It was possibly the greatest automotive marketing slogan ever – “Ask the Man Who Owns One.” Packards were such high...
In the early 1950s, Americans looked forward to attending auto shows for the unveiling of the manufacture’s latest offerings. Adding...
A 1928 Isotta Fraschini 8ASS owned by Peter Boyle of Oil City, Pennsylvania, captured Best in Show honors at the 2016 Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance — it is Boyle’s second victory at Pinehurst Resort in the first four years of the event. Boyle, whose car was shown in the Pre-War European...
A crowd of more than 14,000 turned out for the 22nd Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance in Seabrooke, Texas,...
RM Auctions returned to Florida last weekend, April 6-7, for the company’s 16th annual Fort Lauderdale sale, where a total...
The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) conducts competitions all across the USA for its members and in 2017 more than 3,500 cars, trucks and motorcycles were shown. The task of choosing just one of these to represent the best car in the club for the past year—the so called...
Two Citroën Traction Avants at the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, examples of fairly mild French styling of the Deco era....
Auctions America enjoyed one of its best Auburn Spring sale results yet last weekend, generating nearly $10.2 million in total...
The 10th annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance presented by AutoNation and Mercedes-Benz, will take place February 19-21, 2016, at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida. The Concours will feature the Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Grand Classic® and showcase Packard as the marque, with famed...
The collection of one of America’s preeminent collectors and conservators of vintage automobiles, that of Lindley and Ann Bothwell, will...
Briggs Cunningham was one of the most important figures in U.S. road racing during the era of the 1950s. He...
Mecum Auctions has announced that more than 50 cars from the Academy of Art University museum will cross the Las Vegas 2018 auction block this November 15-17 at the at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This is a rare opportunity to acquire some of the world’s most iconic classics—including examples...
VR: It was recently announced that you have been chosen to be the chief judge for the Pebble Beach Concours...
We had spent the previous evening at Justin Marshall and his wife Shirley’s spectacular hilltop home overlooking their winery in...
The 38th annual Concours d’Elegance of America (formerly the Meadowbrook Concours) crowned a pair of classic automobiles as its dual Best of Show winners on the last Sunday of July at the Inn at St. John in Plymouth, Michigan. The Best of Show – American award was presented to Joseph...
Auctions America, an RM Sotheby’s company, continued a Labor Day tradition this past weekend, August 31–September 3, with its flagship...
Nino Farina Jim HallPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Sports car racer Jim Pace born (1961). 2 Al Holbert, Derek Bell and...
Niki Lauda M. von Brauchitsch 1 Richard Petty drives a Ford Torino to victory in the NASCAR Grand National race at Riverside. California (1969). 2 The Corvette GTP (a Chevy-powered Lola T711) makes its race debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1985). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
With a shiver of trepidation, I slip behind the wheel of the museum’s grand 1936 Packard phaeton Standard Eight parade...
Bidders at the recent Mecum Dallas 2017 classic- and collector-car auction held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center honed...
The 14th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for October 31 and November 1 at the Port Royal Golf Club on Hilton Head Island, near Savannah, Georgia, will feature Fred Guyton and William “Tom” Gerrard, respectively, as this year’s Pinnacle and Honored Collectors. Their award-winning collections...
On Saturday June 24 at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit organization will bring together families...
Kirk F. White took a circuitous route to his successful classic car business in Philadelphia, entering the workforce earlier than...
The 13th annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance took place Sunday April 9 under sunny skies on the Concours lawn at Ellen Scripps Browning Park on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the Southern California enclave of the same name. Trophies were awarded in 17 judged classes and 11 specialty...
The 13th annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance will take place Sunday April 9 on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean...
Leake Auction Company will host its annual three-day spring auction at Dallas Market Hall in Dallas, Texas, next weekend, April...
Leake Auction Company will kick off its 2018 auction season at Oklahoma City’s Bennett Event Center February 23–24 with a two-day event featuring 400 vehicles from decades of automotive history. Included in the offerings will be a 1912 Ford Model T, a 1919 Cadillac Model 57 (above, photo courtesy of...
Leake Auction Company’s recent Oklahoma City auction marked $6.8 million in sales with 77 percent of the nearly 400 vehicles...
“You’ve got to see this car!” said Robert Escalante, internationally known restorer of classic Packard automobiles. And he wouldn’t have called me unless he had found something truly extraordinary, because both of us have seen any number of spectacular classic Packards and have restored show-winning examples ourselves. But this metallic...