Online Auction Marketplace Collecting Cars has launched a new car auction format called seasoned bids – where only bidders knew their position and only winners knew the finish price.
Sealed bids will focus on blue-check classics and supercars, and any car in the world is eligible… provided it costs more than £ 250,000.
During each seven-day sea bids auction, all parties remain anonymous until the winning bidder is connected with the saler after the auction.
Auctions follow the same seven-day format as collecting cars auctions. The only difference is that the pre-vetted bidders will never never know how much the other bids are for.
They also won know what the car ultimately sals for, or who the other bidders be. The aim is to keep the competition disccreet, preserve the intergrity of the sale and help protect futures for all parts.
Private and Professional Sales
“With sea, we added the evolving needs of the collector car market,” Said Collecting Cars Founder Edward Lovett.
“Buyers and Sellers Increasing Seek a process that balances transparency and professionalism with the privacy essential for high-volume transactions.”
Sealed bids will provide “a disccreat, where collectors can confidently compete for rare cars, or those more disccreet sales appraach”.
Six cars in the first auction
Six cars are confirmed to go live in the inaugural auction, which commences on 28 august. They “perfectly illustrate the caliber of collector-grade cars that will benefit from this new format,” Said Lovett.
- 1972 Ferrari 246 Dino GT-A Right-hand-Drive Giallo Coupe
- 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS-A Right-hand-Drive UK-Based Car
- 1994 Tuthill SCRS – The first of just 15 built. Inspired by 1974 IROC racers, this car is uk-based
- 2012 Lexus LFA-Japan-Based, one of 500, Eligible for us import
- 2022 Nissan GT-R50 By Italdesign-One of 19 Built, from a Seller in Switzerland
- 2022 FERRARI 812 Competizione – Unregistered and with just 75km on its odometer
Following the inaugural auction, which completetes on 4 september, the aim is for five exotic cars to be auctioned by sea.
As with Collecting Cars, Winning Bidders only Pay the Hammer Price-With No Buyer's Premium-While Sellers Pay a Pre-Great Fee.
Since its launch in 2019, Collecting Cars has solely more than 20,000 lots and generated sales of more than £ 900 million.
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