Gooding & Co., Pebble Beach, August 16-17, 2024
While Gooding’s Pebble Beach auction isn’t the hero sale of Monterey this year it is the one auction that sends me its printed catalogs in advance. Collecting the other catalogs is a chore and brought with it a trip to the UPS Store in “New Monterey” (near Cannery Row) and a $51 credit card ding […]
The Pebble Beach® Concours d’Elegance Best of Show Winner 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports
The Pebble Beach® Concours d’Elegance broke new ground in 2024, naming this original and unrestored 1934 Bugatti Type 59 Sports as Best of Show, an unprecedented departure for a concours that has ever- (or almost ever-) honored bright and shiny over-restored visions of great, sleek, powerful classics. At the Tour d’Elegance on Thursday morning – […]
Gooding & Co., Pebble Beach, August 19-20, 2022
In common with pretty much every other Monterey auction Gooding & Company continued its strong comeback from the weak 2019 performance with strong 2022 results. The numbers that Gooding delivered are exceptional. 38 of the lots offered were bid to $1 million or more. 27 of them sold bringing a total of $74,262,500 including buyer’s […]
Gooding & Company, Pebble Beach, August 13-14, 2021
Gooding & Company came back strongly after the “Geared Online” auction they presented in lieu of their usual Pebble Beach auction in 2020. This was in many ways a typical Gooding auction with many transactions taking place at eye-popping prices and their McLaren F1 capturing the week’s top sale. Even million dollar lots did well. […]
Gooding & Company, “Geared Online”, August 7, 2020
Gooding & Company sailed into the COVID-19 canceled Monterey Car Week with the first of the three online auctions, creatively called “Geared Online”. It was Gooding’s first online only auction. Contrasted with Gooding’s usual Pebble Beach auctions it wasn’t a big sale, with just 54 lots. There were some heavy cars with six bid to […]
The 2020 Pebble Beach™ Concours d’Elegance
In an email press release at 9:56 PM EDT tonight the Pebble Beach™ Concours d’Elegance announced that the 2020 event has been cancelled and postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19 concerns. Their early announcement is welcome recognition that we’re not going to get out of coronavirus/Covid-9 concerns any time soon and acknowledges the concerns of […]
Gooding & Company, Pebble Beach Auction, August 24-25, 2018
2018 was Gooding & Company’s second year selling on Friday evening and Saturday morning, creating a conflict with RM’s downtown auction on Friday that made downloading the Hammer Price app for smartphones necessary for keeping track. Gooding’s headline lot – a car that would be a headline lot no matter where it appeared – was […]
Gooding & Company, Pebble Beach, August 18-19, 2017
The big news going into the Monterey auction week was Gooding & Company’s decision to change its days from Saturday-Sunday to Friday-Saturday. The big news coming out of the week was Gooding & Company’s dramatic drop in its total sale, $91.5 million, down 29.5% from 2016’s $129.8 million and its lowest overall sale total since […]