Celebrity provenance can definitely lift the value of a Porsche, but not all celebrities are created equal. Take this 1998 993 Cabriolet for example. According to the listing on Autotrader the Porsche was purchased new by comedian turned game show host Drew Carey back in 1997. The current owner purchased the Porsche in 2004 (right around the …
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A Conversation with Vic Elford at the Larz Anderson Porsche Club Concours
Last March, clutching my Amelia Island program with the dreamy race car driver on the cover, I hung onto every word at the Great Endurance Drivers seminar. In August, at the RM auction in Monterey, I was blown away at the $10M hammer price for the camera car, the Ford GT40 Gulf, used for the high-speed close-up action driving in Steve McQueen’s …
Continue to the full articleHow Much Will This Porsche 959 Prototype Sell For?
UPDATE: This 959 sold at auction for $400,000 plus a 10% buyer's premium. A surprisingly low price in our mind. AT $440k it traded in the same range as a "regular" 959. There was little or no value paid for prototype status. Watch the video below to see it cross the auction block for yourself. In just a few days one of the original …
Continue to the full articleRing a Bell? Why hasn’t this 962 sold?
Have you always wanted to know the feeling of peering through the curved windshield of one of Porsche’s masterpiece prototypes? Do you spend evenings wishing you were slamming the lengthy gear lever into place and waiting for the turbochargers to spool, propelling you toward the stratospheric upper end of the speedometer? Do you fancy yourself a …
Continue to the full articleWhat is It About the Porsche 356?
What is it about a Porsche 356 that tugs at the heart of Porschephiles? The shape? The sound? The ride? The history? On the surface, 356s are not like 911s. The 911 is the signature car of the brand. Nor are 356s much like any other Porsche that came after them, when you think of all the features and doodads and baubles that modern …
Continue to the full articleSomeone Got a Hell of a Deal! This “Built From eBay” Porsche Sold Super Cheap.
At the beginning of August we told you about the online competition that challenged four garages to buy a vehicle on eBay Motors and then modify it into a purpose built customized car using only part they found on eBay. If it's not abundantly clear, this competition was obviously sponsored by, wait for it, eBay. One of the teams (Team …
Continue to the full articleUpdates on Two of Our Porsche Stories from Last Week
Last week we told you about a Riviera Blue Porsche 993 C2S up for sale that could potentially bring a record price. Well, if the final bidder on eBay actually comes through and purchases the car then I think a new record was achieved for the highest price ever paid for a non-celebrity owned, naturally aspirated, production version Porsche 993 …
Continue to the full articleHow Much Would You Pay for the “Perfect” Porsche 993?
UPDATE: The auction has ended an the high bid was $120,300. It remains to be seen if the deal will be consummated. That's the question that high bidder for the 1998 Porsche 993 C2S will need to answer in order to drive home with this low mileage example available for sale on eBay. As of the time we're writing this post there are 48 bids and …
Continue to the full article1988 Porsche 944 Turbo Cup: Featured Porsche for Sale
The 944 and the 951 (that's the turbo version of the 944 to the uninitiated) proved to be an excellent car for Porsche and its customers. So much so that in 1987 the factory race facility in Weissach built approximately 192 “Turbo Cup” cars designed to be raced around the world. These Posches were raced in Canada (Rothman Porsche Turbo Cup), in …
Continue to the full articleWill These Steve McQueen/Le Mans Memorabilia Items Set New Records?
It seems like collectors can't go wrong with anything once owned, touched or glanced at by Steve McQueen. I'm sure your remember Steve McQueen's Porsche 911S selling for $1.375 million last year at the RM auction in Monterey. What about the driving suit that McQueen's character Delaney wore during the film? When it sold for $984,000 Hemmings …
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