Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach: Corvette Sales Top $6.2 Million

Led by a pack of eleven 1967 Corvette Big Blocks and some really impressive Straight Axle C1’s, Corvette sales at the 5th Annual Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector Car Event totaled $6,239,750. A sales commission of 10% is factored into our totals as published on Barrett-Jackson.com. The highest priced Corvette at the Palm Beach auction this year was a triple black 1959 Fuelie with silver coves. The Corvette, advertised as probably the only documented 1959 triple black fuel car to exist, sold for $192,500. Second on the list of top selling Corvettes was a 1958 Panama Yellow Corvette that we profiled last week. The Duntov Award winner sold for $181, 500 and was purchased by a women sitting next to the man that bought ’59 Fuelie. Each of the eleven big block ’67 Corvettes sold for over $100,000 with the top ’67 fetching $170,500. What’s interesting about this auction is the dollars-to-dollars comparison to last year’s Palm Beach auction. Both events had 83 Corvettes cross the auction block, but last year we saw three Corvettes break the $200,000 level. The average sales price in 2006 was $78,970 versus $75,177 this year. Finally, last year’s Corvette sales totaled $6,554,520 versus the $6,239,750 in sales this year, and that’s with a change of commission from 8% in 2006 to 10% in 2007. Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Corvette Results: