With a carefully selected docket of vintage collectibles and modern exotics, Gooding & Company’s Amelia Island Auction has earned its reputation as one of the East Coast’s premier auto auctions.
In just eight days, thousands of car enthusiasts will crowd the Amelia Island barrier island for a weekend of displays, fine auctions, and concours. The sales and shows revolve around the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, the acme of Florida’s automotive calendar.
It won Motor Trend’s Car of The Year Award in 1972. It wowed all who test-drove it. It made passersby look twice, three times — even four times. “What the heck is that?” ~ The singular Citroën SM.
The 2011 Ferrari 599 SA Aperta, based on the 599 GTB and with just 80 built, exemplifies that continuing devotion to the ultra-special car for the most dedicated customers. Those clients, Ferrari knows, understand they are purchasing rare automotive artworks, which are usually pre-sold even before they’re unveiled to the public.
When many think of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, they perhaps think first of the coupe that absolutely stunned the automotive world when Mercedes introduced it at the New York Auto Show in 1954. Its gull-wing doors that opened upward into the roof gave it the iconic nickname that has been inseparable ever since.
Every January, Arizona’s dry, salt-free climate brings automotive enthusiasts from around the world to Scottsdale for a week of shows, auctions, and seminars. As the first major event on the collector car calendar, Scottsdale showcases a quality of cars rarely seen off of a concours green.
Looking back on the first five weeks of classic car auction sales in 2016, the immortal words of Mr. Dickens come to mind. Depending on which sale to which you consigned your car and what your car was, it was either the best of times or very much the worst of times.
Offering more than ten days of exotic car viewings, rallies, races and other go-to events, this is not an event to miss. One of the most prestigious events of the week will be the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction, to be held on Saturday, August 15th and Sunday, August 16th, and offering over 120 premium vehicles.
Premier Financial Services hopes to see you and your car at the over 50 events and venues for the Monterey Auto Week 2015. In attendance will be Premier’s CEO Mitch Katz, Vice President of Sales Doug Ewing, Southwest Sales Manager Michelle Yancey, Southeast Sales Manager Chris Warren, and West Coast Sales Manager Juan Garcia.
