1939 Type 64, RM | Sotheby’s - August 15-17 2019 Options

[Ed_Turbo]

I am putting this topic up to talk about this amazing piece of car history here, which is just a tad under a month away. This is going to be exciting to watch and witness. Consider this a shop talk conversation (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

My estimation would be 15-20m and I would not be surprised it went much higher.



-Ed

[Ed_Turbo]

Good read for your morning coffee, who has the guts to write a headline like that! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
Porsche’s Type 64 Nazi Car Fails to Sell in Auction Blunder

Quote I snipped out from the article:

Others, including the man who inspected the car for RM Sotheby’s before it went to sale, were careful to note that the Type 64 is not technically a “Porsche.” Its engine and most of its parts were supplied by Volkswagen, with components from Fiat and other niche suppliers of the time. Ferdinand Porsche was building cars for just about everyone in Germany at the time anyway, including Daimler and Auto Union. Porsche AG wasn’t even founded until 1948—10 years after this car was built—so it surely isn’t accurate to call it a true Porsche, the line of thinking goes.

Kinda typical Porsche snobbery downgrading it because it has Volkswagen parts. They obviously don’t know early Porsche/VW history.

Sotheby’s definitely got greedy and tried to purposely inflate the market. Isn’t that called stock manipulation? Collectors and investors are upset.

I don’t know if the “first” Porsche is a correct description (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

-Ed