Collection of Rare German and Italian Cars Is Worth $2 Million, And It's All for Sale

1 year ago - 6 November 2023, autoevolution

It's not every day when someone who has worked hard to gather in one place some of the world's most appreciated and rare cars decides (or is forced by circumstances) to part ways with their collection. Even more reason, some would say, to talk about it when something like this does happen.

Most recently we did so when we learned of the sale of the White Collection, an incredible gathering of no less than 56 Porsche cars, all of them white and worth a combined $30 million.

It's hard to top something like the White Collection, both in terms of size and value, but that doesn't mean there aren't other, perhaps impressive in other respects, collections to talk about. Like, say, one called the Connoisseur Collection.

That would be a lot of 12 German and Italian cars, almost all of them made decades ago and some so rare they're borderline unique. The combined value of the collection is of around $2 million, and all its component parts are now for sale.

The group of cars includes four Mercedes-Benz vehicles, two Porsches, four BMWs, and two Alfa Romeos. None of them has been made closer to our time than a few decades, which means the entire lot is surrounded by a shroud of class and style only the cars of the 1950s and 1960s can offer.

From the Mercedes family the one that stands out the most is the 1954 220 Coupe. That would be a family of Mercs of only 85 examples ever made, and considered the highlight of the W187 breed. The one that's part of this collection also has the optional sliding steel sunroof, and that makes it rarer still. The highest the seller hopes to get for it is 200,000 euros ($211,000).

Of the four BMWs brought to the table, the 1955 501 Sechszylinder Cabriolet clearly stands out the most. In fact, it's the most valuable car of the lot, with an estimated top price of 300,000 euros ($316,000). It comes in fully restored form, and it's painted Ivory over a green leather interior.

The most prized of the two Porsche's is the 200,000 euros 1967 911 soft-window targa with a flexible rear screen. Painter Irish green over black leatherette, it has the matching-numbers chassis, engine, and gearbox.

The Italian carmaking industry is best represented by the 1963 Giulia 1600 Spider. Just like the other one, the Giulietta Sprint, it's estimated at 80,000 euros ($84,000). Both cars come with paperwork and have been restored at some point in the past.

The Connoisseur Collection goes under the hammer at the hands of RM Sotheby's on November 25 in Munich, Germany.