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Originally Posted by 930SE
In Europe unless the M505/M506 car is a last of the line 5-speed, the non-M505/506 cars have often gone for more money. They are recognised as true Special Wishes, as opposed to the M506 that was built on the main production line and finished by Special Wishes. I think that the estimate was way too low. Two cars sold last November in the UK at the Silverstone Auctions sale for north of £203k and £212k GBP ($254k & $265k USD)
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If the general rules of the collector are low miles, low production, then certainly this car should have gone for more as you noted, which also was my original observation. My thoughts when watching the auction were, that not everyone, especially the new to Porsche knowledge, might know. In short someone stole this one from the buyers that did not know. Also like with muscle cars, AC Cobra and in some cases the Ferrari world, there are many more out there than that were built of certain models. It's a safer bet especially with little time to have it verified by an independent expert that a 505 506 will be real. Even then many do not know what to look for, especially in a early special wishes version. All in all with most Porsches not only getting low estimate, but in some cases exceeding ( utterly destroying ) high estimates. I'd much rather, as a seller, have had Porsche's in this auction than any other brand. The auction company RM & Sotheby's will now be more aware of the increased interest in Porsche's than some of the other offerings that seem to have had their day before this sale.