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Auctions & Market
News, results and more from the classic car auction industry. Upcoming collector car events and auctions as well as the results from the biggest and most important classic car auctions on the planet, we have complete coverage of the world of collector and rare car sales and events.
It’s that time of year again when the automotive world gears up for the mother of all U.S. motoring events:...
On the weekend of October 23-24, RM Sotheby’s held a live auction of the outstanding Elkhart Collection. The auction, which was held in Elkhart, Indiana featured more than 240 highly collectible cars, as well as a number of memorabilia that were offered almost entirely without reserve and grossed an impressive $44,385,420 in sales. The...
RM Auctions held its fourth annual Automobiles of London auction on October 27th, 2010 at Battersea Evolution in London, resulting...
Gooding and Company reported its 2015 year-end auction sale total of more than $206.5 million with a 90% sell-through rate...
With the financial world still reeling from the ramifications of the subprime housing implosion, the four major auctions held in conjunction with this year’s Monterey Historics week were eagerly anticipated by insiders as a bellwether for the state of the classic car market. Yet, when the final gavel fell on...
RM Auctions staged its Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s sale on July 27, 2013 in Plymouth, Michigan, resulting...
A 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport will headline the 2014 Rick Cole Auctions Monterey event, scheduled for August 14-17 during Monterey...
RM Auctions held its 2012 Automobiles of Arizona sale on January 19-20 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, resulting in $25.6 million in sales and a 90% sell-through rate. The 13th annual RM Auctions Arizona sale saw 140 automobiles cross the auction block, with registered bidders representing 21 countries....
Bonhams has amassed an exceptional collection of rare motorcars to go on auction Sunday, June 8th, at 10:30 am, as...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Bonhams and Butterfields held its 2010 Quail Lodge auction on August 12-13...
The Lancia 037 Prototype will be the stand-out vehicle at the upcoming RM Sotheby’s Milan Sale planned for sale on June 15. RM Sotheby’s has announced an all-new, exclusive sale in Milan to be held on Mille Miglia’s eve at Palazzo Serbelloni, Sotheby’s Milan’s historic location. The sale will offer 25-30 exceptional...
The very first production Jaguar D-Type to roll off the line in 1955 will star in Bonhams’ Goodwood Festival of...
A 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster will be among the featured offerings at the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach...
The Modern Speed Collection will be featured at the 2016 Mecum Monterey auction, scheduled for August 18-20 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel in California during Monterey Classic Car Week. The Collection includes 12 low-mileage examples of modern sports and supercars from names such as Alfa Romeo, Bugatti, Ferrari, McLaren...
Bonhams, Quail Lodge, Carmel Valley, California, August 16, 2013 Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Quail...
The Gooding and Company Scottsdale 2015 Auction will be held January 16-17 nearby the Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona....
Call it what you will — the Monterey Car Week, Pebble Beach Automotive Week, Concours Week, Holy Car Week or just Car Heaven — but the events held every August on California’s Monterey Peninsula are the most important on the automotive calendar and 2012 will be no different. Anchored by...
Ferraris were once again the undisputed focal point of the collector car marketplace in 2016. Given their importance to the...
RM Sotheby’s will expand its footprint in California this summer via the presentation of a Santa Monica sale, June 24-25...
Aside from escaping this particularly bitter New England winter for a few days, getting to experience the solid week of collector car auctions in and around Scottsdale, Arizona this year was refreshing in its own way. I say refreshing because it reminded me just how alive this strange hobby (some...
The Mecum Seattle 2014 auction was staged June 13-14 at CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle, Washington, resulting in $15,125,097...
The Mecum Monterey Daytime Auctions 2012 will be held August 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa in...
The Mecum Las Vegas 2017 auction was held November 16-18 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Nevada, resulting in $22 million in total sale. A total of 557 vehicles changed hands over three days at Mecum’s debut Las Vegas sale. A pair of 1968 Chevrolet Yenko Camaros topped all...
A selection of classics from Bentley and Rolls-Royce will be among the headline offerings at the 2013 Gooding & Company...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor The Gooding & Company Scottsdale Auctions 2011 was presented on January 21-22...
RM Auctions achieved a successful 100% sell-through rate at its Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey 2010 sale, held October 7-8 in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with 297 lots exchanging hands for a total of $8.8 million in sales. Highlighted by a series of Brass Era automobiles, the two-day sale saw over 140...
Bonham’s recent Bond Street Sale (May 19, 2021) was the first live auction for the UK motor car group in...
While it is true that this January’s onslaught of annual auctions held in Scottsdale, Arizona, set a new combined record...
The Artcurial Paris Sur Les Champs 2016 auction was held 30 October, resulting in €3,855,673 in total sales and an 80 percent sell-through rate. The 10th auction in Artcurial’s ‘Automobiles Sur Les Champs’ series of Paris sales was held at the Artcurial headquarters on the Champs Elysées. Matthieu Lamoure, Managing...