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As expected, Arizona auction week saw spectacular results, with record sales totals and some of the world’s finest cars crossing the blocks. When the dust finally settled on the six big mid-January auctions in the Valley of the Sun – Barrett-Jackson, RM Auctions, Gooding & Co., Bonhams, Russo and Steele, and Silver – the numbers told the story. Total sales were $292.8 million, up 17.8 percent from 2014’s total of 248.6 million, according to www.hagerty.com, which deals in collector-car values and insurance.