The Amelia auctions 2026 are already hotting up, with Broad Arrow and Gooding Christie’s bringing a wide selection of vehicles to market on March 6-8.
Gooding Christie’s is spread over two days at Racquet Park in the Omni Amelia Island Resort on March 6-7, going up against Broad Arrow which is based at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island. There’s plenty to take in – what have you got your eye on?
Broad Arrow at Amelia auctions 2026
Broad Arrow will be bringing 119 lots to the Amelia auctions 2026 season, with a less high-end focus than Gooding Christie’s – the latter has significantly more cars estimated north of $1 million, and by a significant margin in terms of estimate size. Much of the marketing has been positioning Broad Arrow’s sale at the modern classic market, but its leading car on pre-sale estimate is still an Enzo-era model – the above 1966 Ferrari 275 GTS.
Chassis 08303 is the 193rd of 200 built, and was first sold to Scott Manley of New York via Luigi Chinetti. He took delivery in Maranello and first went on a tour of Italy prior to sending it back to the factory for routine maintenance and the fitment of Borrani wire wheels. The 275 GTS was then shipped to the US. In 1980 the Ferrari sustained damage to the front right wing and was placed into storage, where it remained for 18 years. During that period the original engine was removed by former NART mechanic and Ferrari restorer Wayne Sparling and installed in a Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso (chassis 4607 GT).
By 1998, chassis 08303 was located in a warehouse in Tennessee without its original engine. In 2006 the car was exported to Italy and sold to Dr Luciano Mancini of Pisa. In November 2012 Mancini sold chassis 08303, still without its original motor, to the current owner. A full restoration commenced in 2014 in Modena with a focus on factory specification. The chassis was inspected and repaired as required by Ferrari Classiche in Maranello and received official Classiche stamps.
The Pininfarina body was stripped to bare metal and restored by AB Auto Classiche in Soliera before being repainted in its original Rosso Cina by Carrozzeria Europa in Carpi and reassembled. The interior was retrimmed by Interni Auto Maieli from its original Nero to Beige leather. The car retains Campagnolo magnesium ten-hole wheels with chrome three-eared knock-offs.
The mechanical overhaul was completed by Officina Classiche di Eros Zanoletti to Ferrari Classiche standards. In February 2019, with assistance from Marcel Massini, the original engine was recovered from 250 GT Lusso chassis 4607 GT and reinstalled in chassis 08303, restoring matching-numbers status. In December 2024 the car was issued with Ferrari Classiche Red Book certification. It’s estimated at between $1.6m and $1.8m.
Other Enzo-era Ferraris in the Amelia auctions 2026 include a 1963 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso ($1.4m-$1.7m est), 1958 250 GT Ellena ($900k-$1.1m), 1974 Dino 246 GTS Chairs & Flares ($800k-$1m), 1972 365 GTB/4 ($550k-$700k), 1959 250 GT Pinin Farina ($350k-$450k) and 1967 330 GT 2+2 SII ($210k-$260k).
It is the more modern Ferraris that are currently providing much of the discussion online, however, and while Broad Arrow doesn’t have one of Ferrari’s hypercar elite, it does have an example of the model that also broke new ground at Mecum’s Kissimmee sale – the Ferrari 430 Scuderia Spider 16M.
This particular 2009 example is not in a rare colour, though. This US-delivery example was specified in Rosso Corsa with a Nero racing stripe. Its first owner was in Miami Beach, Florida, and in 2010 the car passed to a new keeper and was serviced by Ferrari dealers in southern California. It returned to Florida between 2011 and mid-2012, then entered new ownership in Michigan showing 3980 miles.
It remained in Michigan for the following decade, receiving servicing from Cauley Ferrari in the early 2020s before being acquired by its current owner in New Jersey. In October 2025 the car was serviced by Wide World Ferrari in Spring Valley, New York. Work included an oil and filter change, brake-fluid replacement, replacement of the window switches, application of full-body paint protection film and the fitting of four new Michelin tyres followed by wheel alignment. The odometer shows 6684 miles. A significant proportion of the 499 examples built were in Rosso Corsa, which explains the estimate of $850k-$950k.
