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2 stories across Record Price, Collector Cars, Pebble Beach, and Americana. Latest: Gooding Christie's Pebble Beach Auction Totals $159M, Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe Sells for $42.9M.
Gooding Christie's, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, achieved over $159 million in total sales at its 22nd Pebble Beach Auctions on August 14–15, 2026, marking its highest-grossing sale to date.
Bonhams sold the Hope Spinel, a 50.13-carat faceted gemstone, for a record $30,000 per carat at its Fine Jewellery sale in London on September 24, 2015. The previous world record for a faceted spinel was $16,000 per carat, set in 2013.
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