
#169, Hagerty expert talks strong new 2021 auctions
The Weekly Driver Podcast by James Raia and Bruce Aldrich
Feb 8, 2021
26:09
Episode notes
Auto auctions are back! Live, that is. Online auctions have continued during the pandemic, but January sales are a key indicator for collector car sales. And what a January it was.
Brian Rabold, Vice President of Valuation Services at Hagerty, is our guest on this episode of The Weekly Driver Podcast.
Co-hosts Bruce Aldrich and James Raia talk with Rabold about the new year, the return of live auctions and some of the surprising prices paid for vehicles.
Hagerty reports a 1957 Chrysler New Yorker helped launch a resurgence in station wagon prices as the 2021 auction season began strongly in January with $181.9 million in sales.
According to Hagerty, January 2021 auto auctions generated $181.9 million. The impressive tally doesn't include sales from the launch of the Barrett-Jackson campaign. It's been postponed until March.
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