Being somewhat particular to Corvettes (hoping the one I own will eventually climb back above what I paid for it) they did set a few records last year:
A 1967 L88 coupe without race history brought $3,850,000.- at Barrett Jackson
(Those of you, who don't know what a 1967 L88 is, send me a p.m.) Highest price ever paid for a Corvette in an auction.Right behind was the 1969 "Rebel" L88, which was raced in Daytona and Sebring. (It had a Confederate flag painted on the roof as to mock the Greenwood Corvettes with Stars and Stripes)
It brought $2.86 million.
Ferraris, of course, topped the money list with $8,800,000 for a 1958 250 GT LW California, a 1958 250 GT S1 for $6,160,000 and a "bargain" 1956 410 Superamerica S1 for $3,300,000
I wonder how much of these prices were a result of testosterone running amok on the auction floor....
Compared to all these, my "dream car" at one point in time, the Mercedes 300SL Gullwing was dirt cheap: A restored 1956 sold for $1,402,500.- and its same year sibling in original, unrestored condition sold for $1,897,500.-. Darn, missed it again....
