‘I’m don’t really even think of myself as a collector. To drum up early interest, they will be displayed at Gooding & Company’s annual Scottsdale auctions, beginning January 27.
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Jerry Seinfeld is selling a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder, a 1958 Porsche 356 A 1500 GS/GT Carrera Speedster and a 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 IROC RSR.
As “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee” shows, Jerry Seinfeld is as serious about his cars as he is about his comedy.
When asked why he loved Porsches so much, Jerry Seinfeld once described them as the most “humanistic” of sports cars.
This is big news because while he is a well-known auto collector and Porsche aficionado, Seinfeld is notoriously cagey about how many, and which, cars he actually owns. The 1955 550 Spyder, which according to a report in the Los Angeles Times is an is an unrestored vehicle with an original chassis, body, and engine, and only 10,300 miles on the odometer-not to mention the morbid fascination it elicits given its similarities to the auto James Dean drove and died in-is expected to bring $5 to $6 million. “And I still love these cars”, he said.
Seinfeld, tooling around L.A. with Shandling in a beige 1979 Porsche 930 Turbo, visited the NY street set of “Seinfeld” for the first time since the NBC show ended its run in 1998. The 1955 550 Spyder is but one among other prized vehicles, which also include an ultra-rare 959, and the first 911 ever produced. It is valued by the auction house at US$5 million to US$6 million. The 1958 356 Carrera Speedster, reportedly one of only 151 models built, should net between $2 and $2.5 million. It’s estimated to sell for more than $1.2 million, which given the astronomical values of air-cooled 911s, seems reasonable.
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Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Crackle series just got done cruising with President Barack Obama, an unbelievable and not to mention highly watched feat.