Other more modern Ferraris include a 2015 458 Speciale ($900k-$1m), 1999 550 Maranello in red ($300k-$350k), 1983 512 BBI ($260k-$300k), 1991 Testarossa ($250k-$300k), 1999 550 Maranello in black ($200k-$250k) and yellow 2005 360 Modena ($180k-$220k, NR).
This 1953 Siata 208S Motto Spider, chassis BS 520, is one of 33 built by Motto. It was first owned by Ernie McAfee and William ‘Bill’ Doheny, two prominent figures in the early Californian import racing scene. McAfee operated an OSCA dealership on Sunset Boulevard and imported more than two dozen Siatas into the United States. He retained the car for several years before selling it in 1956 to Motor Imports of Honolulu, Hawaii. In Hawaii the car competed successfully, taking victory in the E Production class at the First Annual Hawaiian International Sports Car Week in 1957, driven by Dan Hogan. The trophy from that event accompanies the car. Following this success, the Siata was acquired by Calvin Ching and campaigned extensively in Hawaii during the early 1960s. The car is accompanied by period photographs, competitor plaques dated between 1961 and 1964 from events at Kahuku Air Strip and other ASCCH meetings, and copies of registrations issued to Calvin Ching and HG Woodward.
During its competition career the original Fiat ‘Otto Vu’ engine was replaced with an Oldsmobile F-85 V8. When the car retired from racing in 1964 it was stored by Calvin Ching until 1988, after which it passed to Glen and Patricia Hougland Kalil, Hawaii. It was later relocated to Stuart, Florida and acquired by collector Creighton Helms in 2001. Correspondence from Helms’ ownership details efforts to source parts and records the installation of a Ford V8 crate engine during that period.
In December 2004 the current owner acquired the car and commissioned a restoration to return it to factory specification. A period-correct Fiat Tipo 104 all-aluminium 2.0-litre V8 was sourced from the estate of Barry Silverman and rebuilt by Engine Machine Service in Los Angeles, fitted with twin Weber 40 DCZ carburettors. An Alfa Romeo five-speed manual gearbox with close-ratio gear-set was installed, and the clutch was rebuilt in 2019 with a reconditioned pressure plate and new friction disc. The rear axle and suspension were also fully rebuilt.
Following metal repairs the body was repainted red, while the chassis was refurbished by Ryals Restoration in Santa Clarita using original Siata drawings. The interior was retrimmed by Tony D’Alessandro of D’Alessandro Designs in Culver City. The original fixed-back seat frames were restored and upholstered in brown leather with tan piping, and a black convertible hood was fitted to a restored frame. Final mechanical preparation was completed by Bob Mosier of Inglewood. At the Amelia auctions 2026, it’s estimated at between $1.1m and $1.4m.
Other mid-century classics include a 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing ($1.4m-$1.8m, NR), 1960 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster ($1m-$1.2m), 1956 Bentley S1 Continental Park Ward DHC ($850k-$1m), 1956 Lancia Aurelia B24 S Spider ($700k-$900k), 1950 Aston Martin DB2 ($550k-$750k), 1955 Talbot-Lago T26 GSL Competizione ($375k-$525k) and 1966 Lamborghini 400 GT Interim ($500k-$600k).
Here’s one of the most special cars among Broad Arrow’s lot during the Amelia auctions 2026. Chassis 301709 was completed at Porsche’s Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen factory in July 1965 as a Signal Red 911 with black interior, built for the US. Factory options included a Webasto heater, Porsche-crested hub caps and tinted Catacolor glass. It was delivered via Brumos Porsche Car Corp, the south-east distributor for Porsche of America, and sold by a Tampa dealer to Dr Harold Williamson. An active SCCA competitor in a Porsche 356, he ordered the 911 as a road car in 1965.
