house returns to Scottsdale for another crazy week, but a relatively small catallogue didn't prevent them from generating almost $25 million in sales at the same venue in 2014.