February 2023
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #45 – Amelia Island 2023 Preview Special with SCM Contributor Jeff Trepel
Amelia Island 2023 is here! This week, on a special presentation of Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, SCM Contributor Jeff Trepel sits down to cover all things Amelia. He and host Darin Roberge talk collections, trends, Amelia’s potential market impact and analyze all the upcoming auction catalogs. WATCH ON YOUTUBE AND LISTEN ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST…
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Keith’s Blog: The Sporto Gets a PPI
Over the last two weeks, I’ve begun telling the story of the newest addition to the SCM fleet. I bought a 1975 911 S Sportomatic from the Hershey swap meet corral last October. The car was represented as having 47,000 original miles. It was originally purchased from Holbert Porsche in Warrington, PA, on July 17,…
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Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #44 – Brad Phillips – Senior Vice President of Business Development at RM Sotheby’s
Amelia Island is almost here! On this week’s episode of Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, RM Sotheby’s Brad Philips returns to recap Arizona and Paris results, talk exclusive sealed bid opportunities and run down their upcoming Amelia Island auction offerings. NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS Join us every Monday night at 7:00 PM EST/4:00…
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Keith’s Blog: The SCM 911 Sporto Heads West
Last week we described how we ended up buying a 1975 Porsche 911 S Sportomatic offered for sale at the Hershey Swap Meet – while sitting at our desk in Portland, Oregon. In a “Love or Hate It” ‘70s Bahama Yellow (called Desert Beige by Porsche that year) it was described as having 47,187 original…
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Sky-High Skylines
2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R M-Spec Nür S/N BNR34403330. 27k miles (44k km). “2.6-liter RB26DETT inline-6, 6-speed manual transmission, limited-slip rear differential, one of 285 M-Spec Nür examples, Millennium Jade paint, black leather upholstery, ATTESA all-wheel-drive system, Super HICAS rear steering, Brembo disc brakes, 18-inch NISMO LMGT4 wheels, NISMO side skirts, carbon-fiber rear diffuser, NISMO titanium…
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Blasts From the Past
Soon you will have the entire contents of 35 years of SCM at your fingertips. We are about to unveil a project we’ve been working on since the very first issue was created. This magazine was born in the midst of a revolution in desktop publishing and database management for microcomputers. The database program dBase…
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How to Survive an Auction
The 2023 auction season kicked off with big January sales in Florida and Arizona. We counted a total of 5,394 collector cars sold by Barrett-Jackson, Bonhams, MAG Auctions, Mecum Auctions and RM Sotheby’s. (We’ll have full results and analysis in next month’s issue.) What struck me as we watched all those cars cross the block…
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Factory Blessings
Among the many qualities that confer value upon a collector car, none is as important — or open to dispute — as provenance. The term refers to evidence that a vehicle is what a seller claims it is, and that any notable history of the car can be proven to a reasonable standard. Provenance may…
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Helplessly Hoping
The ZR-1 debuted after the C4 Corvette had already been on the market for six model years. Chevrolet’s new “King of the Hill” took its name from the race-spec 1970–72 Corvette ZR1 (a rarity, with only 53 built). It was both a nod to the past and an attempt to position the Corvette for the…
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XTra Affordable
1988 Subaru XT GL 4WD S/N JF1AX7329JD304854. 102k miles. “1.8-liter flat-4, 5-speed manual 4WD, pop-up headlights, cloth upholstery, automatic front shoulder belts, power windows and locks, air conditioning, single front wiper blade, pistol-grip shifter, tilt and telescoping steering column, pneumatic suspension system and AM/FM radio.” Condition: 2+. SOLD AT $5,434. Cars & Bids, 11/17/22. The…