Interesting offering at the Sothbey's Auction

[Gop-Dogg]

Resto-Mod 2002 CSL
To be auctioned tomorrow (1/29/16)

[Chinman]

Nice, but it's not a 2002.

[mpower5266]

Nice, but it's not a 2002.

This.

[RsKeyz]

I wonder how much the 3.5 they swapped in there will affect the final bid?

[RidgeBack]

I wonder how much the 3.5 they swapped in there will affect the final bid?

With the non-original resto mod I expect the price to be in the 15-20% range of what a decent original would get.

[NSBMW]

With the non-original resto mod I expect the price to be in the 15-20% range of what a decent original would get.

In "Excellent" condition they are valued at $117,000 according to Hagerty.

[montaillou]

Or, get this one in black for $520.00

http://classiccarsdb.com/bmw/88778-1973-bmw-30-cs.html

[BimmerBreaker]

Or, get this one in black for $520.00

http://classiccarsdb.com/bmw/88778-1973-bmw-30-cs.html

Not a CSL, so the value is severely diminished vs. what a CSL would fetch.

Ad isn't loading for me but if the only modification is a later engine swap that may not be too detrimental to the value. I'd expect $100K at least for this car. Wish I knew it was there as I was up at Barret Jackson a few days ago and would have loved to stop by and see this car in person. I'll have to go to check out this auction next year, I think they have more imports.

Later year CSL "Batmobiles" sell for $200K+ in concourse condition FWIW.

edit: got the link to work, sold for $126K which for this model represents essentially 100% of "original" value (reading the ad, it also comes with the original drivetrain, so this should be no surprise). Excellent is $117K, Concourse is $148K.
These are, at least right now, some of the most collectible BMWs out there