Saturday’s lineup on Modern Car Collector was short but pointed. A scale-model Ferrari the factory itself blessed, a low-mile Buick GNX whose paperwork outweighs its rarity, a modified Skyline sedan testing the edge of the JDM market, and a $15 million NART Spider that earns its estimate through what its owner changed rather than who he was. Here’s everything we published on September 12, in order, so you can catch up on anything you missed.
The Ferrari Testa Rossa J ‘Lucybelle II’ Isn’t a Real Race Car. Ferrari Treated It Like One Anyway.
A three-quarter-scale, electric-powered Testa Rossa tribute sold for $75,000 at Gooding & Christie’s Pebble Beach sale, well under its estimate — but the hammer price isn’t the story. Ferrari Classiche and Centro Stile Ferrari signed off on the car using the factory’s original 1957 archive drawings, which raises a harder question about what factory blessing is actually worth.
A 5,068-Mile Buick GNX Is a Reminder That Paperwork, Not Rarity, Moves This Market
A black-on-black 1987 GNX showing 5,068 miles is bid to $165,000 on Bring a Trailer with the auction closing September 15. The window sticker, clean Carfax, in-name title and the #042 dash plaque explain that number better than the production count ever could.
A Modified R34 Skyline Sedan on Cars & Bids Shows Where the JDM Market Draws the Line
A 1998 Skyline GT-T sedan on RAYS Nismo wheels with a swapped five-speed manual sat at $3,800 after twelve bids. That modest number is the point: it maps exactly how far the Skyline legend travels before the market stops paying for the badge.
This NART Spider Isn’t Valuable Because Steve McQueen Owned It. It’s Valuable Because He Changed It.
Gooding Christie’s has made chassis 10453 the headline lot of Rétromobile New York’s inaugural November sale at a $15 million to $20 million estimate. Buried in the catalog is the detail that matters more: McQueen had the car repainted and retrimmed almost immediately, and those alterations — not the name on the title — carry the value case.
That’s the full slate for September 12. Check back through the day for new stories, or follow along as fresh listings and auction results come in.
Shawn Henry 
John Lloyd