The Mecum Anaheim 2013 auction will be held November 21-23 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California. Mecum’s second annual...
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The Harburg Collection of competition cars will be featured at the inaugural RM Auctions Paris sale, scheduled for 4-5 February...
Christie’s is offering Andy Warhol’s Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Grand Prix Car at its upcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art sale, scheduled for November 12, 2013 in New York City. This work of nearly fourteen feet tall, utilizing synthetic polymer and silkscreen inks on canvas, was produced for the Daimler Art...
The inaugural RK Motors Collector Car Auctions (RKMCCA) will be held October 31st to November 3rd, 2013 at the Charlotte...
The VI Artcurial Automobiles sur les Champs 2013 auction was held 20 October in Paris, resulting in €4.6 million in...
Worldwide Auctioneers, National Auto and Truck Museum, Auburn, Indiana, August 31, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor In an annual auction schedule that includes ever more events few locations, if any, have the ambiance and history of Worldwide’s Auburn Auction. Held in the Front Drive L-29 assembly...
The Mecum Auctions Chicago 2013 sale was held October 10-12 at the Schaumburg Convention Center in Illinois, resulting in $18,634,223...
The RM Auctions Hershey 2013 sale was held October 10–11 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, resulting in $9.6 million in total sales...
Leake Auction Company announced a new spring auction scheduled for April 25th and 26th, 2014 at Dallas Market Hall in Texas. The company expects 400 cars to cross the block during the inaugural two-day sale. “We have been looking to add another sale to our auction schedule for some time,”...
The Bonhams Preserving the Automobile auction was held Monday, October 7th, 2013 at the Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, resulting...
Auctions America by RM, Auburn Fall, Auburn, Indiana, August 29-September 1, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor...
The Auctions America Fall Carlisle 2013 sale was held October 3–4 at the Carlisle Expo Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, resulting in more than $2.8 million in sales and 62% sell-through rate. Held as part of Carlisle Events’ Fall Carlisle Collector Car Weekend, the two-day Auctions America by RM sale presented...
Barrett-Jackson, Hot August Nights, Reno, Nevada, August 8-10, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Hot August Nights...
RK Motors Collector Car Auctions (RKMCCA) will host a real-time, simulcast-linked four-hour auction event in the U.S. and United Arab...
A 1964 Ferrari 250 LM Berlinetta will be among the headline offerings at the 2013 RM Auctions Art of the Automobile sale, scheduled for November 21st in New York City. “Alongside the iconic 250 GTO, the 250 LM is one of the most coveted and collectible Ferraris of all time,”...
Auctions America by RM, Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel, Burbank, California August 1-3, 2013 Report and photos by Rick...
The RM Auctions Hershey 2013 sale will be held October 10–11 in Hershey, Pennsylvania during the AACA Eastern Regional Fall...
The Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas Auction 2013 was held September 26-28 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, resulting in more than $32 million in total sales. This year’s results represent a 41% increase from the 2012 event. Nearly 70,000 were in attendance at the 6th annual...
RM Auctions posted another highly successful single-day sale at the Inn at St. John’s, July 27, in Plymouth, Michigan. The...
The Bonhams Preserving the Automobile auction will be held Monday, October 7th, 2013 at the Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia....
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auction 2013 was held August 17-18 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California, resulting in total sales of $112 million and a 91% sell-through rate. A total of 30 cars sold for over $1,000,000 and 28 new auction records were set...
One of James Hunt’s McLaren Formula 1 racing cars will be among the headline entries at the 2013 RK Motors...
RM Auctions, Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention Center, Monterey, California, August 16-17, 2013 Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick...
The Bonhams Goodwood Revival Auction 2013 was held Saturday 14th September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester, UK, resulting in total sales of nearly £14 million and and 82% sell-through rate. Top result at this year’s sale went to the ex-Tazio Nuvolari 1935 Alfa Romeo Tipo C 8C-35 that...
Mecum Auctions, Del Monte Hyatt, Monterey, California, August 15-17, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor ‘The Daytime...
A selection of custom American automobiles will be among the featured consignments at the 2013 RM Auctions Art of the...
Bonhams, Quail Lodge, Carmel Valley, California, August 16, 2013 Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Quail Lodge (let alone the $29.6 million sale of the Mercedes-Benz W196 at Goodwood in July) is ample evidence that Bonhams has raised its game. They have declined to exist in...
The Dick Skipworth Collection of Ecurie Ecosse competition cars will headline the 2013 Bonhams New Bond Street Auction, scheduled for...
The Auctions America Auburn Fall 2013 sale was held August 28th to September 1st at Auburn Auction Park in Auburn,...
A new mark has been established for automobiles sold at auction, as an ex-Fangio Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix car has set records for any car ever sold at auction, as well as for an F1 car and a Mercedes-Benz. Across the block at Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale, the...
