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Written by Joe Holding
January should definitely be renamed Hammer Time". And no, not because Lewis Hamilton has been living the high life over the winter, but because of the plethora of classic and limited edition cars that went under the hammer at the Scottsdale auction in Arizona a few days ago. Obviously.With auctioneers including RM Sotheby"s, Gooding & Co, Bonhams and Barrett-Jackson, the biggest motoring auction in the US by volume totalled a whopping $251 million over the course of two days in Arizona. Although that doesn"t come close to the $294 million achieved twelve months previously.Despite the pinch, President and founder of Gooding & Company David Gooding said: "The demand in the market is definitely high for cars that are the best of their category."We were thrilled to set some new world records for exceptional cars at this weekend"s auctions."Click on to view some of the mouth-watering vehicles that were up for grabs, and the eye-watering price tags their new owners paid for themImage copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Photo by Brian Henniker.
Date written: 2 Feb 2016
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January should definitely be renamed Hammer Time". And no, not because Lewis Hamilton has been living the high life over the winter, but because of the plethora of classic and limited edition cars that went under the hammer at the Scottsdale auction in Arizona a few days ago. Obviously.With auctioneers including RM Sotheby"s, Gooding & Co, Bonhams and Barrett-Jackson, the biggest motoring auction in the US by volume totalled a whopping $251 million over the course of two days in Arizona. Although that doesn"t come close to the $294 million achieved twelve months previously.Despite the pinch, President and founder of Gooding & Company David Gooding said: "The demand in the market is definitely high for cars that are the best of their category."We were thrilled to set some new world records for exceptional cars at this weekend"s auctions."Click on to view some of the mouth-watering vehicles that were up for grabs, and the eye-watering price tags their new owners paid for themImage copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Photo by Brian Henniker.
Date written: 2 Feb 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 1944