Summer 2016 | Sea Island Life Magazine Spring/Summer 2016 | Page 66

Winning Bid
THE BOOMING WORLD OF AUTO AUCTIONS OFFERS
EXCITING EXPERIENCES FOR CASUAL HOBBYISTS
AND SERIOUS CAR COLLECTORS ALIKE.
BY JOE YOGERST

“The French Connection,” a one-off
custom car with an Italian 12.8-liter,
all-aluminum HEMI V-12 engine and Turbo
400 transmission, sold for $407,000 at a
Barrett-Jackson auction in January.
PHOTO COURTESY OF BARRETT-JACKSON