Jerry Seinfeld Is Selling Some of His Porsches. No Joke

[Paul_Heery]

I saw this in the Wall Street Journal this morning. I'd take any one of them.

Jerry Seinfeld Is Selling Some of His Porsches. No Joke - WSJ

[stomachmonkey]

Is it just me or do those look like toy / model cars?

[astrochex]

I wonder why he selected those particular cars.

[intakexhaust]

Whoever this WSJ contributor Dan Neil is, seems to enjoy the morbid death cars. My guess he owns a collectable Ford Pinto.

"...was the type of car James Dean was driving when he was killed in 1955. So that’s kind of cool".

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

Is it just me or do those look like toy / model cars?

I see what you mean.

[aschen]

well those cars don't seem all that desirable

[GH85Carrera]

Any of those cars is a great toy and all of us would want them. Each of them is so valuable they could never be driven on the road like a normal car. I guess the other mega millionaires with a large museum type of collection will want them.

Beautiful cars and just crazy expensive. It is like lusting after a 100 foot Yacht or a 707.

[aschen]

if a 20 year old plain ol 3.6l turbo is a 350k car theses days, a 57 year old unique color, factory race prepped, 4 cam, speedster seems like a steal at 2.5 mil

[5String43]

Dan Neil, the author of this piece, is, I believe, still a staffer at the WSJ and is the only auto writer to ever have won the Pulitzer Prize.

[1990C4S]

They are on BAT now...

http://bringatrailer.com/2016/01/19/auction-preview-seinfeld-porsches-at-gooding-amelia-island/

[onewhippedpuppy]

Seinfeld seems to be a collector that genuinely enjoys driving his cars. Those three are relatively non-streetworthy in modern terms. Maybe he just isn't enjoying them anymore?

[JacobS911]

Making room for some others I'm sure! These ones are museum pieces more or less and probably never get driven by him. I doubt he wants another mini van backing into them like his RS did a couple years ago! It would be great if he would share his collection as well.. really only see the ones he drives and sells, but to see a documentary on his collection would be very nice. It will be fun to see what these go for though with the current market as well as his name attached to them.

[aigel]

I will take the yellow one. I promise to drive it!

G

[Tidybuoy]

I hope he gets a fortune for them. I think it's auctions like these that keep our common Porsches at a higher value.

[aigel]

I will take the yellow one. I promise to drive it!

G

[sc_rufctr]

Great line up but this is worth a look...

1959 Porsche RSK Spyder

Kevin Hart - You Look Amazing in the Wind - Episode - Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee by Jerry Seinfeld

[masraum]

Originally Posted by aigel

I will take the yellow one. I promise to drive it!

G

If I had just won the $1.6bil powerball, and for some reason I felt like I had to limit myself to just one of the cars, it would be REALLY tough to choose between the 550 and the IROC car, Really, REALLY tough!

[biosurfer1]

Originally Posted by Tidybuoy

I hope he gets a fortune for them. I think it's auctions like these that keep our common Porsches at a higher value.

I dont think there's any doubt that will happen. I'd be curious to know what he paid for each.

[Paul_Heery]

According to the Gooding site, these cars will be on display during the Scottsdale auction at the end of January, prior to the auction on March 11 at Amelia Island.
Gooding & Company Announces an Unprecedented Offering From the Esteemed Jerry Seinfeld Collection to Headline Amelia Island Auction | Gooding & Company

1955 Porsche 550 Spyder
(Estimate: $5,000,000-$6,000,000)

1958 Porsche 356 A 1500 GS/GT Carrera Speedster
(Estimate: $2,000,000-$2,500,000)

1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 IROC RSR
(Estimate: $1,200,000-$1,500,000)

[72doug2,2S]

Strange days