Scottsdale Classic Car Auctions - Day Two

When the hammer came down on the first car to reach the podium at Barrett-Jackson, a 1947 Crosley 2 Door Coupe, it was just the start of how the rest of day seemed to progress. Not many cars came through that would be considered "rare", but a lot of interesting cars that you probably don’t see parading around your local car show.

Some of the other more interesting notables of the day - a 1958 BMW 600 Limousine, a 1963 Heinkel Trojan and a 1967 Amphicar Convertible. If you’re a fan of the TV series Monster Garage, there is forty two cars that were transformed on the show up for auction – fourteen of them sold at Barrett-Jackson on Wednesday.

Three cars tied for taking top dollar and hitting the $100,000 dollar mark - a 1957 Bell Air Convertible, a 1971 Ford Torino 429 Cobra Jet and a 1957 Custom Bel Air. Two cars caught our attention as “the one we would love to drive home”. A 1960 Oldsmobile 98 Convertible that sold for $44,000, and a 1939 Lincoln Zephyr 2 Door Convertible that somebody else will be putting in their garage for $65,000.

In a press conference, Ritchie Fliegler, VP of Marketing at Barrett-Jackson, said the sales total for day two was approximately $6,700.000, and their website hits increased to 16 million. Other key facts he shared with the press was that this year, BJ has a 13 percent increase in foreign bidders, and a twenty five percent increase in bidder credit limit so far over 2007.

We've posted the 2008 Scottsdale Classic Car Auction Schedule here.

You can find all of Wednesday results from Barrett-Jackson here.

Photo of the 1963 Heinkel Trojan 1 Door Coupe © Michele Hamer.