In late 1966, following the success of a class-winning 911 at Daytona, Williamson prepared chassis 301709 for endurance racing. Supported by George Drolsom and prepared at Brumos in Jacksonville, the car was entered for the 1967 Daytona 24 Hours. Starting 41st of 62 entrants as number 61, Williamson and Drolsom finished tenth overall and first in the 2.0-litre Touring class, ahead of numerous prototype entries. Porsche’s official race poster listed them as Touring Car winners. The car was subsequently returned to road use, although it appeared in SCCA events later in 1967 and is believed to have competed once in 1968, finishing third in a two-hour race at Osceola.
Williamson and Drolsom reunited at Daytona in 1969. Entered as number 47, they finished eighth overall and second in class, completing 577 laps and finishing ahead of all factory-entered Porsche 908s. At Sebring later that year, prepared by Franz Blam of Elsco in Jacksonville, they finished third in class and 29th overall after 175 laps. Across the 1967 and 1969 Daytona and Sebring events, the car recorded three class podium finishes. After its competition career, Williamson sold the 911 to Dr Claude Burpee of Tampa. The car was placed into storage in 1978. It remained there until 1994, when it was acquired by racer Dave White of Tampa.
White undertook a two-year restoration, returning the car to its 1969 Daytona specification. The 911 retained its original flat-six engine, number 901811, and Type 901/0 gearbox, number 101745. It also retained period competition items including Recaro seats, Torq-Thrust wheels, a through-bonnet centre-fill fuel tank and lightly flared wings. In 1997, Williamson drove the car again at Daytona in the Rolex Legends event. It was also displayed at the 2003 Porsche Club of America Parade in Florida.
In 2018 the car passed to racer Murray Smith and was serviced by Automotive Restorations Inc. of Connecticut. In 2019 it won Most Outstanding Porsche at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance. Smith sold the car in 2023 to a mid-Atlantic collector. In January 2024 it was prepared by Hudson Historics of Ossining, New York, for a return appearance at Daytona, participating in the Daytona 24 Minutes event ahead of the 24-hour race. It’s estimated at between $450k and $750k.
There are several other notable racing Porsches in the sale, including a 1993 Porsche 968 Turbo RS that competed in the 1994 BPR Global Endurance Series with Justin Bell and Erik Henriksen ($1m-plus), a 1978 Porsche 924 used in the Monte Carlo and Safari rallies in 1979 ($150k-$200k, NR) and a 1988 Porsche 944 Turbo Cup campaigned by David Seabrooke in the Canadian Rothmans Turbo Cup Series ($95k-$125k NR).
Broad Arrow has pushed the modern classics angle strongly for the Amelia auctions 2026, and this is the highlight lot – the eighth out of 44 NISMO 400Rs built. Finished in QM1 White with a black NISMO interior featuring red stitching, this example was manufactured in February 1996 and first registered in Japan in July of that year. It covered minimal mileage over the next two decades before coming to Canada in 2022 with its new owner, moving to the US two years later. Resident in North Carolina, it’s been maintained by Driven Tuning in Stallings, and displayed at the 2024 Amelia Concours d’Elegance, where it received the Hagerty Car Culture Award. It’s estimated at between $900k-$1m.
The NISMO 400R was built by Nissan’s motor sport team with a bored and stroked engine as well as a plethora of upgrades both mechanically and bodily, and just 44 were built. While some are rumoured to have pushed through the $1m mark via private sale, the last one to sell via auction came via Collecting Cars in 2023, at £701,400 – $873k then, around $935k now adjusted for inflation.
Other notable modern classic rarities include a 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK DTM AMG Cabriolet ($550k-$650k), 1989 Porsche 930 Turbo Slatnose Cabriolet ($375k-$425k), pre-merger 1997 Mercedes-Benz SL70 AMG R129 ($260k-$280k), 2001 Ruf RGT ($250k-$280k), 1988 BMW M3 E30 Evolution II ($175k-$200k) and 1993 Porsche 968 ClubSport ($80k-$100k).
