A Division of Pelican Parts

986 Boxster Catalog | 987 Cayman Catalog | Accessories | Performance


Go Back   986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners > Porsche Boxster & Cayman Forums > Boxster General Discussions
The $70M Porsche The $70M Porsche
Register Garage FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Post Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 08-18-2019, 06:48 AM   #1
Certified Boxster Addict
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 7,669
The $70M Porsche
At the RM Auction in Monterrey, the person who posts the bids can't understand the auctioneer and 13=30, 14=40, 15=50, and the screen ends up showing a $70M bid that was actually only $17M!

Oops.

The $70M Porsche



__________________
1999 996 C2 - sold - bought back - sold for more
1997 Spec Boxster BSR #254
1979 911 SC
POC Licensed DE/TT Instructor
Last edited by thstone; 08-18-2019 at 06:51 AM.
thstone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-18-2019, 08:19 AM   #2
Racer Boy
 
Racer Boy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 946
"Only" $17 million!
Racer Boy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-18-2019, 11:11 AM   #3
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,631
And I don’t think it sold at all in the end from what I read? I hope they didn’t have a rookie or intern posting the prices on the screen who will now be fired. When I listened to the audio I couldn’t make out what the auctioneer was saying either.
__________________
Current: 2022 718 Cayman GT4, PDK bone stock (the dark side).
Former: 2003 S, 3.6 LN Nickies, ARP rod bolts, under-drive pulley, Fabspeed sport headers, Softronic tune, 987 airbox 987 motor mount, Function-First Sport motor mount insert, Ben's short shifter, Nine8Six projector headlights & center caps, ROW M030, stainless flexible brake lines, B-K rollbar extension & fire extinguisher mount, hardtop
PaulE is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-18-2019, 05:40 PM   #4
1997 Tip, 2018 Macan
 
rexcramer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Upland, CA
Posts: 1,338
Garage
RM really bolloxed this up. They tried to play it off as a joke. This vehicle is too much of Frankenstein monster with a tainted Nazi history for most people. Porsche AG and the Factory museum claim zero interest in it. We'll never know the truth I suppose. It wasn't badged a Porsche for the first ten years of it's life. Read Hannah Elliott's Bloomberg article for details.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-18/type-64-nazi-car-by-porsche-fails-to-sell-amid-auction-blunder
rexcramer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-18-2019, 08:43 PM   #5
Registered User
 
Cunningr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Spain
Posts: 985
I read that article in the news about this too. Auction house has lost a lot of credibility and the car didnt sell in the end.

__________________
2000 Boxster S Ocean Blue Metalic
Cunningr is offline   Reply With Quote
Post Reply


« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:59 PM.

Contact Us - Pelican Parts Porsche Catalog - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2024 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page