
While the lower and middle rungs of the marketplace (i.e. cars priced at $10K-$50K and $75K-$250K) were moving, at the high end of the market the catalog sale bidders were sitting on their hands for any number of the top-echelon offerings. Change seems to be in the wind, as resto-mods, be they ‘60s muscle cars or 1950s-70s pickups and Broncos, were making strong numbers as younger buyers under 50 or greyhairs with hip and knee replacements capitulating to the lure of air conditioning and paddle shifters raised their paddles, notably at the volume houses of Barrett-Jackson and Russo and Steele.Recent-model supercars were also strong, with Barrett-Jackson’s top non-charity seller a 2019 McLaren Senna sold at $1.457 million, as well as a 2012 Lexus LFA Nürburgring sold for a world record $918,500.