Gooding Christie’s at Amelia auctions 2026
Gooding Christie’s brings 132 cars that are skewed to more traditional classics, but there are still modern classics among the lot list. However, the focus is on much more highly priced cars – you can find separate reports on the Ferraris up for grabs at the Amelia auctions 2026 here, and there are more details on the Alfa Romeos here.
Instead we’ll start with the first highest-estimated car with a little yellow badge on the nose – the above 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S. Chassis 4248 was completed in October 1969 and finished in Arancio Miura over black leather with beige cloth seat inserts. The car was delivered new to Lamborghini dealer Autoelite on Viale Cenisio in Milan. Its early ownership is undocumented, but by 1973 it was in Japan and offered for sale by Elite Sport of Tokyo.
During the mid-1970s it was featured in a Japanese motoring magazine and later advertised by Tomita Auto of Kyoto and Checker Motors of Tokyo. In the early 1980s the Miura was exported to the US and registered in California, where it was repainted red and carried the registration 1ASE345. It later moved to the Midwest and in 2002 was acquired by Tim Mathile of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mathile commissioned a three-year restoration by Quality Automotive, which included a bare-metal respray in its original Arancio Miura and a retrim in beige leather. Mechanical work, including engine and gearbox rebuilds, was carried out by Evans Automotive Repair Inc of Columbus and NJB Automotive of Westerville, Ohio. The car debuted at the 2006 Ault Park Concours d’Elegance, winning Best in Class.
Further class awards were received at the 2009 Louisville Concours d’Elegance and the 2022 Cincinnati Concours d’Elegance, along with a Children’s Choice Award at the 2014 Keeneland Concours. It was also displayed at the 2016 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in a Miura 50th anniversary class and appeared on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. It’s estimated at between $2.1m and $2.4m.
Other mid-century classics at the top end include a dark blue 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing ($2m-$2.4m), 1959 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster ($1m-$1.3m), 1965 Shelby 289 Cobra ($900k-$1.1m), 1953 Bentley R-type Continental ($800k-$900k) and 1955 Austin-Healey 100S ($450k-$600k, NR).
There are far fewer hypercars at the Amelia auctions 2026 than in Arizona, Kissimmee and Paris, but the Porsche Carrera GT has been of increasing interest this year already. This particular example comes from The Leaverton Collection, and although its silver metallic hue doesn’t make it that different on the exterior – after all, rare colours and specs are key in the Porsche market, more than most – is in the uncommon shade of Ascot Brown.
This example is one of 644 cars exported to North America, and was supplied new in September 2005 by Reeves Import Motor Cars of Tampa, Florida, to collector David W Raisbeck. He retained the car until May 2022, when it was sold to Curtis Leaverton. In October 2025, Porsche Omaha carried out a factory recall relating to the spherical joints in the wishbone suspension, installing updated components and conducting a full inspection. As part of the same programme, a new set of Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres, developed for the Carrera GT, was fitted. It’s covered 1807 miles, and is estimated at $1.5m-$1.8m – at no reserve.
Other hypercars in the sale include a 2016 Lamborghini Aventador Superveloce LP 750-4 ($675k-$725k), 2016 Porsche 911 R ($700k-$800k), 2016 Ruf Turbo Florio ($650k-$750k NR) and 2001 Lamborghini Diablo 6.0 VT ($550k-$650k).
Gooding Christie’s has a lot of Porsches at the Amelia auctions 2026 – and a lot of Rufs, too. However, among the rarest has to be the above 1993 968 Turbo S. One of just 14 built, it was ordered from Porsche’s Racing Department by Czech tennis player Helena Suková. Completed on July 19, 1993, it was specified in paint-to-sample Zermatt Silver Metallic with a black leatherette interior and corduroy inserts. Suková is believed to have retained the car until around 2014.
