Toyota 2000GT photos by Mathieu Heurtault, courtesy of Gooding. -
With mounds of attention heaped on the trifecta of Japanese sports cars—Nissan Skyline, Mazda Cosmo, and Toyota 2000GT—that sold at the Pebble Beach auctions this past summer, it should come as no surprise that three major auction houses have decided to offer almost the exact same lineup for the upcoming Arizona auctions.
Along with the first public auction sale of a Japanese car for seven figures, to many observers the Pebble Beach auctions marked a sea-change in the collectibility status of Japanese vehicles, a change necessary to attract younger enthusiasts to the collector car scene. While individual Japanese cars had sporadically appeared at auction before then, August was the first time three of the most desirable Japanese cars all came to market in the United States at the same time. With another three coming along all at once again next month, it appears that collectors and auction houses now see the cars as more than a novelty.
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