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2018 Mecum Monterey Sale (Porsche 550A Announcement)

29 June 2018 by Henk Bekker in California, Monterey, News, Press Releases, USA

A rare 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder will be on offer at the Mecum Monterey 2018 collector car auction.

1958 Porsche 550A Spyder
1958 Porsche 550A Spyder © Mecum

Mecum announced a rare 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder with in-period racing history to headline the Monterey The Daytime collector car auction end August 2018 in California. The car was raced to three race wins by Ernst Vogel, a composer and professional concert pianist. The comprehensively restored Porsche has covered only 600 miles since completion of the restoration.

Mecum Monterey Collector Car Auction 2018

Mecum’s annual event on the Monterey Peninsula takes place August 23-25, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course.

Mecum usually offers around 600 cars during the Monterey Week sale that include the popular The Daytime Auction where the Porsche 550A is currently scheduled to head the auction block.

1958 Porsche 550A Spyder

1958 Porsche 550A Spyder
© Mecum
1958 Porsche 550A Spyder
© Mecum

Porsche built only 130 Porsche 550A Spyders in all versions of which only 40 where Porsche 550A Spyders specifically produced for racing.

The 1958 Porsche 550A-0141 Spyder on offer at Mecum Monterey 2018 captured three wins during its maiden 1958 season with driver Ernst Vogel, who just happened to be a virtuoso composer and professional concert pianist as well as a successful racer—not a combination you see every day. After its European racing tour, the 550A-0141 Spyder was returned to Porsche KG, reconditioned and then sold to Connecticut Porsche dealer and road-racer Harry Blanchard, who entered it in SCCA regional events along the East Coast.

1958 Porsche 550A Spyder
© Mecum

Today, the car is owned by Porsche enthusiast Steve Terrien of Issaquah, Washington, who located the car in a warehouse in 1984. Throughout the next 30 years, the car underwent a fanatical comprehensive restoration that was done to exacting standards with such experts as the Kimmins brothers and the late Bill Doyle working their magic on the 550A Spyder. This breathtaking machine has accrued fewer than 600 miles of pleasure driving since completion of its restoration and currently presents in near flawless condition.

Porsche 550A Spyders at Auction

1958 Porsche 550A Spyder
Model Record 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder © Bonhams

Porsche 550A Spyders rarely come to auction but after Bonhams sold the 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder, chassis 0145, for a model record $5,170,000 at Scottsdale 2018 not surprisingly more are up for sale. The record car was an official Porsche Works entry that finished second in class and fifth overall in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 1958.

Only two of the earlier 550 Spyders were sold at auction in recent years. A 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder that raced in the US sold for $3,018,400 at the RM Sotheby’s Paris 2016 sale. Jerry Seinfeld’s unrestored and exceptionally original 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder sold for $5,335,000 at the Gooding Amelia Island 2016 sale.

A meticulously restored 1957 Porsche 550A Spyder, chassis 550A-0121, is also currently available in a private sale.

2018 Monterey Week Classic Car Auctions

Monterey 2018 Auction Results

  • List of the 69 Cars Sold for at Least a Million Dollar at Monterey 2018 (and 47 unsuccessful million-dollar highest bids).
  • 2018 RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale Auction Results
  • 2018 Mecum Monterey Sale Auction results
  • 2018 Gooding Pebble Beach Sale (Auction Results)
  • 2018 Bonhams Quail Lodge Sale (Auction Results)
  • 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO – Most-Expensive Car Ever Sold at Public Auction
  • 1935 Duesenberg SSJ – Most-Expensive American and Most-Valuable Pre-War Car Ever Sold at Public Auction

Auction Previews:

  • 2018 Bonhams Quail Lodge Sale (Auction Preview)
  • 2018 Gooding Pebble Beach Sale (Auction Preview)
  • 2018 RM Sotheby’s Monterey Sale (Auction Preview)
  • 2018 Mecum Monterey Sale (Auction Preview)

Pre-Sale Announcements

1911 Mercedes 28/60 Tourer
© Bonhams

Bonhams Quail Lodge 2018:

  • Golden Age Automobiles: 1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Record Sport, 1931 Bentley 8-Liter Saloon and 1911 Mercedes 28/60 Tourer
  • 1928 “W.O. Model” Bentleys: 6 ½ -Liter Open Sports Tourer by Barker & 4 ½-Liter Open Tourer by Vanden Plas
  • 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta

Gooding Pebble Beach 2018:

  • 1955 Ferrari 500 Mondial Series II: the only Ferrari factory team entry not to have raced in red!
  • Unrestored Icons – the first production Bentley R-Type Continental, a Gullwing and garage-find Ferrari Lusso.
  • Competition Ferrari Berlinettas: a 275 GTB/C, a 250 GT Tour de France, and a 166 MM/195 S Berlinetta Le Mans.
  • 1935 Duesenberg SSJ – ex-Gary Cooper, ex-Briggs Cunningham
  • Porsche Spyders – including a one-off 911 by Bertone.
  • Coach-Built Italian Cars – Maserati A6GS/53 Spider, A6G/54 Berlinetta, Ferrari 330 GTC Special, Dino Berlinetta GT Prototype.

Mecum  Monterey 2018:

  • 1958 Porsche 550A Spyder
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, chassis 3413 GT
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, chassis 3413 GT – Patrick Ernzen © 2018 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s

RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2018:

  • Pebble Beach Winners – 1934 Packard Twelve Individual Custom Convertible Victoria by Dietrich & 1927 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A S Roadster by Fleetwood
  • 1956 Maserati A6G/2000 Zagato Berlinetta
  • 1968 Porsche 908 K Works Racer
  • 1966 Ford GT40 – third place at Le Mans
  • 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO – expected to become the most-expensive car ever sold at public auction
  • 1963 Aston Martin DP215 Grand Touring Competition Prototype – possibly the most-expensive Aston ever.
  • Top Ferraris – 12 of 29 on offer have estimates above a million dollar.
  • German racing cars: Mercedes Benz AMG CLK GTR & Porsche 550A
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