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Final Hours: One-Owner 1965 Porsche 356SC Coupe Climbs to $65,000 on Hagerty Marketplace

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A Signal Red 1965 Porsche 356SC Coupe with one owner since 1964, its original Bangkok purchase agreement and a Certificate of Authenticity is closing today on Hagerty Marketplace at $65,000 - well under the Hagerty Price Guide value for a #3 condition SC coupe.

Aug 18, 2026

Hand-Built And Fully Documented, This Black 1983 Avanti II Is A Loewy Classic Trading Below Book

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One of just 187 Avantis built for 1983, this black-over-gray coupe pairs Raymond Loewy's timeless fiberglass shape with a 190-hp 305 V8 and an unbroken four-owner paper trail. With Hagerty Valuation Tools placing a #3-condition 1983 Avanti at $15,300, the current bid looks like real value.

Aug 18, 2026

Monterey Car Week 2026 Auction Results: $747.9 Million, 11 Eight-Figure Cars, and a Pile of Broken Records

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Monterey Car Week 2026 did not just beat the record. It buried it. Five auction houses moved $747.9 million…

Aug 18, 2026

The Coolest Cars Nobody Talks About: Undervalued Collector Segments Worth Watching

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Not every collectible worth owning costs six figures. Six overlooked collector car segments — from malaise-era luxury coupes to '90s Japanese flagships — that still trade in real-world money, why they've been ignored, and what to check before you buy.

Aug 18, 2026

This $39,500 LS-Swapped 1973 Firebird Trans Am Tribute Asks More Than A Real 455 Car

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A yellow 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am tribute with a cammed 5.3-liter LS is live on eBay at $39,500 or best offer — more than Hagerty's value for a genuine 455 Trans Am, and a small fraction of an SD-455.

Aug 18, 2026

Arena Red 1997 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S Is Chasing Bids Below Book on Hagerty Marketplace

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Twenty years with one owner, 51,000 miles, Arena Red Metallic over Classic Gray, and a $12,000 pre-sale refresh make this 993 Carrera 4S one of the more honest air-cooled 911s to hit Hagerty Marketplace this year. Here is how the bidding stacks up against Hagerty's own valuation data.

Aug 18, 2026

Ferrari Luce ‘Chassis 0’ Sells for $40 Million, Setting Three Auction Records at Once

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The first production chassis of Ferrari's first EV brought $40 million for The Ferrari Foundation at RM Sotheby's Monterey sale — more than any new car, electric car, or charity lot has ever made at public auction.

Aug 18, 2026

No Reserve: Why Two Simple Words Drive Collector Car Bidders Wild

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No Reserve. Two words that consistently generate more excitement in collector car auctions than perhaps any spec or celebrity provenance. Here's the psychology behind them — and when they're a warning sign.

Aug 17, 2026

What Concours Judges Actually Look For (And What It Means for Your Car's Value)

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Concours d'Elegance events attract some of the most significant automobiles in existence. The judging criteria these events use reveal what the collector community values most — and what it means for car values beyond the show field.

Aug 17, 2026

Family-Built 1967 Chevy II Nova Promax Flexes a Supercharged V8 on Hagerty Marketplace

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A blown, Pro Street-style 1967 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova, built from the ground up by one family for their…

Aug 17, 2026

One Of Britain's First Ferrari F40s Surfaces With A Paper Trail Most Ferraris Can't Match

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Chassis 83330 was the first F40 Graypaul Motors delivered, and its file includes the 1988 letters arguing over who deserved it. Desirable non-cat, non-adjust spec, three owners, 27,675 km, and nearly £200,000 in recent work by Stewart Roden and Bell Sport & Classic.

Aug 17, 2026

This 580-HP Superformance Cobra Came From The Shop That Built The World's Fastest Cobra

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A 537-mile Superformance MKIII assembled by the shop behind the world's fastest Cobra, running a 580-horsepower Ford Performance Aluminator 52XS and land-speed-derived aero — with a bid still under what the parts cost.

Aug 17, 2026

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