In December 2014 it was acquired via Porsche Dresden by Andreas Knapp-Voith of Düsseldorf, and in around 2021 the car was purchased by Porsche collector Michael Kelter of Birmingham, Michigan. It was one of several examples he acquired and prepared, and was retained the longest within his collection. It was sold to its current owner in early 2024 and is now estimated at between $900k and $1.2m.
It’s not the rarest ‘Porsche adjacent’ car in the sale – that goes to the only Ruf 928, the 928R built for former Samsung Group chairman and Ruf aficionado Lee Kun-hee ($400k-$500k). Other Porsche highlights include a 1969 911 GT-S ($500k-$750k NR), 2009 997 GT2 ($400k-$500k) and 1959 356 A ($225k-$250k). There are 34 Porsches in this sale, and four Rufs, including a 1997 BTR II ($850k-$1.2m).
Now to something a little out of the ordinary – this is the 1968 Fiat Dino Berlinetta Speciale. Unveiled at the 1967 Paris Motor Show on the Pininfarina stand, finished in white, the Dino Berlinetta Speciale reflected the aerodynamic thinking of Wunibald Kamm, with a long, tapering profile terminating in a sharply cut-off Kamm tail. For the 1968 Geneva Motor Show the design was revised, adopting a subtler rear treatment and moving closer to production feasibility.
Refinished in Rosso Dino, the car featured a flat, low nose that would later influence Paolo Martin’s Ferrari Modulo. Following Geneva, the Speciale remained at Pininfarina’s Turin headquarters for 23 years before being sold in 1991 to an Italian collector. It passed to a French collection in 2000 and was acquired by its current owner in 2022, who imported it to the US. The car was returned to running order and appeared later in 2022 at The Bridge in Bridgehampton. It was subsequently shown at The Quail in 2023 and at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in 2024, where it received the Trofeo ASI Award for Best Preserved Post-war car. In 2025 it was entered in the Post-war Preservation class at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. It’s estimated at between $575k and $775k.
Gooding Christie’s Amelia auctions 2026 sale includes several Italian oddities – there’s a 1966 Abarth 1300 OT Periscopio ($450k-$550k, NR), a 1961 OSCA 1600 GT ($426k-$525k) and a 1961 Fiat-Abarth 1000 GT Bialbero ($350k-$425k).
Although Broad Arrow has pursued the modern classics realm (1980-2010), Gooding Christie’s has curated its own selection at the Amelia auctions 2026. One of the most eye-opening lots will be the rare US opportunity to acquire a Subaru Impreza 22B, one of 400 built. The pinnacle price for a 22B was the 2023 sale of Colin McRae’s personal car in 1998, which sold for £480,500 via Iconic Auctioneers. The highest price reached for a normal 22B came in 2022, with Iconic Auctioneers reaching £182,500. The highest price in the States was the $235k Broad Arrow bagged for one at Monterey in 2025.
This puts an interesting complexion on this 1998 Japanese-market car, which was acquired by Canadian collector Joel Lavec of Quebec in 2019. During his ownership, the car was periodically loaned to Vermont SportsCar (VSC), where it was displayed at the firm’s motor sport facility. Vermont SportsCar acquired the car outright in 2025, and it’s had a full service. It’s covered less than 8200km, and is estimated at between $250k and $300k. That’s a third of the mileage of Broad Arrow’s car – will it make the difference?
Other modern classics up for grabs include a 2001 Ferrari 550 Maranello ($275k-$325k NR), 1996 Porsche 993 Carrera in Riviera Blue ($275k-$325k), 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500 E ($180k-$240k NR), 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Pratt & Miller C6RS ($175k-$225k NR), 2005 Acura NSX-T ($130k-$160k NR), 2001 Mercedes-Benz SL 600 R129 ($125k-$150k NR) and 2002 Ferrari 575M ($125k-$150k NR).
Further details
For more information on Broad Arrow’s sale, head here.
For more information on Gooding Christie’s sale, head here.
