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Good morning Vroomers,

$7.6 million in sales and a $51K average yesterday — strong numbers, but nothing out of the ordinary. Around here, that’s just another Tuesday. Big-money Lambos set the pace, but what really stood out were the strategic flips, smart listings, and platform plays that prove how much this market still rewards sharp execution. These aren’t outliers. They’re happening every day — and we’re watching all of them.

Let’s dig in.👇

YESTERDAY’S TOP 5 SALES

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Sale of The Day

The 1986 Porsche 911 Carrera Targa that sold on yesterday for $157,777 wasn’t fresh inventory. Just six weeks earlier, the same car sold on SOMO for $87,411.

Same carbon-fiber Targa panel. Same Tre Motorsports build. Same Graphite Gray respray, Fuchs wheels, and red leather interior. No surprises — just a clean handoff and a sharper auction result.

In between, some interior touch-ups, a new photo set, and a polished BaT listing with walkarounds and driving footage. It worked. Final bidding turned into a shootout between laclassic123 and xlpizzaslug, pushing the price nearly 80% higher in less than two months.

Yes, it’s a big win for the seller. But let’s not chalk it up to “because BaT” and call it a day.

There’s a lot that goes into why a car performs better on one platform than another. Time of day. Day of week. Market mood. The seller’s engagement in the comments. The quality of the video. Even the way a title issue is disclosed. Presentation isn’t fluff — it’s leverage.

Sure, there are certain makes and models that do consistently better on specific platforms. That’s a backend flag we’re already accounting for. But every car is a one-off. Every listing lives or dies on details. And I’ve seen many cars do better off BaT as on it.

Auction arbitrage is real. But it’s not formulaic. It’s opportunity meets timing — and sometimes the only way to know you bought smart is when someone else proves it later.

This time, it happened to be a $70K flip. But there are plenty of others that go the other way too.

That’s why we track.

Auctions To Keep An Eye On

Did not have “prewar Auburn” on my Cars & Bids Christmas list.

When they said they were expanding into classics, everyone expected the usual hits — maybe some ’60s muscle, a few early Broncos, classic Porsches. Safe bets. Broad appeal. But instead? Week two and they drop a 1932 Auburn 8-100 A Special Speedster. Full-on straight-8, four carbs, Columbia 2-speed rear, and actual racing pedigree — from postwar dirt tracks to the Great Race.

It’s not just bold. It’s smart.

This isn’t a listing for views. It’s a message to sellers: we’re open for business, no matter the decade. Whether it's a backdated 911 or a prewar Speedster with Dayton wires and open headers — you’re covered.

That’s a powerful signal. Especially in a market where vintage sellers still assume they have to go elsewhere. C&B is saying, “Nope. We’ll take your ’32 Auburn and run it right alongside your E46.”

And if this one sells strong, the doors open wider — for Packards, Lincolns, even heavier hitters. Not a gimmick. A real move.

So no, this wasn’t expected. But it was absolutely the right play.

Now this is how you build a hot rod 911.

Originally a ’73 911E, this car has been reimagined with RS steel flares, a full bare-metal respray, red leather + houndstooth interior, and a custom-built 3.0L flat-six by Jerry Woods Enterprises — complete with PMO/MoTeC EFI and 235hp on tap. Oh, and the original 2.4-liter numbers-matching engine comes with the sale too.

It’s the kind of car that doesn’t just hit a niche — it nails it. RS look, period-correct mods, proper craftsmanship, and barely 800 miles since the build. This wasn’t slapped together — it’s a six-figure “open checkbook” job, and it shows.

What makes it even more compelling is that it’s still a real ’73 car. Pre-smog. Lightweight. No computer nannying. Just raw air-cooled goodness, sharpened. Exactly the sort of thing you'd see at Luft, then hear ripping through Angeles Crest the next morning.

It doesn’t get much closer to the holy grail for FD fans than this: a 30-year single-owner, 28k-mile R1 in Competition Yellow Mica, factory paint, period mods, and the full stash of stock parts included.

If you know, you know. This is the trim, the color, the window of tuning history that made FDs legends long before the Bring a Trailer era.

This one’s been upgraded with the full Pettit Racing “Turn Key Terror” package—bigger intercooler, boost bump, proper exhaust, dialed-in suspension—and it shows. Nothing over the top. Just the kind of setup that made these cars magic in the first place.

I’m always partial to cars like this. Not just because I love 1990s Japanese performance, but because they hit that sweet spot—emotive, analog, and unrepeatable. Clean FDs are vanishing. Yellow R1s- basically extinct!

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