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You rarely see Barrett-Jackson CEO Craig Jackson in the cars which pass through the company, but his grin behind the wheel tells the full story. The particular Herbie that sold for $126,500 this week was used in filming Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo and Herbie Goes Bananas, and was the specific vehicle which squirts oil on the traffic policeman's foot near the start of the former movie.
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In the case of movie cars, which can break down or crash while doing spectacular stunts, there are often three or more identical cars prepared for filming. That's because the hourly "burn rate" of the actors, crew, cameras, lighting and the not-so-small army of support staff assembled for the production of a feature movie necessitates that there be two, three or four of everything as insurance against any potential for downtime. Many Herbies were created for the filming of the six movie franchise which began in 1969 with The Love Bug, and continued onwards through Herbie Rides Again (1974), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), Herbie Goes Bananas (1980) and the 25th anniversary remake, Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005). The sale of Herbie is illustrative of the significant increase in prices fetched by movie cars over the last decade. Herbie showing off during Herbie goes to Monte Carlo The wealthiest of the earlier generations of Herbie fans are now at the age where they are indulging their passions, so it's no surprise that Herbie should set a world record for a Volkswagen Beetle at auction and slot himself into the top 50 movie car list by fetching $126,500. What's more, whereas Bond's taste in automobiles was very upmarket, Herbie is a people's car (the literal translation of Volkswagen), and until last week, getting a genuine Herbie in your garage was not cost prohibitive. The big difference though is that Herbie was deeply loved by several generations of children and is still gathering fans 46 years after first hitting the silver screen. Of the big name movie franchises in history which have grossed more than $200 million, only Ian Fleming's James Bond is older, and it's no coincidence that all of the 007-driven cars that have reached auction before becoming part of museums or private heritage collections are on our top movie car list already.
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Well the lovable Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own predates all those movie series which seemed to go on forever – Dirty Harry, Police Academy, The Godfather, Jaws, Back to the Future, Alien, Terminator, Rocky, Superman, Indiana Jones and Star Trek – and it predates most of them by a decade or two. Check out the top ten grossing movies of the last few years and you'll see lists almost entirely comprised of reprised characters and plot lines. The Love Bug (1969) began one of the original successful movie franchises that inspired so many other franchises thereafter, and helped movie executives realize that once a movie had been a hit, a slight variation on that theme had a high probability of being a hit too – then we had sequels, series of movies, prequels and even remakes of the same hit movie of a few decades prior. Herbies are quickly becoming more valuable Herbie crosses the block at Barrett-Jackson's auction to become the most valuable Volkswagen Beetle in history, selling for $126,000
All those cars are now in our top 50 movie cars listing and in the next few weeks we expect several more to push into the list.
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In the last six months alone, apart from Herbie's sale, a Porsche 908 used in the 1971 movie Le Mans sold for £2,185,500 (US$3,419,215), the iconic "Swamp Rat" truck used in the TV series The Beverley Hillbillies sold for $275,000, a 1955 Pontiac Star convertible used in the TV series I Love Lucy sold for $220,000, a 1958 Plymouth Fury used in the movie Christine sold for $198,000, a 1922 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost used in The Great Gatsby sold for £82,140 ($127,978) and a 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom used in the movie Morocco and once owned by Marlene Dietrich sold for $742,500.
In the last six months alone, apart from Herbie's sale, we've seen a Porsche 908 used in the 1971 movie Le Mans sold for GBP£2,185,500 (US$3,419,215), the iconic "Swamp Rat" truck used in the TV series The Beverley Hillbillies sold for $275,000, a 1955 Pontiac Star convertible used in the TV series I Love Lucy sold for $220,000, a 1958 Plymouth Fury used in the movie Christine sold for $198,000, a 1922 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost used in The Great Gatsby sold for £82,140 ($127,978) and a 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom used in the movie Morocco and once owned by Marlene Dietrich sold for $742,500.
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