Gooding Christie’s debut Rétromobile New York Auctions take place on November 20-21, 2026, with early consignments including Steve McQueen’s Ferrari 275 GTB/4S NART Spider, a one-off Ruf Project Dragon and two Rolls-Royce Phantom IIIs from Lord Bamford’s collection. Other entries include a Siata 208 CS Berlinetta, a Ferrari Daytona Spider and a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, alongside a Mercedes-Maybach S 680 commissioned with LeBron James.
The Rétromobile New York Auctions take place at the Javits Center, 429 11th Avenue, New York with public viewing from November 19-21, between 9:00am and 7:00pm each day. The full catalogue is due online in late October, but here are ten cars to check out at the Gooding Christie’s Rétromobile New York auction…
This Ruf Project Dragon is catalogued as a 1998 car, although the completed commission was delivered in March 2024. Inspired by the CTR2 Sport, it uses the final unused W09 body-in-white retained by Ruf from that model’s production era. The consignor worked with Alois Ruf and his team, bringing in Porsche 993 designer Tony Hatter to shape its appearance. Finished in Dragon Fire Orange, it has carbonfibre bodywork, an integrated roll cage and bespoke OZ Racing centre-lock wheels.
The air-cooled engine produces a quoted 621bhp at 6500rpm, with Bilstein PSS10 suspension and carbon-ceramic brakes completing the specification. Offered for sale at the Rétromobile New York Auctions for the first time, the car had covered 759 miles at cataloguing and is estimated at between $6,000,000 and $8,000,000, without reserve.
This 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Sedanca de Ville wears Park Ward coachwork to the same design as its 1937 London Motor Show exhibit. Chassis 3CM61 was supplied to London estate agent and surveyor JD Clarke of 7 Park Lane, who retained it until at least 1947. The body features swept-back doors, an angled windscreen and decorative canework. Inside are bleached maple woodwork, folding tray tables, vanities and an electric rear blind. Park Ward’s design drew on American Brewster town cars, combining the enclosed rear compartment with an opening chauffeur’s roof.
The Phantom III left Britain for the US in 1978, later returned for restoration and subsequently appeared at California’s Blackhawk Museum. Later owner Malcolm Pray exhibited it at Greenwich and Amelia Island, receiving concours awards. Lord Bamford acquired it in 2014. Subsequent work has included an extensive engine rebuild, with appearances at Goodwood’s Cartier Style et Luxe in 2016 and Salon Privé. It is estimated at between $450,000 and $650,000 at the Rétromobile New York Auctions, and offered without reserve.
One of nine Siata 208 CS Berlinettas bodied by Balbo, of which there are only six known survivors, this 1953 example carries chassis number CS 072. First registered in August 1953, it had reached France by 1959 before being exported to the United States. Gordon Gumble of Tucson bought it from a Denver Triumph dealer in 1964, selling it to Charles Betz four years later. Betz retained the Siata until 1984, when it joined Peter Kaus’s Bianco Rosso collection in Germany. Evert Louwman acquired it in 2004, before it subsequently passed to Tim Walker.
Its Fiat Otto Vu V8 carries the number recorded on the Siata data plate. It had previously earned third in class at Pebble Beach in 2017 and a class victory at The Amelia in 2022. A recent RX Autoworks restoration preceded a class win and Most Elegant Sports Car award at Pebble Beach in 2025. It won its class and Best Italian Berlinetta at Hampton Court in 2026. An estimate had not been published at the time of writing.
This 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider was delivered new through Luigi Chinetti Motors. Chassis 14913 was built for the US market and is one of four production Spiders originally finished in Azzurro Dino, although it is now presented in red. Gooding Christie’s records that it has been in a prominent East Coast Ferrari collection since 1982, and its history has been documented by Ferrari historian Marcel Massini. An estimate had not been published at the time of writing.
This 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Special Henley Coupé was delivered new to Margaret Dunlop of New York. After testing at Derby, chassis 3CP124 was shipped to JS Inskip aboard SS Carinthia in July 1937 and supplied that October with a formal saloon body. Dunlop subsequently commissioned Inskip to replace the original coachwork with this two-door Henley Coupé body, fitted in December 1940. Later ownership took the car through several American states before Belgian collector George Howitt acquired it in 1989.
Lord Bamford bought the Phantom III at Gooding’s 2011 Pebble Beach auction for $275,000. A comprehensive restoration by Clark & Carter followed, costing approximately $2m according to Gooding Christie’s. At the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance the car won its class and the Lucius Beebe Trophy. The Rolls-Royce is estimated at between $450,000 and $650,000 at the Rétromobile New York Auctions, and offered without reserve.
