2013 Pebble Beach – Top Prices Paid at Gooding Classic Cars Auction

Thirty classic and collectors cars achieved more than a million dollars at the Gooding & Co Pebble Beach Auction in August 2013. These results include the most-expensive Bugatti and most-expensive McLaren ever.

1937 Bugatti 57SC Atalante at auction
Most-Expensive Bugatti Ever: 1937 Bugatti 57SC Atalante – 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

1996 McLaren F1 at auction
Photo: Gooding & Co

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.