The Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion 2018 serves as the kick-off to the week of everything automotive that is the Monterey Classic...
Monterey Car Week
Monterey Car Week is the mecca for car fans. It is a packed, full week in August of automotive heaven held in and around Monterey, California. The highlight for serious collectors is the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the pinnacle event in the classic car world. The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is a four-day event that has over 500 participants driving historic race cars. The Jet Center Party is all about exotic cars and private jets, while the Legends of the Autobahn is all about German cars. The Auctions happen throughout the event, and usually include auction houses such as Bonhams, RM Auctions, Russo and Steele, Gooding & Company, Mecum Auctions, Broad Arrow Group, and historically popular names such as Rick Cole Auctions.
The Good Life Motorlux, now owned by Hagerty Insurance, once again served as the iconic party that set the stage...
A selection of Ferraris will be among the headline offerings at the 2015 Mecum Monterey auction, to be held August 13-15 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel in Monterey, California. Mecum’s 7th annual Monterey Classic Car Week sale will feature more than 25 cars from the Italian marque, including a...
RM Sotheby’s, Portola Plaza, Monterey, California, August 19-20, 2016 2016 posed some problems for RM Sotheby’s. The Convention Center where...
The Russo and Steele Monterey 2017 auction was held August 17-19 in downtown Monterey, California, resulting in $8.6 million in...
The 69th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was held Sunday, August 18, 2019 at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. Staged on the scenic 17th and 18th fairways of the Pebble Beach Golf Links beside the Pacific Ocean, the grand finale of the Monterey Car Week featured an exceptional...
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auction 2011 will be held Saturday, August 20th and Sunday, August, 21st at the...
Gooding & Company concluded its 2014 Pebble Beach auction with $106,004,800 in sales, concluding 107 of 121 lots, an 88.4%...
A lineup of coachbuilt cars will be among the headline entries for the Gooding Pebble Beach 2016 auction, scheduled for August 20-21 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center during Monterey Classic Car Week. The official auction of the Pebble Beach Concours will featured Aston Martin, Cisitalia, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Mercedes-Benz...
A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, chassis 3413 GT, sold for $48.4 million at the 2018 RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction, held...
A 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 delivered new to Steve McQueen will headline the 2014 RM Auctions Monterey sale, scheduled for...
BMW 507 Debut When the Frankfurt Motor Show opened in late 1955, the principal BMW attractions were two sporting variations of the V-8-powered 502: the 503 and the 507. Though both models were designed by Count Albrecht von Goertz, it was the spectacular 507 Roadster that stole the show. BMW’s...
The Bonhams Quail Lodge 2013 Auction will be held Friday, August 16th on the grounds of the Quail Lodge in...
Over the last few weeks, I have assembled a gallery of images from the 2022 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Images...
Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor By now most people have heard about the 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spider s/n 10709 sold at RM’s Monterey auction on Saturday August 17 for $27,500,000. There was a real dichotomy of opinion before it reached the block. Some people – typically older,...
Charities were a big winner again at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, as this year’s event raised more than...
The 2021 Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion was held on Saturday August 7th and Sunday August 8th. Staged the first weekend of...
By Rick Carey, Auction Editor The collector car market cratered in 1989-90. What were the significant events that preceded the collapse? 1. Auction companies popped up everywhere trying to get a piece of a rapidly growing number of transactions, increasing prices and resulting commissions; 2. Cars sold to speculators, not...
The Russo and Steele Monterey 2014 Auction will be held August 14-16 nearby Fisherman’s Wharf on the waterfront in downtown...
The Bonhams Quail Lodge 2014 Auctions were held Thursday, August 14th and Friday, August 15th on the grounds of the...
The RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2016 auction was held August 19-20 at the Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention Center in Monterey, California, resulting in $117.9 million in total sales and an 82 percent sell-through rate at its flagship sale during the Pebble Beach Car Week. “This year’s Monterey auction once again...
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2010, held August 12-15 at the 2.238-mile, 11-turn Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California,...
The 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance raised $1,458,000 for local charities, the eighth year in a row charitable donations have...
Big moves are planned for the Legends of the Autobhan, as the all-German marque Concours held during Monterey Car Week announced adjustments to its location and more for 2014. One change was announced in January, as the Porsche Club of America said it was breaking away from Legends to create...
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auction 2011 was held August 20-21 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble...
A selection of Porsche competition and road cars will be among the featured entries at the RM Auctions Monterey 2012...
The Carmel Concours on the Avenue 2017 was held Tuesday, August 15th on the downtown streets of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. A field of more than 175 automobiles were on display at the tenth edition of the Carmel-by-the-Sea Concours on the Avenue, vying for 14 major awards and Best of Show. This...
The Shelby GT350 Mustang will be the featured marque at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2015, scheduled for August 13-16...
A pair of GT40s, including a 1968 Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage Lightweight Racing Car, chassis P/1074, and an unrestored 1967 Ford...
Concorso Italiano 2011 wants your original or barn-find Italian car to be featured at this year’s show, scheduled to be held Friday, August 19th at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey, California. The 2011 edition of Concorso Italiano plans to honor these great survivors and recognize those owners who have...