This short-nose 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB was supplied new to New Hampshire collector Dr Richard Cardozo. Chassis 06617 was originally finished in Oro Chiaro, or Light Gold, one of 11 examples understood to have left the factory in that colour. It was subsequently repainted red and retrimmed with a brown interior. A comprehensive restoration by Wayne Obry’s Motion Products was completed by the early 2000s, and the car received a Platinum Award at the 2004 Ferrari Club of America International Concours in Monterey.
The Ferrari later appeared in the inventory of California specialist Fantasy Junction, whose archived listing records the red paintwork and tan leather interior, matching-numbers engine and accompanying wheels and equipment. It is offered with both Borrani wire rims and Campagnolo alloy wheels, a tool roll, jack and handbook. It is estimated at between $2,250,000 and $2,500,000.
This 2027 Mercedes-Maybach S 680 is one of two near-identical cars personalised by professional basketball player LeBron James through Mercedes-Benz’s Manufaktur Made to Measure programme. James will retain the sister car, while Mercedes is donating this example to his family foundation for auction. Light Ivory paint is paired with Stormy Weather Blue Nappa leather and porcelain stitching. James’s LJ crown emblem appears on the front wings, headrests, floorboards and dashboard, and within a bespoke Maybach badge. The centre console carries the coordinates of Akron, Ohio, where he grew up.
Power comes from a 6.0-litre V12 producing a quoted 621bhp. Proceeds benefit the foundation’s I PROMISE programme supporting Akron families. The foundation’s projects include a school, transitional and affordable housing, plus education, training and health programmes. An estimate had not been published at the time of writing.
This 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso was delivered new to Milan in Grigio Argento. Chassis 5073 GT was with Ed Niles in Los Angeles during the 1970s, Andreas David Bothe of Fountain Valley in 1976, and Houston’s Charles Reid in the 1979-80 Ferrari Owners’ Club roster. It appeared at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction in January 1995, then finished in metallic burgundy over black. Motorcar Gallery of Fort Lauderdale advertised it the following year in Rosso Rubino with black leather, recording 85,881km. The summary records a sale to a Virginia owner in 1997.
Ferraris Online offered the 250 GT Lusso for $155,000 ahead of the 2003 season, noting recent carburettor, brake master-cylinder and servo rebuilds, replacement track-rod ends and tyres, and a restored steering wheel. A later Fantasy Junction listing records acquisition by another owner in 2003 and a comprehensive restoration completed in 2006. This covered bodywork, paint, chrome, interior, suspension, brakes and engine. The dealer’s archive, marked sold in May 2011, describes light green metallic paint and tan leather, with 450km covered since restoration at that point. Gooding Christie’s states that the Lusso retains its matching-numbers engine according to factory records, with its history documented by Marcel Massini. It is estimated at between $1,400,000 and $1,600,000 at the Rétromobile New York Auctions.
This 1962 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster is a late-production example with four-wheel disc brakes and an aluminium engine block. That specification was confined to the final 218 Roadsters. Chassis 198.042.10.003062 retains its matching-numbers engine according to factory records and has been restored in dark blue over tan. The car is equipped with an optional factory hard-top and fitted luggage, and is accompanied by original documentation. An estimate had not been published at the time of writing.
This 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4S NART Spider was supplied new to Steve McQueen. Chassis 10453 is the sixth of ten built and the first of two originally finished in Blu Sera. It is making its public auction debut after four decades in the same collection. McQueen ordered his NART after encountering the first example, chassis 09437, during filming for The Thomas Crown Affair. Completed in September 1967, 10453 was invoiced to Luigi Chinetti Motors and sold through Hollywood Sport Cars. McQueen had it repainted a darker metallic blue and commissioned distinctive seat stitching. His son Chad later recalled that even the aerial tip was painted blue, making it less conspicuous when lowered.
Chad recalled that his father was heading for actor Stuart Whitman’s home in Malibu when another car struck the Ferrari from behind, pushing it into the vehicle ahead. Junior Conway carried out the repairs. By 1971 it belonged to J David Kopf of Tujunga, California, before the present owner acquired it through Long Island dealer Grand Prix SSR in 1986. Gooding Christie’s states that the car retains its matching-numbers engine and transaxle, original Scaglietti bodywork and McQueen-era details. It appeared at the 1996 Louis Vuitton Classic at Rockefeller Center and the Chrysler Museum of Art’s La Bella Macchina exhibition in 2003. It is estimated at between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000.
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