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Gooding's Time Capsule Cars for its 2011 Scottsdale Auctions

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Gooding will be unearthing some vintage competitors and a barely used road car to its 2011 Scottsdale Auctions next month: a barn find 1964 Shelby Cobra and 1965 Shelby GT350 R, 1964 Porsche 904, 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB, the purported lowest-mileage unrestored Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster anywhere.

Said to be the only unrestored Cobra in blue and red livery, the '64 snake spent 33 years in "storage" yet comes off as surprisingly lustworthy in spite of that. It began life as Carroll Shelby's promo car at SoCal racing venues, it was dredged up from the deep to do the Postwar Preservation Class at this year's Pebble Beach, and now expects to find a good home for somewhere north of $525,000. The '65 Shelby GT350 R is a one-of-26 was campaigned and did plenty of winning in the B-Production Championship in the sixties.

Another serious racer was the four-cam, fiberglass-bodied '64 Porsche 904. The one up for auction was used to beat Phil Hill, who was driving a Cobra, at Candlestick Park in 1965. Finally, the '62 Mercedes 300SL has so few miles that it could qualify for a barn find: 7,367 original miles in 48 years and still in the care of its original owner. And isn't there always a yellow Ferrari lurking anywhere there's a high-dollar party? This one's a 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB, and it just goes to show that some thing never change. The bidding will begin when the gavel goes up, January 21-22 next year. (Images © Alejandro Rodriguez/Gooding, © Pawel Litwinski/Gooding, © Scott Nidermaier/Gooding)

Gallery: 1962 Mercedes 300SL

Gallery: 1964 Porsche 904

Gallery: 1964 Shelby Cobra

Gallery: 1965 Shelby GT350 R

Gallery: 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB

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Vintage Ferraris Sell for Seven Figures at RM Amelia Island

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

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You wouldn't know we were in the midst of a major recession. Not by looking at the recent results from Amelia Island last week, where RM Auctions managed to sell some $19 million worth of cars with a remarkable 88% sale rate. Among them were four automobiles that exceeded the million-dollar mark: one classic Duesenberg, and three classic Ferraris.

But the vintage Prancing Horses in question were not from the iconic 250 series –like the GTO, Testa Rossa or California Spyder – which has broken all the records recently. These were the models that came after, and they each fetched seven figures. A rare 1971 Daytona Spyder once owned by auto scion Edsel Ford II sold at a hair over a million. A copper-toned, alloy-bodied 275 GTB/4 used as Ferrari's North American show car in 1967 went for a little under estimate at $1.26 million. And a stunning yellow 275 showpiece topped the bidding at $1.65 million, setting new high-water marks for late 60\'s/early 70s Ferraris.

Gallery: 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder, ex-Edsel Ford II

Gallery: 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Alloy Berlinetta, ex-Luigi Chinetti

Gallery: 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Berlinetta

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Prestigious Classic Ferraris on the Block at RM Amelia Island

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Time doesn't wait when rare Ferraris change hands. So even with the economy still rebounding, million-dollar prancing horses are still set to change hands and command seven-figure prices at RM Auctions' upcoming event on Amelia Island. Still a few months away, the March auction is set to feature two rare and highly valued Ferrari classics.

First up is a rare Daytona Spyder. Often imitated, only 121 examples of the Daytona Spyder were produced, and of them only 22 in yellow. This particular example had only three owners, including one Edsel Ford II, great-grandson of Henry Ford. It's expected to fetch over $1 million at auction.

It'll be followed by a rare alloy-bodied, four-cam 275 GTB/4, pictured above. Commissioned by Ferrari's official importer Luigi Chinetti, this unique copper example was shown at the 1967 New York Auto Show, and is estimated at $1.35-1.75 million.

Gallery: 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder, ex-Edsel Ford II

Gallery: 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Alloy Berlinetta, ex-Luigi Chinetti

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