Porsche's Speedster wins for $ 550,000, Porsche donates $ 1 million

Porsche 911 (991 Generation) Speedster Charity Auction

The other day, Porsche (Porsche in North America) wrote at the Sotheby's auction that the Speedster, the last 911 model of the Porsche 991 generation, is on sale for charity.

Reference article:Porsche to auction Porsche 991 Speedster

The amount of money sold by this Speedster is an auction that Porsche has declared to donate to United Way so that it can be used for coronavirus related relief.

The auction started on April 15, 2020 in the form of online bidding only, and ended on April 22, 2020.

At first, I felt that I only wrote about online bidding at this auction, but when I opened the results, it seems that only people in the United States could bid (I bid). I couldn't do it! So I didn't register for bidding, so I may have overlooked the detailed explanation. If so, I'm sorry ...).

Anyway, that's a little disappointing.

Well, since the car itself is in the United States, from the viewpoint of delivery, the address was limited to US people, and it was an auction led by Porsche in North America, so I wonder if it can be helped.

Sotheby's Auction Results: Porsche 911 Speedster

By the way, regarding the winning bid of this Speedster, there are 32 bids in total, and as a result, the winning bid is finally "$ 550,000".

The auction has more than 48,500 unique page views during the seven-day bidding period, and 32 bids is higher than the average bid for the online bid-only auction at Sotheby's. It is a numerical value.

When I saw the situation about 18 hours before the end of the auction, the number of bids was still 23 and the amount was $ 425,000 ↓

According to Sotheby's, this auction had a hot bid fight with seven bids in just the last minute.

And it is Porsche that does not end with this alone, Porsche announced that it will add an additional amount to this winning bid of 550,000 dollars and donate a total of "1 million dollars (about 100 million yen)" ( Taxes and fees are deducted).

I'm sure that the price range of donating 100 million yen was originally being considered, but I thought it was a pretty nice measure ^ ^

According to Porsche, by making it an auction format like this, we not only wanted to raise donations to United Way, but also wanted to let many people know that this United Way is doing its best to support Corona. There was also an intention, and it was good to be able to achieve it.

Following the end of the auction, the CEO of United Way and the CEO of Sotheby's have each issued a statement of appreciation.

Speedster serial number auctioned

Well, and finally one.

The "serial number" of the Porsche 911 Speedster Heritage Package that was put up for auction here, which I've always wanted to know.

Yes, the Speedster is limited to 1,948 units (in the case of the 991 generation this time), so every car should have some serial number from 1 to 1948.

Why is it hidden because it is not mentioned anywhere at the start of the auction? I was wondering.

After all, I don't know why it wasn't announced at the beginning, but the display started from the middle of the auction and it was announced ^ ^

so! The serial number of this Speedster was "1897" ~.

I know the serial number at the very end, and I feel refreshed ^^

In addition, Porsche will report again about the delivery of this Speedster to the winning bidder (it seems to be an event), the visit to Porsche in Germany as a bonus (?) Present to the winning bidder, etc. I'm looking forward to it.

Source:
◆(Official) $1 Million Benefit for United Way COVID-19 Relief　
◆(Official) Sotheby's