1967 Pontiac Firebird Convertible #1 - $165k in 2021

Serial no. 001, the first Firebird produced.

Nut and bolt concours rotisserie restoration to as original condition by Gas Monkey Garage. Original 326 CI V-8 engine. Correct factory specs.

Column-shifted automatic transmission. Power steering and brakes.

Regimental Red with Red bucket seat interior. 80,389 believed-original miles. The car is powered by its original L30 326 CI V-8 engine fitted with a 2-barrel Rochester carburetor, rated at 250 HP.

A column-shifted Powerglide 2-speed automatic transmission, cruise control, console-mounted clock, AM pushbutton radio, power drum brakes and power steering are included factory options.

The car made $165k at Mecum in Jan 2021.

1970 Ford Torino King Cobra - $192k

1 of 3 Torino King Cobras produced. Prototype King Cobras were never homologated for NASCAR because of the production cost and change in Ford's corporate structure. This is the only example built with the 429 Boss motor and 4 speed.

Instead of being destroyed like most prototypes, two of the King Cobras, including this one, were delivered to Bud Moore Engineering in 1971. Moore eventually sold this orange King Cobra, which was rediscovered many years later in a South Carolina field.

An extensive restoration has brought the car back to its original prototype condition, including its one-of-a-kind convex glass rear window. Instead of the original 429 Cobra Jet, this King Cobra is now powered by a Boss 429, Ford’s NASCAR engine of the era.

Per original, the black interior is purposefully spartan with a bench seat and Hurst shifter. The car made $192k.

1966 Shelby GT350 carryover

A 1966 Shelby GT350 carryover, one of 252 produced, with fewer than 16,500 original miles, sold for $291k in 2020.

As production of the 1965 Shelby GT-350s wound down, Shelby American began work on the 1966 version. In order for them to continue operations, Shelby American ordered 250 “K” Code 1965 Mustangs toward the end of the 1965 Mustang production run. The cars would be available to “carry-over” the Shelby American plant.

Those 250 cars, plus the two 1966 prototypes, make a total of 252 cars that started life as 1965 Mustangs, but were converted into 1966 GT-350s.

The white 2+2 fastbacks were fitted with the high performance 289 V8 rated at 271hp, then massaged with an aluminum high-rise intake manifold, Holley four-barrel carburetor, Tri-Y headers, and a glasspack dual exhaust system to produce 306hp and 329 ft-lb of torque. A Borg Warner four-speed put that power to the rear wheels, and the 2,800-pound car could sprint to 60 mph in about 6.5 seconds, with a top end of 126 mph.

This ultra top end example made $440k in January 2020.

In 2023 the number was $351,500 USD for a restored 1966 Shelby GT350 'Carryover' Here.

1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Cabriolet A by Sindelfingen - €2.25m

The Mercedes-Benz 500K and its successor, the 540K, were arguably the most noteworthy production models offered by the Stuttgart firm during the 1930s. The 540K was developed from the 500K and shared its independently suspended chassis, while the 540K was bored up to 5.4 litres of supercharged straight-eight power.

The car featured the company’s famous Roots-type supercharger system where pressing the gas pedal to the end of its travel would simultaneously engage the compressor and close off the alternative atmospheric intake to the carburetor.

The system had been thoroughly proven on the preceding series of Dr Ferdinand Porsche S-Type cars, and the 540K was the last supercharged production Mercedes-Benz for decades.

The 540K was launched in October 1936 with an engine that developed 115 bhp un-supercharged or 180 bhp with the compressor engaged.

With a top speed approaching 110 mph (177 km/h) the supercharged Mercedes was one of the very few 100-mph road cars available in the 1930s. 32 were built with 18 surviving today. The car made €2.25m in 2019.

1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Alloy

Odometer reads 42,524 miles. Engine no. 1720. Gearbox no. 444 1. Body no. 0167. 1 of 21 275 GTB/4s produced in Giallo Fly with a Pelle Nera interior. 1 of only a reported 16 aluminum alloy-bodied 275 GTB/4 coupes produced from 1966-1968. Restored by David Carte in 2015. All aluminum alloy body. 3286cc four-cam V-12 engine. Six Weber carburetors. 5-speed manual gearbox. Ferrari Classiche Certified with Red Book.

The 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Alloy is an extremely rare, lightweight version of the iconic quad-cam 275 GTB. Featuring hand-hammered aluminum bodywork by Scaglietti, and a powerful 3.3L V12 engine, it's considered a pinnacle of classic Ferrari driving and design. The car is highly prized.

The 275 GTB/4 had a top speed of 268 km/h (167 mph). A total of 330 were produced from 1966 to 1968. This extremely desirable example, another from the Bachman Collection, appears at Mecum.

1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports - £9.5m

A 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports set a new world auction record for a Bugatti in 2020, selling for £9,535,000 at the September 7 auction by Gooding.

New records were also set for a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, which sold for £7,855,000, and a 1928 Bugatti Type 35C Grand Prix, which made £3,935,000.

1954 Mercedes Benz 300 SL ‘Gullwing’ Coupe

One of the most iconic cars in existence, the 300 SL, with its upwards-opening ‘Gullwing’ doors was the first in a line of performance-focused Mercedes SL models that continues to this day. With a revolutionary fuel-injected engine and the title of world’s fastest production car — with a speed of 161 mph — the 300 SL achieved supercar status. The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (W198) was the first iteration of the SL-Class grand tourer. Introduced in 1954 as a two-seat coupé, it was later offered as an open roadster. The original coupé was available from March 1955 to 1957, the roadster from 1957 to 1963.

The 300 SL's main body was steel, with aluminum hood, doors and trunk lid. It could be ordered with an 80 kg (180 lb) saving all-aluminium outer skin at tremendous added cost; just 29 were made. 80% of the vehicle's production of approximately 1400 units were sold in the US, making the Gullwing the first Mercedes widely successful outside its home market. The 300 SL is credited with changing the company's image in America to a maker of high-performance sports cars.

Derived from the DB 601 V12 used on the high-powered Messerschmitt Bf 109E fighter of World War II, the 300 SL put out 175 hp to 215 hp. The result was a top speed of up to 260 km/h (160 mph), making the 300 SL the fastest production car of its time. A four speed manual was standard.

The 300 SL is considered one of the most collectible Mercedes-Benz, with prices generally in the US$1m to 2.5m range.

Jerry Seinfeld's Porsches

Jerry Seinfeld cleared out a portion of his car collection in March 2016 at Amelia Island. Gooding & Co. rolled 18 cars across the block. 17 sold for a total of $22,244,500.

2012 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup 4.0 - $462k 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder $5.3m 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 $2.3m 1990 Porsche 962C $1.65m 1959 Porsche 718 RSK $2.9m 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera Speedster $363k

1958 Porsche 597 Jagdwagen $330k 1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am Spyder $3m 1997 Porsche 993 Cup 3.8 RSR $935k 1958 Porsche 356 A 1500 GS/GT Carrera Speedster $1.5m 2011 Porsche 997 Speedster $440k 1957 Porsche 356 A Speedster $682k 1966 Porsche 911 $275k 1963 Porsche 356 B 2000 GS/GT Carrera 2 Coupe $825k 1994 Porsche 964 Turbo 3.6 S Flachbau $1m