Gooding & Company made more than $ 16.1 million in sales, with a total of 58 out of 71 lots sold (an average sales price of $ 278,300 per car), at its inaugural Amelia Island Auction on Friday, 12 March, 2010 at the Amelia Island Plantation.
The auction’s top-seller was the star 1931 Voisin Mylord Demi-Berline that sold for $ 2.75 Million, an outstanding sale and world record for the Best of Show 2009 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance winner.
Many collectors and enthusiasts from around world attended and expressed
their enthusiasm for Gooding & Company’s new presence in Florida,
eager for the auction house to build Amelia Island into its annual
auction calendar as a permanent fixture.
The highly respected classic
car collector Michael Schudroff stated, 'Gooding & Company did a
wonderful job this evening…The presentation and production was high
class and a great crowd attended. We definitely look forward to seeing
them in Amelia Island next year.'
'One of my favorite moments at this auction was watching the incredible 1931 Voisin Mylord Demi-Berline set a world record up on our stage,' said David Gooding, president and founder of Gooding & Company. 'With more than .1 Million in total sales this evening and a strong showing by many of our collectors and clients, I am very pleased with the results from our debut Amelia Island Auction.'
In addition to the top-selling 1931 Voisin C20 Mylord Demi-Berline, two other cars sold for more than Million on Friday evening: the 1961 Porsche RS61 at $ 1.705 Million (Lot 55) and Gooding & Company 2010 Amelia Island Post-Auction Release the 1932 Bugatti Type 50 Drop Head Coupe at $ 1.1 million (Lot 66).
The excitement of Gooding & Company’s debut Amelia Island Auction is an outstanding achievement following the success of its last two auctions, which collectively garnered an outstanding $ 85 Million for
243 collector cars sold at both the 2010 Scottsdale Auction and 2009 Pebble Beach Auction.
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