auctioneering founded santa monica california 2003 founder david gooding headquarters santa monica california key people david gooding president products automobiles services auctioneering restoration financial services website goodingco.com gooding & company is a classic car auction company headquartered in santa monica california . incorporated in 2003 the company holds three of the top ten all time records for most expensive cars sold in auction . 1 the company also provides private treaty sales estate planning and appraisals . since 2004 gooding & company has been the official auction house of the pebble beach concours d elegance . 2 additional auctions are held in scottsdale arizona and amelia island . contents 1 history 2 notable sales 3 references 4 external links history edit david gooding began gooding & company in 2003 after serving as managing director of the international motor sports department at christie s and president of rm auctions . 3 the company held its inaugural sale at pebble beach in 2004 . 4 gooding & company serves as the official auction house of the pebble beach concours d elegance ; the weekend s auctions are pivotal to the global collector car market revealing trends in pricing and taste . 5 since its inception the company has broken numerous world records for cars at auction . 6 notable sales edit in may 2010 gooding & company handled the private sale of a 1936 bugatti 57sc atlantic for more than 30 million dollars at the time the highest price ever paid for a car . 7 gooding & company broke several notable auction records at pebble beach in 2011 including the most paid for a car at auction with a 1957 ferrari 250 testa rosa prototype . the same event featured the whittell coup a bespoke 1931 duesenberg model j that broke the record for the most expensive american car ever sold at auction . 8 gooding & company achieved 50 world record sales in 2013 including a 1957 ferrari 250 gt 14 louver berlinetta a 1997 mclaren f1 and a 1937 bugatti type 57sc atalante . 9 references edit around the block . march april 2012 . sophisticated living p. 50 . de burton simon august 8 2009 . classic cars in pole position . financial times . stiny andy august 14 2013 . more than just talk . monterey herald . hirsch jerry april 8 2012 . david gooding is a whiz at selling classic cars . los angeles times . retrieved from 1 . elliott hanna october 2011 . at pebble beach auto auction off the charts . forbes magazine p. 81 . power 100 auction power . december 2013 . art auction . lubove seth october 2010 . classic obsession . bloomberg markets p. 91 . around the houses . november 2011 . motor sport magazine p. 126 . power 100 auction power . december 2013 . art auction . wikimedia commons has media related to gooding & company . external links edit official homepage this article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gooding % 26 company & oldid 612916573 categories auction housesautomotive companies of the united statesmotor vehicle company stubshidden categories commons category without a link on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 june 2014 at 18 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view