What a week. More than 1,300 cars changed hands across the major auction platforms, generating over $51.3 million in sales. At this point, seven-figure results are becoming a weekly occurrence. Last week it was a 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder that sold for just under $3 million. The week before, it was a 1966 Ferrari 275 GTS.

As fun as those headline-grabbing sales are, they aren't really what this market is about. The average enthusiast car still trades hands for somewhere around $33,000, with that figure moving up or down depending on the platform. That's where most of the action happens.

What's been interesting lately is the number of people who want in. I've had two different groups reach out recently, both pitching new auction platforms and explaining why they're going to do things differently. Whether either of them actually launches remains to be seen, but it says something about the state of the market when new players are still looking for a seat at the table.

Today, we're taking a look at a handful of auctions that are flying under the radar as they head toward the finish line.

There are certain cars where the final few hours of an auction feel a little different. This Fairlady Z432 is one of them.

Cars like this simply don't come up very often. Nissan built only a few hundred Z432s between 1969 and 1973, and for many enthusiasts it's the ultimate version of the Z. Not because it's the fastest, but because it's the one that got the engine everyone wanted. The legendary S20 straight-six from the Skyline GT-R, complete with triple carburetors, four valves per cylinder and a 7,500-rpm redline.

What I've always loved about the Z432 is that it feels like the version Nissan built for itself.

The standard 240Z was the car that conquered America. The Z432 was the car that showed what Nissan's engineers could really do when they weren't worrying about volume sales, emissions regulations or keeping the price competitive.

Today we talk about halo cars all the time, but that's exactly what this was. A low-volume, high-performance flagship that cost nearly twice as much as an entry-level Fairlady Z when new.

The other reason this auction caught my attention is because opportunities to buy one are so rare. Most enthusiasts can go years without seeing a Z432 offered publicly, let alone one presented to this standard. That's why I expect the bidding to get a lot more interesting as the clock winds down.

At the time of writing, the car sits at $123,456, which feels more like the starting point than the final destination.

Whether you're a Nissan enthusiast or not almost doesn't matter. This is one of those cars that reminds you why people fall down automotive rabbit holes in the first place.

Every week there are a handful of auctions that get all the attention. This isn't one of them.

At the time of writing, this 1989 Ford Bronco II has just one comment, 11 bids, and a high bid of $3,600. Most people scrolling through Cars & Bids will probably spend more time looking at the latest GT3 RS or G-Wagen than they will this old Ford. And that's exactly why it caught my attention.

The seller claims to have spent more than $10,000 bringing it back to life, and unlike a lot of restoration claims online, this one actually seems believable. Suspension work, steering components, fuel system work, brakes, ignition components and more have all been addressed recently. It sounds like somebody bought an old truck they genuinely liked and simply started fixing things. Not because it made financial sense, but because that's what you do when you want to keep something on the road.

I've always had a soft spot for vehicles like this. They're not valuable enough to be collectibles. They're not new enough to be practical daily drivers. They just exist in that sweet spot where somebody cared enough to save them when most people wouldn't have bothered.

The other thing working in this Bronco's favor is that it's a no-reserve auction. At $3,600, we're already in the territory where finding a decent running, driving, four-wheel-drive truck for the money is becoming increasingly difficult. Add in the five-speed manual transmission and suddenly this starts looking like a lot of truck for not a lot of money.

Sometimes the most interesting opportunities aren't the cars everybody is watching. They're the ones nobody is.

This is one of those auctions that reminds you how much work goes into building a proper track car. Not a track-inspired car. Not a car with a few bolt-ons. A real one.

This 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo has spent years being developed into a PCA SP3 racer, and the spec sheet reads exactly how you'd want it to. MOTON three-way coilovers, full cage, BRAID wheels, Recaros, data acquisition, upgraded suspension throughout, and a logbook showing a genuine competition history.

What I like most is that nothing about it feels accidental. Every modification points toward the same goal. Faster laps.

The comments tell part of the story too. A former driver of the car calls it an "absolute treat" on track, while another notes the logbook records roughly 26 PCA events.

Sure, it's not perfect. The body shows the scars of doing what it was built to do, and a few commenters raised the usual 944 Turbo questions about chips and engine longevity. But that's almost part of the appeal. Nobody is pretending this is a garage queen.

There are always buyers looking for clean, stock 944 Turbos. This one is for the person who wants to skip years of development and go straight to the fun part.

There was a time when a supercharged Range Rover Sport would have been one of the hottest things on any enthusiast auction site. Today, it feels like buyers see the mileage, see a few known issues, remember every Range Rover horror story they've ever heard, and keep scrolling.

That's what makes this one interesting. Underneath all the scary headlines is still a supercharged 4.2-liter V8 Range Rover Sport, arguably the most desirable drivetrain ever offered in the model. The seller has also been surprisingly forthcoming throughout the auction, openly discussing the air suspension issues, explaining why the truck sat, and volunteering additional faults that weren't even in the original listing. Whether you're interested in the truck or not, that level of transparency is becoming increasingly rare.

No, this isn't the sort of auction where you're buying perfection. The next owner will almost certainly have a list of things to sort out, and anyone expecting Toyota ownership costs should probably look elsewhere. But that's also why these auctions can get interesting. Most bidders spend so much time thinking about what could go wrong that they stop looking at what's actually being offered.

With the auction winding down, this feels like one of those listings where the conversation around the vehicle is far more negative than the vehicle itself. Latest bid at time of writing is just $1,300. Seems like a good opportunity to me…