Nicolas Cage’s ’33 Ford Sold to L.A. Collector

Nicolas Cage’s 1933 Ford hot rod fetched $77,500 at the 29th Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction & Exposition (Highway 1, Jan. 19)--and it’s heading back to the actor’s hometown.

Publishing magnate Robert E. Petersen bought the car at the four-day auction, which ended Sunday, and plans to display it at the county-run Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.

Among other cars that went on the block, Elvis Presley’s 1972 Lincoln Continental sold for $45,000, and Richard Carpenter of the 1970s singing duo the Carpenters, got $70,000 for his 1957 DeSoto convertible.

A 1991 Lamborghini Diablo Gullwing, custom-built for the late publisher Malcolm Forbes, went for $127,000, and home-run king Mark McGwire’s 1991 Porsche sold for $56,000.