Equipment
Becker Mexico cassette stereo, A C, P W. Painted nose panel, pop up lights. Sharp, crisp, fresh restoration to like new condition. Meticulously detailed and presented. Better than new but sympathetically done without destroying its appeal and the attraction of its 39,602 miles. Owned for a while by movie director Sidney Pollack.
Market commentary
Sold for $308,000 by RM at Monterey in 1999 when it was Black and far from sharp. In 2004 it was a no sale at Christies Monterey where it was bid to $450,000 in essentially the condition in which it was offered here. This transaction represents a near tripling of the high bid in three and a half years, a generous transaction not supported by anything other than overblown 1989 style expectations. The price paid here optimistically anticipates further price increases even if it did require some post block negotiating to get it done.