A Martini Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.1 Turbo is among a trio of competition Porsches offered for sale at the 2018 Gooding and Company Amelia Island auction, to be held March 9th at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort in Florida during the Amelia Island Concours. The DNA of the RSR Turbo can be found in the two additional historic Porsche race cars on offer -- the 1976 Porsche 934 and the 1990 Porsche 962C. All … [Read more...]
Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato ‘2 VEV’ Offered
A 1961 Aston Martin DB4GT Zagato '2 VEV' will be featured at the 2018 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction, scheduled for 13 July on the Tapestry Lawn at Goodwood House in Chichester, UK. The Essex Racing Stable team Aston is the most celebrated of all of the Newport Pagnell marque's early 1960s Grand Touring cars. This competition car is to be offered fresh from 47 years in single- family ownership. Bonhams … [Read more...]
Ex-Hitler Mercedes-Benz 770K Offered
A Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser Offener Tourenwagen used by Adolf Hitler will headline the 2018 Worldwide Auctioneers Scottsdale auction, scheduled for January 17 during Arizona Auction Week. Billed as the "most historically significant automobile ever offered for public sale", the 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770K is one of five surviving Offener Tourenwagens. Formerly part of the famed Imperial Palace Auto Collections, this … [Read more...]
Jaguar D-Type Offered at Gooding Arizona
A Jaguar D-Type and one-off Ferrari 275 GTB Speciale custom built for Battista Pininfarina will headline the 2018 Gooding & Company Scottsdale sale, scheduled for January 19-20 during Arizona Auction Week. “What could be better than one of the most original D-Type Jaguars and a one-off 275 GTB Ferrari with countless special features built for Battista Pininfarina? Both possess everything that the most discerning … [Read more...]
Early Alfa Romeo Offered at Arizona Sale
A collection of eleven automobiles offered without reserve will be among the headline offerings at the 2018 RM Sotheby's Arizona auction, scheduled for January 18-19 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. Entitled "A Century of Sports Cars", the automobiles from a private California collector ranges from one of the oldest known Alfa Romeos -- a 1921 G1 -- to a 2015 Ferrari California T. The very first model produced … [Read more...]
Highlights for 2018 Gooding & Co. Arizona
Gooding & Company will feature a selection of classic cars at its annual two-day Scottsdale Auctions, scheduled for January 19-20, 2018 during Arizona Auction Week. Among the highlights at Gooding's 2018 Scottsdale sale include a Bugatti Type 55 Roadster, Ferrari 330 GTS, Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster, Ferrari 212 Europa Coupe and Aston Martin DB Mk III Drophead Coupe. The headline 1931 Bugatti Type 55 Roadster … [Read more...]
Jaguar D-Type Offered in Arizona
A 1954 Jaguar D-Type raced by the factory team at Le Mans will headline the 2018 RM Sotheby's Arizona Auction Week sale, to be held January 18-19 on the grounds of the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix. The third of six Works D-Types to come out of Jaguar’s Coventry factory in 1954, chassis XKD 403 (registration mark OKV 2) was Jaguar’s designated lead team car for Le Mans in 1954, piloted by none other than … [Read more...]
Gooding and Company 2017 – Auction Summary
Gooding and Company reported its 2017 year-end auction sale total of more than $155 million with an 82 percent sell-through rate for 285 lots sold, averaging over $543,000 per car. A total of 40 cars sold above the $1 million mark and 42 auction records were established. “We continue to see strong demand for cars that combine all the attributes of rarity, performance, historical significance and provenance,” said … [Read more...]
Auctions America Folded Into RM Sotheby’s
RM Sotheby’s announced that its Auctions America subsidiary and all of the company’s auction events will be fully integrated into the RM Sotheby’s Group of Companies. Going forward, Auctions America will no longer operate as an independent subsidiary, and all existing Auctions America sales -- including Fort Lauderdale, Auburn Spring, Santa Monica, and Auburn Fall -- will be held under the RM banner. Auctions … [Read more...]
Porsche 550A Offered at Arizona Sale
A Porsche 550A Spyder will be among the headline offerings at the 2018 Bonhams Scottsdale auction, scheduled for January 18th at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale during Arizona Auction Week. The instantly recognizable Porsche Spyder is in a class all its own. The first Spyder, the 550, is most associated in popular culture with James Dean who, like other race car drivers, admired it for its beauty, speed and … [Read more...]
Bothwell Collection – Auction Results
The Bonhams Bothwell Collection auction was staged November 11, 2017 at the Bothwell Ranch in Woodland Hills, California, resulting in more than $13.7 million in total sales and a 100 percent sell-through rate. It’s the last of the kind -- a self-contained 16-acre working citrus farm, ringed with towering palm trees, sprinkled with WWII-era ranch buildings, situated just over the hill from Los Angeles. The oasis of … [Read more...]
Ferrari California Spider and Jaguar C-Type Offered
A 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione and 1952 Jaguar C-Type will headline the 2017 RM Sotheby's New York City auction, scheduled for December 6th at Sotheby's headquarters in Manhattan. Luigi Chinetti was one of the major players in the U.S. sports car racing scene in the late 1950s and early '60s. He was a highly successful racing driver in his own right, the official Ferrari distributor for the … [Read more...]
Prinz Heinrich Benz Raceabout Offered
The 75/105hp Prinz Heinrich Benz Raceabout driven by Barney Oldfield will be offered at the Bonhams Bothwell Collection auction, scheduled for Saturday, November 11, 2017 at the Bothwell Ranch in Woodland Hills, California. Bonhams Co-Chairman Malcolm Barber said, “The opportunity to acquire an automobile such as this is generational.” … [Read more...]
Ex-Schumacher Ferrari F1 Offered For Sale
A Ferrari F2001 raced in period by Michael Schumacher will be among the headline offerings at the 2017 RM Sotheby's New York auction, scheduled for November 16 at Sotheby's headquarters in Manhattan. RM Sotheby's said the Ferrari F2001, chassis 211, is the "most important modern Formula 1 race car and is amongst the most significant and most valuable competition cars in any collection worldwide." The F2001, which … [Read more...]
Le Mans-Winning Ferrari 275 P Offered
The Ferrari 275 P that claimed overall victory at the 1964 Le Mans 24 Hours will headline the 2018 Artcurial Retromobile auction, scheduled for February 9 in Paris during Retromobile Classic Car Week. Offered from the Bardinon Collection, this will be the first time chassis 0816 has been seen in public since it joined the Collection at Mas du Clos in France. During the second half of the 20th century, Pierre … [Read more...]
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