combined to make it the most electric sale of a $120,000 vehicle in ages. Interestingly, the car changed hands again immediately following the auction and is now on display in Colorado.

Perhaps the people chasing higher-dollar cars weren't even attending Barrett-Jackson though. After all, on the first night's television coverage, the announcers said the general-admission ticket holders were encouraged to fill in the empty seats down front. The well-heeled buyers may have found the auctions across town more to their liking.

At RM Auctions' "Automobiles of Arizona" sale, 182 vehicles were sold. Far fewer vehicles crossed the block at this event, but seven of them topped the price offered for the Corvette-themed boat at the televised Barrett-Jackson auction.

Nearly hitting the top end of its pre-sale estimate, a 1939 Bugatti Type 57C Three-Position Drophead Coupe sold for $830,000. A 1929 Duesenberg J Dual Cowl Phaeton, featured in the Elvis Presley movie Spinout, found a new owner for $1,125,000.

Almost doubling its estimated price, a beautifully restored 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe crossed the block for $1.375 million.

A "freshened" classic 1933 Packard V12 wearing a Dietrich phaeton body sold for $1.76 million.

The 1964 Dodge Hemi Charger concept car, previously featured in Automotive Traveler, didn't quite reach its estimated price range of $750,000 to $1 million. At $650,000, however, it still brought in more green than any individual car at the week's highlighted sale.

It was three Ferraris that made the loudest splash in this recession-dampened economy. One of only 121 factory-built 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spyders, this one owned by Evel Knievel and Reggie Jackson, beat its estimated price of $800,000 by 80 grand.

For $55,000 more, a 1965 500 Superfast Series I, number seven of 36 built, is now parked in a new garage. At the top of the sale was the 1949 166 MM Barchetta, one of only 25, which sold for $1.87 million.

In total, more than $29 million dollars worth of vehicles changed

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