The Summer 2019 Automation Collector Car Auction (AUCTION HAS ENDED, THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS)

Lot 212, paddle 017, $2,660,000

Lot 207, Paddle 012, $302,500

lot 206 paddle 059 72000

Lot 212, Paddle 056, $2,665,000

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Lot 210, Paddle 008, $29.000

Lot 209, paddle 013, $352,500

Ladies and Gentlemen, the auctions for Lots 206 to 212 have now ended.

Lot Number Buyer Hammer Price
206 racer126 $72,000
207 ElMenduko $302,500
208 stm316 $75,000
209 thecarlover $352,500
210 Private_Miros $29,000
211 cRiMiNaL $500,000
212 EnryGT5 $2,665,000

The auctions for Lots 213 to 219 are now OPEN.

Lot 213: 1974 LMC Sunspear Limited

Bidding on Lot 213 begins at $122,500, with a minimum bid increment of $2,500.

Lot 214: 2018 Merciel Corsaire Rafale

Bidding on Lot 214 begins at $170,000, with a minimum bid increment of $2,500.

Lot 215: 1975 Birmingham Sixt GSL6

Bidding on Lot 215 begins at $20,000, with a minimum bid increment of $1,000.

Lot 216: 1956 Martlet Cormorant LXU

Bidding on Lot 216 begins at $175,000, with a minimum bid increment of $2,500.

Lot 217: 1967 Oxford Motors S350 GT

Bidding on Lot 217 begins at $710,000, with a minimum bid increment of $10,000.

Lot 218: 1990 Iterin Helix STS

Bidding on Lot 218 begins at $37,500, with a minimum bid increment of $2,500.

Lot 219: 1956 Merciel 1200 Vitesse Sport

Bidding on Lot 219 begins at $185,000, with a minimum bid increment of $2,500.

Auction timer is here!

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Lot 219, paddle 039, 185.000

Lot 217, paddle 023, $710000

Lot 213, paddle 004, $122,500

Lot 213, paddle 013, $125,000

Lot 213, paddle 004, $127,500

Proper ad when I get back, but a note on lot 213: LMC Sunspearā€¦same deal as the Selene I will make a version without mod bumpers to send and send the .car and beam file to the winner of this lot. (Also grats on the big acquisition enry!)

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Lot 217 | Paddle 069 | $720000

@EnryGT5 congratulations on your purchase of your Gryphon Gear Lilith. Your audacious bidding has ensured you sole rights to not just this unique edition but the option of a much more personal experience with us. We would be happy to fly you to our HQ to discuss your preferences as a driver, to set your new car up to your style and test alongside our tame racing drivers. We are confident you will quickly learn the depths of the vice of temptation by the wheels of our She Devil.

(Translated: Iā€™ll send you a Beam file you can work with. Let me know if you want the boost control and we can dial it up).

Seeing as we blew past 2M Iā€™ll post a final bonus when i get up.

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Lot 213, Paddle 044, $130,000
Lot 219, Paddle 044, $187,500

nice snipe, i really wanted that car lol
congrats :smiley:

Lot 215, Paddle 037, $20 000

Some background information on Lot 216:

This 1956 Martlet Cormorant LXU represented the best mass-market luxury product that the Aeros conglomerate had to offer (Martlet being the upscale marque of Aeros, like the Lincoln to Aerosā€™ Ford). It had quality leather upholstering on its seats and even included a self-leveling phonograph with a built-in AM radio and even had five speakers (two mounted underneath the front dashboard, one in the center built into the phonograph, and two on the rear parcel shelf), although stereo sound was not supported.

This example was a display car at a Martlet dealership since it was brand new, representing at first the exciting future possibilities of the Martlet brand in the 1950s, then acting as a contrast to more modern vehicles in the 1970s during the oil crisis, before finally symbolizing the care and attention to detail of the dealershipā€™s maintenance team around the turn of the millennium, as they were the ones responsible for keeping the Cormorant looking showroom fresh its whole life.

Although this Cormorant never showed it itself, the passage of time has changed its circumstances; what was a vibrant and thriving community when it was new has aged into a town mostly populated by retirement homes, and as a result the accountants at Aeros have recently made the decision to close down the dealership at which the Cormorant was located and consolidate its operations with another dealership in a larger city. Since the company museum already had an example of the Martlet Cormorant LXU (the last one produced, in fact), the decision was made to offer this one at auction.

The LXU was a rare options pack, with only 5% of Cormorant buyers selecting it between 1956 and 1963 (mostly because fitting an aftermarket phonograph was cheaper and there wasnā€™t much else offered over the next-highest trim level). The Aeros 365 engine this one has was the midrange engine for the Cormorant range (with an inline-six being below it and a larger V8 being above it) but was the least expensive engine option for the LXU, as befitting this carā€™s destiny as a display vehicle. However, it has been extremely well-maintained and could very well be considered the best example available today of what an Aeros Cormorant LXU would have been like when new in 1956.

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lot 218, paddle 054, 37,500