This Week on Hagerty Marketplace: Variety, That Spice of Life

Welcome to This Week on Hagerty Marketplace, a recurring recap of the previous week’s most noteworthy cars and significant sales from the Hagerty Marketplace online auctions.

The beauty of the collector vehicle market is its sheer variety, best encapsulated by that old axiom: “There’s a butt for every seat.” Hagerty Marketplace is all about putting butts in seats, which means helping buyers and sellers come together in harmonious ways to ensure that, when the time comes, the right car lands in its proper place. 

With a modern take on an Italian classic, a budget supercar, and a postwar workhorse, this week’s trio couldn’t be more different, but they’re all on their way to new garages. As the fictional Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith might say, “I love it when a plan comes together.”

1991 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce

Sold for $18,190

Alfa Romeo has always had a knack for baking a healthy dose of spirit into the cars wearing its serpentine badge. No Alfas better represent that than the open two seaters dating all the way back to Giulietta Spider of 1954. That car and its more potent Giulia sister lived prosperous lives until they were replaced in 1966 by the Spider, which would soldier on through four distinct generations until 1994. 

This ’91 Spider, finished in Arctic White over a biscuit leather interior, comes from the final series, powered by a fuel-injected 2.0-liter DOHC four sending its 120 hp to the rear wheels through a five-speed manual. A five-owner car with stints in New Jersey and Florida, the odometer shows 45,000 miles. The Spider comes with both a black soft top and a matching white hard top (with a rolling stand for storage off the car), and known issues include an intermittent antenna, inoperable power mirrors, light crazing on the front bumper, and some minor wear to the seats. 

The 92 photos detail a car in good shape overall, so despite its varied ownership history, each caretaker seems to have appreciated what they had. Given its mileage, its minor issues, and its overall state, after 19 bids the car sold for spot-on #3 (good) money, and we can only hope its new owner keeps after it in the same way the previous five have. 

2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Coupe

Sold for $57,245

Many among the Corvette faithful hail the sexy, muscular C7 Corvette as the pinnacle of the marque. And given the mid-engine direction of the C8, it’s probably safe to say there will never be another one like it. Whether and how that will affect values long-term is anyone’s guess.

In the meantime, there’s this guy, a one-owner, 4200-mile Grand Sport coupe finished in Torch Red over a Jet Black leather interior. The Grand Sport blends the Z06 chassis with the Stingray’s powertrain for a best-of-both-worlds machine, with sticky Michelin Pilots and stickier Brembo brakes. The 6.2-liter LT1 V-8, mounted aft of the front axle and beneath the carbon fiber hood, makes 460 hp and 465 lb-ft of torque, running through an eight-speed paddle-shift automatic. In period, Chevy claimed a 0–60 mph time of 3.6 seconds on the way to a 185-mph top speed.

Brand new, these were $66,445, so depreciation hasn’t dinged this one very much. It is essentially a new car, with only “slight undercarriage blemishes” noted, and the sale price after 35 bids pegs it right in #3+ or #2- (excellent) territory, which we’d say is exactly where it belongs. 

1949 Dodge B-1-B Pickup

Sold for $20,062.50

Following the hostilities of WWII, America was ready to get back to work, so it’s only fitting that Dodge’s first all-new vehicle was the B-Series pickup truck. The front fenders were now incorporated more fully into the body, and the cab, dubbed “Pilot House” for its five-window design, offered improved visibility for driver and passengers alike. Power came from Chrysler’s reliably stout 218-cid flat-six, rated at 95 horsepower, and these “Job Rated” pickups carried on through 1953.

Sometimes you just need an old truck. And this B-1-B half-ton with its four-speed manual might just be the right tool for the job. Fully restored before it was acquired by the consignor in 2018, it is finished in red over a black vinyl interior, with a wood-plank bed. The odometer shows 1247 miles but true mileage is unknown. Work within the last six years includes new front brakes, a new battery, a new fuel pump, and a new thermostat. 

There is so much to like about this truck, and bidders agreed. Given the overall shape of this workhorse, the sale price, after 25 bids, feels a bit light, as it sold on the low side of our #2 valuation. Whether for summertime ice cream runs and parade duty, or light chores around the farm, this Dodge is perfectly set up for its next phase and should offer up plenty of trouble-free miles for a long time.