RM Sotheby’s, Retromobile Week, Place Vauban, Paris, February 8, 2017 RM Sotheby’s kicked off the auctions in Paris during Rétromobile this year with a Wednesday evening sale of 77 lots. Pre-sale highlights included a Ferrari 275 GTB and 365 GTB/4 Daytona with period performance modifications, an Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 Monoposto, the first Porsche 917/10 and a Porsche 959 Sport. Also scattered under the tents in … [Read more...]
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Worldwide Scottsdale 2017 – Auction Report
Worldwide Auctioneers, Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona, January 18, 2017 Worldwide Auctioneers joined the Scottsdale auction party in 2017 with a focused, realistic sale of 82 cars on the southern periphery of Scottsdale off McDowell Road. Set up in a good-sized tent on the site of an closed multi-marque new car dealership, they assembled a good collection of classics, sports and muscle cars. … [Read more...]
Gooding and Company Scottsdale 2017 – Auction Report
Gooding & Company, Fashion Square, Scottsdale, January 20-21, 2017 Pride of place at Gooding & Company’s Scottsdale auction in 2017 went to its two top-selling cars, the impressively original and well preserved ex-Wallace Bird Bugatti Type 35 and the impressively beautiful and sleek Ferrari 500 Superfast. At $3.3 and $2.915 million respectively they were the cream that rose to the top. The sell-through … [Read more...]
Bonhams Scottsdale 2017 – Auction Report
Bonhams, Westin Kierland, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 19, 2017 As the results below show, this was Bonhams best Scottsdale auction ever, exceeding its prior largest sale by 46.7%. The median sale was down substantially from last year, and dwarfed by the average transaction showing that this sale was dominated by some of the best cars in the Arizona auction week with seven lots sold on hammer bids over $1 … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s Arizona 2017 – Auction Report
RM Sotheby’s, Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona, January 19-20, 2017 After a pair of strong $60+ million sale years at the Biltmore RM Sotheby’s took a step back, although still to a very credible $53.7 million sale total, the third highest in its Arizona auctions history. It was a pattern shared among all the major Arizona auctions except for Bonhams (more than double last year’s total) and Russo and Steele (up … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2017 – Auction Report
Barrett-Jackson, WestWorld, Scottsdale, January 14-22, 2017 Any Barrett-Jackson auction is a spectacle, but none of them are as spectacular as WestWorld in January. This is where it started over four decades ago and where the Barrett-Jackson ‘event’ format first took shape. The size, scope and diversity is breathtaking and no one who loves cars should let an opportunity to visit slip by. It runs for eight days … [Read more...]
Classic Car Auction Yearbook 2015-2016 – Book Review
Dr. Orsi and Mr. Gazzi have an enviable skill for considering vast amounts of data on the $1.2 billion-plus annual collector car market, presenting it in salient graphs and each year coming up with new and insightful ways to make sense of it. Even more remarkably they make reading about it enjoyable and easy to understand. The Classic Car Auction Yearbook 2015-2016 includes results from 107 individual auctions in … [Read more...]
Jaguars Sold at Auction in 2016
The Jaguar brand made quite the statement in 2016 when RM Sotheby's rattled the collector car world with the opportunity to publicly purchase arguably one of the most coveted racing cars of all time. The 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning Ecurie Ecosse D-Type crossed the block during Monterey Car Week, selling for a staggering $21,780,000 when the gavel finally fell. That figure would not only make this heroic D-Type … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz Sold at Auction in 2016
Mercedes-Benz automobiles are long known as an obvious choice for enthusiasts that appreciate a high level of craftsmanship and demand reliable service. With an unrivaled history that includes the famed pre-war White Knights and the dominant Silver Arrows, these cleverly engineered products from the world's oldest automaker continue to make a solid case for buyers. Auction Editor Rick Carey traveled across the … [Read more...]
Porsches Sold at Auction in 2016
2016 was a big year for the collector car world, and particularly the Porsche market. While many lots saw record-breaking sale figures, the greater majority of cars saw prices dip below estimates, indicating a possible cool-down in the Porsche world. The allure of the brand surely has not diminished, yet buyer and seller's attitudes have clearly changed as the market become saturated and the overall quality of … [Read more...]
Ferraris Sold at Auction in 2016
Ferraris were once again the undisputed focal point of the collector car marketplace in 2016. Given their importance to the markets, they were also the center of attention in Auction Editor Rick Carey's reports on Sports Car Digest, with nearly 190 of Maranello’s finest methodically examined this year. Examples that went under Carey's microscope included a 430 F1 with "interior carbon fiber trim [that] looks like … [Read more...]
Mecum Dallas 2016 – Auction Report
Mecum Auctions, Dallas, Texas, November 2-5, 2016 Mecum Auctions' regular early September Dallas date this year got pre-empted by the Convention Authority that governs the auction site at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Moved back to the next available date in early November, it didn’t seem to make much difference. … [Read more...]
Auctions America Hilton Head 2016 – Auction Report
Auctions America, Hilton Head, South Carolina, November 5, 2016 It is nothing short of amazing that four weeks after Hurricane Matthew pummeled Hilton Head Island with 100 mph winds and ten or more feet of storm surge on October 8, the Hilton Head Motoring Festival and Auctions America’s Hilton Head Island Auction took place. Residents who (wisely) evacuated ahead of Matthew were barred from returning until … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas 2016 – Auction Report
Barrett-Jackson, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, October 13-15, 2016 When ‘extravaganza’ is part of the formula for success appearing in Las Vegas is as natural as breathing. Gambling is now a much smaller part of the Las Vegas economy than entertainment; what could be better than a glamorous entertainment event that combines both? In other words, what could be a better fit for Las Vegas than a Barrett-Jackson … [Read more...]
Bonhams Simeone 2016 – Auction Report
Bonhams 'Preserving the Automobile' Simeone Museum, Philadelphia, October 3, 2016 2016 marked Bonhams fifth year for its Preserving the Automobile auction at the Simeone Foundation Automobile Museum near Philadelphia airport. This has never been a big auction, but it is always a good one, for at least two reasons: • Bonhams always manages to find intriguing examples of original and older restored cars; … [Read more...]
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