Buy What You Like, Pay What You Should
Blogs
-
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…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #43 – Eric Minoff – Senior Car Specialist at Bonhams
On the next episode of Sport Car Market Magazine’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, we are joined by Bonhams Senior Car Specialist Eric Minoff. He and host Darin Roberge cover the current state of the pre-war market, up and coming JDM offerings and run-down featured vehicles from their approaching Amelia Island auction. NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL…
-
Keith’s Blog: SCM Finds its Porsche 911 Sporto
“Good things come to those who wait.” For the past couple of years, I have been watchfully waiting for the right Porsche 911 with a Sportomatic transmission to come along. I’ve chased a couple on BaT but dropped out when the bidding passed the $70k mark. While I continue to busy myself looking for two-pedal…
-
Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #42 – Hans Wurl – Car Specialist at Gooding & Company
Buy, Sell, Hold moves closer to Amelia Island 2023 this week, as we spotlight Gooding & Company Car Specialist Hans Wurl. We talk their incredible Amelia catalogue including an exclusive collection of offerings from RUF and a very, very special one-of-one 1962 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider. NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST…
-
Keith’s Blog: Shall We Drive to Monterey?
It’s never too early to start planning for Monterey Car Week. For several years, we organized a casual drive from Portland down the Pacific Coast. On our last trip, our motley crew included an Autozam AZ-1, an Alfa Giulia Super and Berlina, and a Citroën DS21 Decapotable. It won’t surprise you to learn that fewer…
-
Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight #41 – David Swig – Senior Car Specialist at Broad Arrow Auctions
Arizona is done and the road to Amelia has begun! This week Buy, Sell, Hold spotlights Broad Arrow Group/Broad Arrow Auctions Senior Car Specialist David Swig. We review all the latest Broad Arrow news and all their early featured offerings. NOW AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS Join us every Monday night at 7:00 EST…
-
Keith’s Blog: Mercedes, Jaguar or Alfa?
The SCM 1000 is less than six months away. It will be an all-inclusive 1,000-mile romp on select, challenging two-lane roads of eastern Washington. With a hub in Spokane, in the heart of the restaurant district, the route will take us to the Grand Coulee Dam, rustic Lewiston, ID, and more. The decision that confronts…