Mecum Auction held the ’57 Heaven Museum Auction on October 24, 2009 at the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theater in...
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It is easy to forget that when Aston Martin announced the DB4 in September 1958, it was the world’s most...
RM Sotheby’s will present ‘Duemila Ruote’ (2000 Wheels) — a selection of automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, boats, bobsleds and automobilia — during a multi-day sale in Milan, Italy, the weekend of 25 November 2016. Coinciding with the Milano AutoClassica held in Milan the same weekend, the multi-day auction will feature more...
Gooding & Company has revealed a significant competition Ferrari, preserved by one of the most revered collector-car caretakers, for this...
The evolution of Ferrari supercars marks a significant journey in automotive innovation, beginning with the 288 GTO. Launched in 1984,...
RM Auctions closed out its 2012 auction calendar with the early December sale of the John Staluppi “Cars of Dreams” auction in Florida. While 100 percent of the lots were sold for a grand total of $11.5 million, it was a trio of Cadillacs that stole the show. Headlining the...
701 vehicles crossed the block in the recently concluded Mecum Kansas City 2022 where the event reached an overall sales...
Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic, the original, largest and best muscle car auction brought more than classic American muscle to...
Bonhams’ classic motorcar auction in Philadelphia on October 2 exceeded expectations with very strong results. Hosted at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, the annual event blew past numerous low estimates for multiple lots, produced strong automobilia sales and posted an impressive 86-percent sell-through rate for automobiles. A rare, exquisitely restored...
Mecum Auctions made history May 16-20 as 1,665 classic and collector cars from 37 states crossed the auction block for...
The 1964 Ford GT40 lightweight prototype (chassis GT/104) that finished 3rd in the 1965 24 Hours of Daytona, has sold...
A one-of-a-kind LaFerrari, offered from Ferrari’s own collection, inspired a staggering $7,000,000 winning bid at a special RM Sotheby’s charity auction in Florida, held as part of the Ferrari Finali Mondiali weekend at the Daytona International Speedway. The car in question was created as a gift from Ferrari to its...
RAF National Service entrance examination papers, completed by Mike Hawthorn in the 1950s, were sold by COYS at the Autosport...
This 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster is one of only five examples originally finished in Fantasy Yellow and will be offered...
A double handful of desirable air-cooled Porsche 911s will highlight RM Sotheby’s 11th annual London sale on September 6 at Battersea Evolution in the central city. Among the top offerings will be a 1996 Porsche 911 GT2, one of the 161 original road-going GT2s that were sold to the public,...
Ahead of its time In the world of early 20th-century racing, the 1914 Sunbeam Tourist Trophy (TT) stands as a...
Background The Bugatti factory in 1927 was at the peak of its automobile production with multiple lines to handle the...
Multiple Auction Records Set in 2020 by Gooding & Company 2020 saw Gooding & Company report more than $125 million in total sales during their entire auction year. The company was able to record 568 lots sold with an impressive 91% sales rate. Of the 568 units, more than 27 cars sold above...
The vehicles for Delahaye’s new strategic direction were the Superluxe and its sports sibling, the Delahaye Type 135. The Superluxe’s...
Now available: Bugatti Chassis no. 57541 Engine no. 29S Body no. 3595 THE BUGATTI TYPE 57S AND SC Bugatti’s line...
The 1939 Porsche Type 64 Berlin-Rome will be among headline offerings at the 2019 RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction, scheduled for August 15-17 during Monterey Classic Car Week. The only surviving example and the personal car of Ferdinand and Ferry Porsche, the Type 64 is the direct ancestor of the Porsche...
The Race Retro Live Online Auction hosted by Silverstone Auctions and held on March 27 – 28 saw £8.7million in sales over...
Five very unique cars created by Detroit’s automakers are set for RM’s ‘Automobiles of Arizona’ event this coming January, including...
During Ferrari’s formative years, there was a relentless evolution of its infamous V-12 engine, driven by the pursuit of power and reliability. As time progressed, the 12-cylinder Ferraris saw a systematic increment in displacement, culminating in a remarkable milestone with the unveiling of the 340 series in 1950. This model...
In early 1956, Tony Parravano, a wealthy American housing developer, commissioned Maserati to build a new large-bore V-8 for use...
From our friends at Broad Arrow Auctions comes one of the holy grails of post-war sports cars; the 1956 A6G/54...
BMW 507 Debut When the Frankfurt Motor Show opened in late 1955, the principal BMW attractions were two sporting variations of the V-8-powered 502: the 503 and the 507. Though both models were designed by Count Albrecht von Goertz, it was the spectacular 507 Roadster that stole the show. BMW’s...
It was no surprise that the competition-bred Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing coupe set the world afire upon its debut,...
Background By the late 1950s, sports racing cars were becoming increasingly sophisticated, transitioning from traditional front-engine production-based cars to a...
Legendary Ex- Briggs Cunningham 1960 Chevrolet Corvette Le Mans will be a highlight at RM Sotheby’s Amelia Island Auction that will feature an impressive catalog of performance-bred sports and racing cars. RM Sotheby’s will be hosting their Amelia Island auction on May 22 at the Ritz-Carlton where a distinguished lineup...
