Rick Cole returned to the Monterey auctions this year after a long absence, bringing with him a new format with...
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The Coys ‘True Greats’ auction was held December 4th, 2012 at the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Hall in Westminster, London,...
Bonhams will offer the ex-Jacques Swaters, Ecurie Belgique 1948 Talbot-Lago T26C for sale without reserve at their annual Quail Lodge auction on August 14th in Carmel Valley, California. It is estimated to sell for $1.0 to $1.3 million. The bespoke French race car, chassis number 11006, was delivered new to...
Mecum Auctions, Kansas City, Missouri, December 1-3, 2011 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Mecum Auctions continues to...
The Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato is one of the most highly prized collectable cars in Aston Martins history. With...
The RM Sotheby’s Duemila Ruote auction was staged November 25-27 in Milan, Italy, resulting in €51,263,270 in total sales from the 817 lots offered at the no-reserve event. Coinciding with the Milano AutoClassica, the RM Sotheby’s event represented the largest automotive-themed collection sale ever held in Europe. During 30 hours...
In the market for a Dodge Viper with strobe lights? If so, you are in luck as that very car...
RM Auctions, Hershey, October 6-7, 2011 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor RM has turned its annual auction...
The RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2015 auction was held August 13-15 at the Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention Center in Monterey, California, resulting in $172.9 million in total sales and an 86 percent sell-through rate. No less than 36 lots achieved individual million-dollar-plus results, with four lots exceeding $10 million.The sales...
The 2014 Russo and Steele Scottsdale Auction was held January 15-19 in Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in more than $21 million...
Gooding & Company announced that the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype (s/n 0666 TR) and the 1963 Shelby Cobra...
H&H Auction held its first auction of 2010 on February 16-17 at the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire, with the top sale going to a Porsche RS 2.7 Lightweight. The 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Lightweight, one of the 17 original right hand drive Lightweights, was a successful international rally...
Bonhams will hold its eleventh annual Ferrari and Prestigious Italians auction event on December 20th in Gstaad, Switzerland. Bonhams will...
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Dragone Brothers, Westport, Connecticut, May 30, 2015 It would be inaccurate to say that Manny and George Dragone have been finding antique, classic and rare cars their entire adult lives. They started as teenagers and have built a reservoir of knowledge, relationships and contacts that is perhaps second-to-none among modern...
A 1950 Ferrari 166 MM/212 Export and a 1937 Talbot-Lago T150C SS Teardrop Coupe will be offered for sale at...
Call it what you will — the Monterey Car Week, Pebble Beach Automotive Week, Concours Week, Holy Car Week or...
The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance returns to Amelia Island, Florida on March 12-15, 2015 for the 20th running of the Concours regarded as one of the top automotive events in the world. Always held the second full weekend in March, the Concours will draw 250 rare vehicles from collections around...
A beautifully restored Lotus Elite Series 1 will be available in an upcoming auction with Stratas Auctions commencing on the...
A 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta will be among the headline offerings at the 2017 RM Sotheby’s Amelia Island auction,...
The RM Auctions Fort Lauderdale 2019 auction was held March 29-30 at the Broward County Convention Center in Florida, resulting in $23,260,751 in total sales and an 80 percent sell-through rate. Total sales across the two-day Fort Lauderdale auction represented the best result in the event’s 17-year history. “We could...
RM Auctions will offer ‘without reserve’ more than 150 vehicles from the Charlie Thomas Collection during a single-day auction, scheduled...
Mecum Auctions, Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Florida, January 24-29, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor This was...
The championship-winning 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe CSX2601 has made history again, selling for a record-breaking $7.25 million at Mecum’s inaugural Monterey Auction on August 15, 2009. That price tag sets the record for the highest price paid for an American car at public auction....
A 1963 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight Competition Coupe will be offered at the 2017 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, scheduled for Friday,...
A selection of Porsche race cars will be featured at the 14th annual Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, held August 18-19,...
RM Auctions selected the Salon Prive Concours d’Elegance at Syon Park, as the venue for its third annual European sale. Themed ‘Quintessentially English’ and scheduled for 23rd June, 2011, the new RM Auctions sale is set to become a regular fixture on the company’s global events calendar, catering specifically for...
The Baillon Collection of 60 automobiles recently found after fifty years will headline the Artcurial Retromobile 2015 auction, scheduled for...
Silverstone Auctions recently opened for business in the new ‘Wing’ building at famed Silverstone. A joint venture between Silverstone Circuits...
RM Auctions, Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention Center, Monterey, California, August 16-17, 2013 Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor It took a while but RM Auctions regained the top auction total in Monterey in 2013 helped along (far along) by the tongue-wagging highlight of the Monterey...
