This year was our most successful Scottsdale auction to date with a total of 91% sold

Gooding & Company, the internationally-recognised made $ 33.9 Million in sales, with a total of 114 out of 125 lots sold, during its two-day Scottsdale auction held on Friday, 22 January Saturday, 23 January.

This year’s top-seller was the 1956 Jaguar D-Type Sports Racer that sold for $ 3.74 million, a star for its noteworthy provenance and stunning restoration. The sale of the D-Type marks the third consecutive year that Gooding & Company has sold the top-selling car of Scottsdale Auction Week.

'This year was our most successful Scottsdale auction to date with a total of 91% sold,' said David Gooding, president and founder of Gooding & Company. 'We were thrilled to bring such an outstanding collection of automobiles to Arizona and to have so many cars break the $ 1 million range.'

Gooding & Company broke two world records with the sale of the 1959 Costin Lister Jaguar Sports Racer for $ 1.1 million on Friday and the sale of the 1932 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Series V Gran Sport for $ 1.54 million on Saturday. This success follows in the wake of a strong $ 50+ million sale in August at the 2009 Pebble Beach Auction.