LarryM

Was anybody watching? Last night a 94 GTS Black on tan Automatic went through the auction. Buyer paid 66000. I didn't here them say the miles or transmission. I went on line and found out it was an Auto. Here's a link.
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...928-GTS-225456

LM

77tony

Missed^^Larry. There is a couple coming 928 beauties coming up on Bonhams in the next hour or so. See posts 6394&6395: https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...-sale-320.html

hlee96

The car asked for $75k for a pretty long time before having it on BJ. Guess the mileage is probably not that low.

YT1

Chris Lockhart

I happened to catch it go through. It sure looked beautiful under the lights. It may not have brought all the money, but it was nice to hear Steve and Chris Jacobs talking very positive about the 928 in general. Chris especially, as he is a Mopar and Porsche guy, so he seemed to really like and respect the platform.

hacker-pschorr

B-J is the last auction house I would bring a 928 too. It's all glitz and glamour. The first couple years with Alain de Cadenet at least had some consistency to the car chatter.

They cannot even keep the domestic stuff straight. I lost count of how many erroneous errors they spoke about with just Corvette's last night. Some Pontiac came across the line and they were correcting each other....

Then I turn over to RM and the only thing you hear is the auctioneer and their sidekick, as if you were there. I wish B-J was that way but instead they treat it like radio where they cannot have even a second of silence (other than the auction noises).

It's entertaining but I'd never want my car on their auction block. Way too many other auction houses to pick from.

vanster

Easy to understand why this GTS did not get the big bucks.....no jump post cover. Considering the comisson and taxes the buyer in my estimation paid around $80k
The green GTS at Bonhams ended up a bit over $100k and the '79 around $65k. What I found really interesting with the Bonhams auction were the cars that bookend the 79 were what appeared to be very nice 911's which did not get much over $40k. Having been a driver at R&S auctions a few times in Monterey some ot the cars that cross the block look great on TV and under the lights but when closely examined prior to the bidding or clowns like me sitting in the cars on the block, many leave a lot to be desired. Not sure about the 79 or where it came from but my guess is that there were buyers that inspected the hell out of it. Wonder if it will stay in the US?

I agree, I would never sell a 928 at a BJ auction. Better luck on BAT

hlee96

I think we all agreed that the '79 is worth $50k but none of us will pay close to that, at least not anyone who's admitted to bidding that high. That kind of money is usually from overseas, likely Europe/Germany.
In another 10 years, that '79 will be worth >$100k when 928's 50th anniversary hits.

77tony

I would have paid 50k for that Petrol/Cork 79 if in the hunt. Agree it will only go up in value if keeping the miles down so whats to lose and would be a fun investment. Did not actually lay eyes on this OB but judging by the pics it looked to be one of the nicest, original, low mile OB's I've seen in a while. If I were to order a new 928 circa 1979 this is exactly how I would have spec'd it....ok maybe added pascha to the order and thats it T