It was one of the most hyped, publicized, and anticipated car auctions of all time. It was a massive collection of old dealer trade ins as well as “new” cars that were close to 50 years old that had never been driven or titled before. In short, it was what every lover of old cars dreams about. The proverbial mother load. Interestingly, we were one of the first outlets to break the news of the auction and by the time the ball really got rolling, it was featured on the national news and all kinds of different media outlets. We were also the first to call about live broadcasting the thing to the world because we thought people would be ga-ga over it. At the time, the auction house told us that we could not broadcast it because they had some other video service that online bidders use and they didn’t want to mess with that. Apparently the guys from The History Channel found enough green in their pockets to make a flippin’ network television broadcast happen and not disturb stuff. Oh well, it was cool anyway.

So the auction brought out some serious money from collectors that wanted low mileage, never before titled “new” cars that were intact. The high money earner was the 1958 Chevy Cameo truck shown below. It brought home $140,000 dollars before being hammered as sold. Other notable sales were the 1978 pace car Corvette which brought $80,000, a 1956 Bel Air hard top that brought $30,000, and a 1957 Chevy 210 four door sedan that brought $37,500. While those numbers are interesting, the really neat stuff is the low dollar cars. So many of these machins sold for under or around like $2,000 it is wild. Lots of “regular people” bought old cars at this auction and will hopefully title and drive them. Either that or they are already on eBay asking three times what they bought it for. Time will tell!

Here’s a chunk of the results. To see the rest, hit the link below.

(Thanks to Greg Rourke for the tip!)

1959 Chevrolet Bel Air 4d Sed, AT, 46K miles   $9,000    5
1959 Chevrolet Impala 2d HT, 283-cid, V-8, 2-bbl, AT    $8,750    5
1959 Chevrolet Biscayne 4d Sed    $4,000    5
1959 Chevrolet Biscayne 2d Sed, 6-cyl    $12,500    5
1959 Chevrolet Impala 4d Sed, 283-cid, V-8, front damage    $950    6
1959 Chevrolet Bel Air 4d Sed, 283-cid, AT    $4,900    5
1959 Chevrolet Bel Air 4d Sed, 283-cid, AT, green, 1 mile, MSO, window sticker    $14,000    4
1959 Chevrolet Impala 4d HT, 283-cid, AT, white, 2 miles, MSO    $16,000    4
1959 Chevrolet Biscayne 4d Sed, 6-cyl, 3-spd   $1,150    6
1959 Chevrolet Bel Air 4d Sed, 283-cid, V-8, 2-bbl, 3-spd, bill of sale    $2,750    5
1959 Chevrolet Bel Air 4d HT, 283-cid, AT, copper, 2 miles, MSO    $11,000    4
1959 Chevrolet Viking 40 2d Stake, 6-cyl, 4-spd, cab & chassis only, w/o radiator, 7 miles, MSO   $60,000    4
1959 Chevrolet Impala 4d Sed, 283-cid, AT, copper, 2.2 miles, MSO, window sticker    $14,500    5
1959 Chevrolet Biscayne 2d Sed, 6-cyl, 3-spd, grey, 39K miles    $7,000    5
1959 Chevrolet Bel Air 4d Sed, 6-cyl, AT    $1,300     6
1959 Chevrolet Biscayne 4d Sed, 6-cyl, 3-spd   $1,000    5
1959 Chevrolet Bel Air 2d Sed, 283-cid, AT, w/o carburetor, 55K miles    $18,000    5
1959 Chevrolet Biscayne 4d Sed, 6-cyl, 3-spd, w/o rear window, 3 miles, MSO    $11,000    5
1959 Chevrolet Biscayne 2d Sed, 283-cid, 3-spd, w/o radiator, black, 69.5K miles    $7,500    6
1959 Chevrolet Bel Air 4d Sed, 348-cid, AT, green, 34.5K miles, stored in dealership    $19,000    4

196? Chevrolet Corvair 2d Sed, No front seats, no wheels, first generation, stripped    $400    6
1960 Chevrolet Corvair 4d Sed    $1,100    6
1960 Chevrolet Bel Air 4d Sed, 283-cid, 2-bbl, AT, dented roof    $950    5
1960 Chevrolet Impala 4d HT, AT    $4,400    4
1960 Chevrolet Brookwood 4d Sta Wag, 6-cyl, AT   $1,900    5
1960 Chevrolet Apache 10 2d 1/2T PU, 6-cyl, 3-spd    $6,300    5
1960 Chevrolet Corvair 700 4d Sed, 4-cyl, MSO, mileage illegible    $3,750    4
1960 Chevrolet Corvair 700 4d Sed, MSO, 1 mile   $3,000    4
1960 Chevrolet Corvair 500 4d Sed, MSO, 1.7 miles   $4,250    4
1960 Chevrolet Apache 10 2d 1/2T PU, 6-cyl, 3-spd,  stepside, w/o bed floor, 2 miles, MSO
$46,000    5
1960 Chevrolet Corvair 4d Sed, Damaged roof   $1,700    5
1960 Chevrolet Bel Air 4d Sed, 283-cid, w/o radiator   $2,200    5

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Believe it or not, this Chevy Cameo truck was the high seller, bringing in more than $140k at the Lambrecht auction.