Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor RM Auctions’ $31 million Arizona sale at the Biltmore January...
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RM Auctions was established in 1991 by Rob Myers. Kruse International sold the Auburn Auction Park to RM Auctions on July 1, 2010. On February 18, 2015 RM Auctions announced the formation of a new strategic partnership with Sotheby’s, with Sotheby’s acquiring a 25 percent ownership interest in RM. The auction house was renamed RM Sotheby’s. RM Auctions was a powerhouse collector car auction in its day, driving many of the top 10 sales in each of the years that is had auctions going.
A 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster originally owned by the actress Natalie Wood is among the headline consignments for the...
The 1928 Mercedes-Benz 680 S Saoutchik Torpedo that won Best of Show at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will be among the headline offerings at the 2017 RM Sotheby’s Concorso Villa d’Este sale, to be held 27 May on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. Featuring a low-slung torpedo...
Our friends at Hagerty exhaustively covered the myriad of auctions held during the Monterey Car Week 2019, from Bonhams, Gooding...
The RM Sotheby’s Porsche 70th Anniversary auction was staged October 27, 2018 at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta, Georgia,...
A one-of-a-kind BMW 328 will headline RM’s inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco auction at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality on May 1—the same weekend as the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco. Originally manufactured as a standard model in May of 1937, the 328 Mille Miglia Bügelfalte, chassis 85032, was...
The RM Auctions Monterey 2014 auction will be held August 15th and 16th at the Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention...
The RM Sotheby’s London 2019 sale was held 24th October at Olympia in London, resulting in £9,387,425 in total sales...
A 1960 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SWB Cabriolet will be among the highlight offerings at the RM Auctions Amelia Island 2015 sale, scheduled for Saturday, March 14 at the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. The Ferrari will headline RM’s selection of more than 90 automobiles, a field that RM said represents...
A Maserati 250F that won the 1956 Monaco Grand Prix in the hands of Stirling Moss will be sold at...
RM Auctions held its 2010 Automobiles of Amelia Island auction on Saturday, March 13th in Amelia Island, Florida, posting in...
The RM Sotheby’s London 2017 sale was held 6th September at Battersea Evolution in London, resulting in £7,064,475 in total sales and a 56 percent sell-through rate. The top result at the RM Sotheby’s London 2017 auction went to the 2004 Ferrari Enzo, finished in Blu Tour de France paintwork....
The beat goes on in the classic car market as RM Auctions Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale event held February...
The RM Auctions John Staluppi ‘Cars of Dreams’ Museum sale will be held December 1st, 2012 in North Palm Beach,...
RM Auctions will feature a pair of blue-chip collector cars at its 2013 Arizona sale, scheduled for January 18th in Phoenix. A 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione, chassis 1905 GT, and a 1965 Ford GT40, chassis P/1034, will headline the more than 80 automobiles set for RM’s Arizona...
RM Auctions will return to the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix on January 19-20 for its 2012 Automobiles of Arizona...
RM Auctions announced more featured offerings for the August 17–18, 2012 Monterey sale, a 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Berlinetta and...
The Jaguar XJR-9 that won the 1990 Daytona 24 Hours will be among the headline offerings at the RM Auctions Amelia Island 2015 auction, scheduled for March 14th on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Amelia Island, Florida. Max Girardo, Managing Director, RM Auctions Europe, said, “We’re thrilled to...
Kicking off a month of motoring celebrations, RM Auctions continue its summer calendar of events with the 15th annual Vintage...
Auto aficionados from across North America and as far away as Europe descended on North Texas on the weekend as...
The RM Auctions Auburn Spring 2019 sale was held May 29 – June 1 at the Auburn Auction Park in Auburn, Indiana, resulting in $6,853,794 in total sales and a 66 percent sell-through rate of all vehicles sold. Auburn Spring kicked off on Wednesday and Thursday with more than 800...
In early 1956, Tony Parravano, a wealthy American housing developer, commissioned Maserati to build a new large-bore V-8 for use...
A number of significant racing cars will be offered for sale at RM’s annual Arizona sale, January 16–17, at the...
The RM Sotheby’s Guyton Collection auction was held May 4-5, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri, resulting in $11,680,537 in total sales. The no-reserve sale featured more than 600 lots of cars, memorabilia, and collectibles from the late Fred Guyton. A renowned architect and active member of the St. Louis community,...
The RM Auctions Amelia Island Concours 2014 sale was held March 8th on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in...
The RM Auctions Sam Pack Collection 2014 sale was held Saturday, November 15th at the Pack Automotive Museum in Dallas,...
RM Auctions, Ritz Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida, March 8, 2014 Highlighted by the disposition of Greenwich, Connecticut’s Malcolm S. Pray, Jr. collection, RM Auctions hit a home run at Amelia Island this year, recording a record total sale for the sixteen years they’re been at Amelia Island of $35.9 million,...
28 July 1956 – the 24 Hours of Le Mans starts at 4 o’clock in the afternoon and it’s raining...
Although Maserati had enjoyed competition success with its championship-winning 250F grand prix car, the Modenese company soon found itself in...
The RM Auctions Arizona 2015 sale will be held January 15-16 on the grounds of the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix. More than 125 classic and significant automobiles will cross the auction podium at this year’s sale, including 22 automobiles with pre-sale estimates exceeding $1 million. The 16th...