Equipment
Fitted luggage, 4 spoke woodrim wheel on tilting hub, polished Rudge wheels. Beautifully and thoughtfully restored to very high standards without being overdone.
Market commentary
Sold at The Auction in Las Vegas in 1998 for $152,460 to Craig Jackson for use in tours like the Colorado Grand. Sold a year later at Barrett Jackson in 1999 for $189,000 in comparable cosmetic but better prepared mechanical condition with barely 2,000 more km than it had in 1998. Then given a fastidious, glistening restoration that led to it being sold by RM in Monterey in 2008 for $770,000, a price that reflected its particularly attractive colors. It was the lower of two Gullwings in similar liveries that sold at Monterey that year for big money. All of which does little or nothing to account for the jaw dropping price it brought here, an example of the auction magic which sometimes delivers a huge windfall into the hands of a fortunate consignor. The talk of the Scottsdale week.