Eighties Vehicles at the 2014 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale

As always, the January auction at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale provided much interesting fodder for commentary. I’ll stay away from the “Salon Collection” and concentrate on the 1980s cars (and a few trucks) that sold and add some of my opinions.

Tuesday:

• 1981 green two-tone Cadillac Seville sedan—$1,000 hammer price.
• 1984 Light Briar Metallic Oldsmobile Toronado coupe with 32,000 miles—$6,200
• 1987 green Toyota custom pickup truck—$2,500
• 1987 Copper Chevrolet Corvette coupe—$5,750
• 1980 black Mercedes-Benz 450SLC coupe—$9,500
• 1989 Signal Red Jaguar XJS convertible (the real convertible, not the earlier targa convertible)—$6,200
• 1986 white Mercedes-Benz 560SL convertible—$17,500
• 1986 black Mercedes-Benz 560SEL sedan—$7,500
• 1987 black Buick Grand National coupe with 15,000 miles—at $23,000 the first car in this auction to meet my criteria for serious 1980s collectability of original cars: selling for equal to or above its original list price. I’ll mark these cars in bold green.
• 1987 black Buick Grand National coupe—$25,000
• 1987 Bright White Buick Regal Turbo coupe with T-tops and 39,000 miles—$18,500
• 1987 black Buick Grand National coupe (was somebody dumping Grand Nationals at Scottsdale?)—$18,500
• 1989 white Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 20th Anniversary Edition coupe with 10,000 miles—$28,500
• 1988 red Ferrari Mondial convertible (always the 80s Ferrari stepchild)—$29,000
• 1985 Chevrolet Camaro very custom coupe—$8,000

Wednesday:

• 1986 Dark Chestnut Metallic Oldsmobile Cutlass coupe—$5,200
• 1988 silver Mercedes-Benz 560SL convertible—$11,500
• 1984 Bright Red Chevrolet Corvette coupe—$10,000
• 1988 gray Mercedes-Benz 560SL convertible —$12,000
• 1981 Beige/Dark Bronze Chevrolet Corvette coupe—$13,000
• 1987 white Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS aero coupe with 11,000 miles—$17,600
• 1988 Dark Red Metallic Chevrolet Corvette coupe with 10,000 miles—$12,500
• 1988 red Ford Mustang Saleen coupe—$24,500
• 1985 white Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z Live Aid coupe—$29,000
• 1988 beige Lincoln Continental limousine with 16,000 miles—$16,000
• 1982 Toyota custom pickup truck—$4,200

Thursday:

• 1987 black Alfa Romeo Veloce convertible—$12,000
• 1981 Charcoal Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 coupe (really nice late second generation F-cars are beginning to come on—this one sold for $5,000 more than Hagerty’s “all the money” price)—$30,000
• 1982 gray Ferrari 400i coupe (maybe all 2+2 Ferraris get killed on the market)—$24,000
• 1981 red Porsche 911 custom coupe—$36,000
• 1980 black Mercedes-Benz 380SL very custom (it has an LS2) convertible—$30,000
• 1989 white Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 20th Anniversary Edition coupe with 7,000 miles—$27,000
• 1989 white Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 20th Anniversary Edition with 677 miles—$25,000
• 1982 Dune Beige Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-40 SUV—$29,000
• 1982 red Pontiac Firebird Trans Am custom with a Gale Banks 611 bhp twin turbo V8 (the Car and Driver 200 mph cover car for those that remember). I think this was a huge bargain at $23,000.
• 1982 blue Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-40 SUV—$45,000
• 1989 Rosso Corsa Ferrari 328 GTS targa—$59,000
• 1981 black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am coupe—$35,000

Friday:

• 1986 red Mercedes-Benz 560SL convertible with 9,000 miles—$20,000
• 1980 Georgian Silver Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible with 16,000 miles (Dean Martin/Dennis Farina owned; did this add much to the price?)—$57,000

Saturday:

• 1987 black Buick GNX coupe with 11 miles (the top 1980s sale—it doesn’t seem like the GNX is a “Lost Car“—almost exactly at Hagerty’s #1 condition money)—$95,000
• 1986 black Ferrari Testarossa convertible conversion by Straman, driven by Michael Jackson in a Pepsi commercial. This drew just a little over Hagerty’s #1 condition for a “normal” 1986 Ferrari Testarossa coupe.—$67,000

Sunday:

• 1986 red Chevrolet El Camino custom—$17,000
• 1987 Pearl White Porsche Gemballa Cyrrus custom convertible—$43,000
• 1985 red Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible—$10,000

Looks like a lot of Mercedes-Benz SLs, turbo Buicks, and 20th Anniversary Trans Ams. What do you think of this year’s results?