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Photo: Mathieu Heurtault / Courtesy of Gooding & Company Four magnificent motorsport legends will return to the public eye at Gooding...
A 1953 Ferrari-engined hydroplane racing boat Arno XI will be featured at the RM Auctions Monaco 2012 sale, scheduled for May 11-12 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The two-day, biennial RM Monaco sale is staged during the same weekend as the Monaco Historic Grand Prix. Arno XI was the...
The Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2018 auction was held January 13-21 at WestWorld in Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in $116.7 million in total...
Bonhams held its annual 2011 Veteran Motor Cars and related Automobilia on Friday November 4th at their London saleroom, launching...
The Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach 2015 auction will be held April 17-19 at the South Florida Fairgrounds in Palm Beach, Florida. Barrett-Jackson’s 13th annual Palm Beach sale will feature classics, exotics, muscle cars, hot rods, resto-mods and more set to cross the auction block. “We’re really looking forward to our 13th...
Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor RM Auctions held its 2010 Sports and Classics of Monterey...
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is celebrating its 70th anniversary and almost since the beginning, they have been showcasing the engineering...
Mecum Auctions held its second annual Monterey sale on August 13-14, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa on the Del Monte Golf Course in California, resulting in total gross sales (excluding buyer’s premium) of $15.4 million. Combined with post-block sales that continue to occur in “The Bid...
Mecum Auctions’ record-setting 10-day auction, held January 18-27, broke the record for the largest collector car auction, based on the...
The 1913 5-litre Bugatti Type 18 Sports Two-Seater known as “Black Bess” and widely regarded as the most important Type...
The Bonhams Goodwood Revival Auction 2012 was held Saturday 15th September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester, UK, resulting in total sales of £13.6 million and an 84% sell-through rate. Top result at the 2012 Bonhams Goodwood Revival Sale went to the unrestored supercharged Mercedes Type S that lay...
Bonhams, Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, Greenwich, Connecticut, June 5, 2016 Despite a new and attractive setup at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park...
Mecum Auctions, Spring Classic, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 13-16, 2015 Mecum’s Spring Classic is a marathon, four days...
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A total of 26 cars sold for more than $1 million during Classic Car Week in Monterey, California this August,...
A pair of significant Ferraris will be among the headline offerings at the Gooding and Company Scottsdale 2015 auction, scheduled...
Gooding & Company announced that the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype (s/n 0666 TR) and the 1963 Shelby Cobra 289 Factory Team Car (s/n CSX2129) will be offered at auction at their upcoming Pebble Beach Auctions on August 20-21, 2011. “Being in the presence of the 1957 Ferrari Testa...
RM Auctions, Hershey, Pennsylvania, October 10-11, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Hershey, Pennsylvania in October ranges...
A 1953 Jaguar C-Type Works Lightweight, chassis number XKC 052, will be among the headline offerings at the 2015 RM...
Rare and stunning 1959 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Series III SWB set to turn heads at Worldwide Auctioneers The Auburn Auction. A stunning and rarely available 1959 Ferrari 410 Superamerica Series III SWB will join the line- up of exclusive motorcars set to go under the hammer at Worldwide Auctioneers inaugural...
Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor The Taste of Hershey RM Auctions held its Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey sale...
Numquam tanto minus – Never has so little cost so much RM Auctions, Bruce Weiner Microcar Collection, Madison, Georgia, February...
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance returns to Amelia Island, Florida on March 8-11, 2012 for the 17th running of the automotive event. Held at the Ritz-Carlton on Amelia Island and the adjacent Golf Club of Amelia Island at Summer Beach, the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is much more than the...
A new mark has been established for automobiles sold at auction, as an ex-Fangio Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix car has...
The Dana Point Concours d’Elegance 2011 was held June 24-26 at the St. Regis Monarch Beach resort in Dana Point,...
The Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction 2013 was held January 13-20 at WestWorld of Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in $108.7 million in gross sales. The total from the 42nd annual auction was an increase of 17% from last year and similar to the record 2007 sale that also generated nearly $109 million in...
Branson Spring Collector Car Auction, Branson Convention Center, Missouri, April 20-12, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor...
Gooding & Company announced the consignment of Ettore Bugatti’s personal car – the 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Coupe – which...
Our friends at Hagerty meticulously covered the sales that made up Amelia Island Auctions, which in 2020 included Bonhams, Gooding and Company and RM Sotheby’s. Their comprehensive summary report follows, offering several insights and perspectives into the overall direction of the collector car market. Amelia Island Auctions 2020 – Summary...