Top Prices for Classic Cars at the 2013 Pebble Beach Auction

Thirty classic and collectors cars achieved more than a million dollars at the Gooding & Co Pebble Beach Auction in August 2013.

1937 Bugatti 57SC Atalante at auction
1937 Bugatti 57SC Atalante at the 2013 Pebble Beach Auction   Photo: Gooding & Co

The classic car auction at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance® saw thirty cars exceeding a million dollars. Gooding & Company offered 127 lots including pre-war and modern super cars. A 1957 Ferrari 250 GT 14-Louver Berlinetta achieved the highest bid of just less than ten million dollars. Several records were broken including the highest price ever paid at auction for a Bugatti and a McLaren brand, the highest price for a post-1945 Alfa Romeo and several class type records.

Top Results at the Gooding Pebble Beach Auction

The Gooding & Co 10th Anniversary Pebble Beach classic car auction held on August 16 and 17, 2013, saw 28 new auction records. Gooding & Company offered 127 lots, of which 116 sold at an average price per car of $965,675 realizing $112 million for the auction.

The top price paid a the auction was for a 1957 Ferrari 250 GT 14-Louver Berlinetta that sold for $9,460,000 – the highest price ever paid for a Ferrari 250 Tour de France. The second and third highest prices set records for the respective marques: $8.7 million for a 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlante and $8.47 million paid for a 1997 McLaren F1. A 1948 Alfa Romeo 6C achieved almost $5 million for the highest price ever paid for a post-war Alfa.

See also: Results from the RM Auctions Monterey 2013 sale that included the highest price ever paid for a Ferrari and road-going car.

30 Million Dollar Cars at Pebble Beach Auction 2013

Thirty cars exceeded a million dollars at the Gooding & Co Pebble Beach Auction 2013. Ferraris featured prominently with 13 cars. Most cars were made in the 1950s and 1960s but top prices were also paid for a 2010 Bugatti Veyron ($1,155,000), a 2002 Ferrari F2002 ($2,255,000) and a 1997 McLaren F1 ($8,470,000).

The thirty classic cars selling for more than a million dollar each at the Gooding & Co Pebble Beach Auction 2013 were:

  1. 1957 Ferrari 250 GT 14-Louver Berlinetta $9,460,000
  2. 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante $8,745,000
  3. 1997 McLaren F1 $8,470,000
  4. 1955 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Competizione $7,150,000
  5. 1948 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Competizione $4,840,000
  6. 1966 AAR Gurney-Weslake Eagle Mk 1 $3,740,000
  7. 1957 Ferrari 500 TRC $3,080,000
  8. 1967 Ferrari 365 California Spider $2,970,000
  9. 1929 Bentley Speed Six Grafton Coupe $2,860,000
  10. 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB Long Nose Alloy $2,585,000
  11. 1929 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing-Top $2,365,000
  12. 2002 Ferrari F2002 $2,255,000
  13. 1990 Ferrari F40 LM $2,090,000
  14. 1965 Ferrari 500 Superfast $1,980,000
  15. 1954 Bentley R-Type Continental Fastback $1,980,000
  16. 1935 Avions Voisin C25 Aérodyne $1,925,000
  17. 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing $1,705,000
  18. 1963 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster $1,622,500
  19. 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS $1,595,000
  20. 1952 Ferrari 212 Europa Cabriolet $1,540,000
  21. 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB $1,540,000
  22. 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO $1,512,500
  23. 1964 Shelby 289 Cobra Competition Roadster $1,485,000
  24. 1956 Porsche 356 1500 GS Carrera Speedster $1,485,000
  25. 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB $1,485,000
  26. 1958 Maserati 3500 GT Spider Prototype $1,430,000
  27. 1933 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental Three Position Sedanca Coupe $1,320,000
  28. 1964 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso $1,265,000
  29. 2010 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport $1,155,000
  30. 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra $1,100,000

See also other recent classic car auction prices.

About the author:

Henk Bekker

Henk Bekker is a freelance writer with over 20 years of experience in online writing. His best-selling cars website has been reporting car sales statistics since 2008 with classic car auction prices focusing on the most expensive automobiles sold at public auctions in the past decade. He also owns the travel websites European-Traveler.com and Lake Geneva Switzerland. Henk holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School and an MSc in Finance from the University of London.