Barrett-Jackson held its inaugural Orange County auction event on June 25-27, 2010 in Costa Mesa, California, resulting in nearly 400...
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The 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed (2-4 July) gets underway this week, with the inaugural Goodwood Moving Motor Show taking...
A Le Mans-winning 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB TdF will headline the second annual Mecum Monterey Auction, August 13-14, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort in California. Driven by Jean Blaton and Leon Dernier, the Ferrari 250 GT – serial number 1321 – won 1st place in its GT...
RM Auctions held the Classic Muscle & Modern Performance event in San Diego, California on June 19, 2010, resulting in...
A 1995 McLaren F1 GTR ‘BMW Art Car’ will headline a new Artcurial auction to be held July 9th, 2010...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Bonhams & Butterfields held its 2010 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance auction on June 6th at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Connecticut. In only its third year at the Greenwich Concours Bonhams cemented its position as an important event on the annual collector...
RM Auctions will offer a rare 1958 Ferrari 250 ‘Pontoon Fender’ Testa Rossa, serial number 0738 TR, at their 25th...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Mecum Auctions held its Original Spring Classic Auction 2010 on May 19-23...
RM Auctions held the Pate Museum Collection sale on Saturday, June 5th in Texas, resulting in more than $1.9 million in total sales. Held in Cresson, just south of Forth Worth, the single-day auction marked the end of an era for the well-known museum as 43 vehicles and over 170...
Gooding & Company announced three headline offerings for its 2010 Pebble Beach Auctions, a legendary Mercedes-Benz once owned jointly by...
RM Auctions announced the consignment of one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century – the 1964...
A strong line-up of classic Pontiacs, including 17 GTOs from a private Southern California collection, are part of the RM Auctions Classic Muscle & Modern Performance sale, held June 19, 2010 in San Diego, California. Leading the charge for the single-day sale are two examples of the iconic and unmistakable...
Mecum Auction held its Original Spring Classic Auction 2010 on May 19-23 in Indianapolis, Indiana, resulting in total gross sales...
Fresh on the heels of the successful Ferrari 250 GTO (4675 GT) offering, RM Auctions announced that it is representing...
Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor RM Auctions held its inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco event on 1st May, 2010 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. RM’s beachhead in Monte Carlo was, like all good military campaigns, conducted with overwhelming force and superiority of numbers and logistics. Taking a year...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Worldwide’s two-day Houston Classic Weekend sale at the Keels & Wheels Concours...
RM Auctions announced that the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO (chassis no. 4675 GT) has been sold through private treaty. Buyer...
A one owner 1962 ‘barn find’ DB4 Aston Martin used as a ‘test mule’ by James Bond special effects designers is to go up for auction at Bonhams Aston Martin car sale at the Aston Martin Works Service, Newport Pagnell on 22nd May 2010 – the only auction devoted entirely...
Early consignments to the 25th annual RM Auctions Sports & Classics of Monterey event, held August 13–14, 2010 in California,...
Bonhams held its 2010 Les Grandes Marques à Monaco on Friday, April 30th at the Musée des Voitures du Prince...
RM Auctions held its inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco event on 1st May, 2010 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, achieving $45,101,139 in total sales and matching the highest dollar single-day collector car auction in history. “RM’s inaugural Monaco sale has set a new standard for collector car auctions not...
A one-of-a-kind BMW 328 will headline RM’s inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco auction at the Grimaldi Forum in the Principality...
The Michael L. Amalfitano collection of sports and racing cars, including significant competition Porsches, has been consigned to the Bonhams...
Bonhams will hold its 2010 Les Grandes Marques à Monaco on Friday, April 30th at the Musée des Voitures du Prince in Monaco, with 65 motor cars and more than 90 lots of automobilia on offer. Headline cars at the annual sale include a 1950 Ferrari 166/195S Cabriolet by Vignale...
The 2010 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este took place April 23-25 on the grounds of the Grand Hotel Villa d’Este and...
Mecum Auction held its Kansas City Auction, Spring 2010 on April 9-10 at Kansas City Convention Center/Bartle Hall, with total...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor The Branson Collector Car Auction, Spring 2010 was held April 16-17 at the Branson Convention Center in Missouri. Jim and Kathy Cox have been putting on the Branson Auctions twice a year for something like 20 years after succeeding Mark Trimble –...
RM Auctions will host its inaugural Sporting Classics of Monaco event on 1st May, 2010 at the Grimaldi Forum in...
Bonhams announced the addition of two new highlights to its motorcycle auction on 25th April 2010 at the International Classic...
Barrett-Jackson held its 8th annual Palm Beach Collector Car Auction on April 1-3, 2010 in Florida, resulting in more than $20 million in total sales. Barrett-Jackson hosted more than 55,000 attendees during the three-day auction at the Americraft Expo Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds....