BLENHEIM, Ontario, 26 October, 2020 |
This past weekend, 23-24 October, RM Sotheby’s presented the
exceptional Elkhart Collection in a live auction held in Elkhart,
Indiana, grossing a total of $44,385,420 in sales. Featuring over
240 highly collectable cars and a wide selection of memorabilia
offered almost entirely without reserve, the two-day auction
executed on behalf of trustees of U.S. Bankruptcy Court saw
spirited bidding activity both in the auction room and remotely from
no less than 2,500 bidders from 53 countries, with 55 percent of
bidders representing first-time RM Sotheby’s clientele. |
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Additional standout highlights include a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing, originally delivered to
Scuderia Ferrari driver Umberto Maglioli and retaining its matching-numbers chassis, engine, gearbox, and
body, which achieved $1,495,500 during the Friday sale session; a wonderful example of the original
supercar, a 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S by Bertone, boasting a very well-maintained restoration,
which sold for $1,160,000 on Saturday; and a 1967 Toyota 2000GT, one of 62 original left-hand-drive,
U.S.-market examples and retained for over 30 years by the original owner and famed American racer Otto
Linton, which brought $912,500. |
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