This multiple award-winning 1956 Lincoln Premiere (above, photo courtesy of Auctions America) is one of more than 200 no-reserve lots...
The collection of one of America’s preeminent collectors and conservators of vintage automobiles, that of Lindley and Ann Bothwell, will...
Auctions America, an RM Sotheby’s company, continued a Labor Day tradition this past weekend, August 31–September 3, with its flagship Auburn Fall sale at the historic Auburn Auction Park. The four-day auction produced total sales of $19.2 million, with a strong 79 percent sell-through of all lots offered, more than...
Bidders at the recent Mecum Dallas 2017 classic- and collector-car auction held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center honed...
Following its “Ferrari – Leggenda e Passione” single-marque sale in Maranello, Italy, RM Sotheby’s is turning focus to another segment...
Mecum Auctions will host the Chicagoland area’s only annual collector-car auction on the weekend of October 5-7 when Mecum Chicago 2017 returns to the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in suburban Schaumburg, Illinois. An estimated 1,000 collector cars, headlined by American muscle cars, classics, Corvettes, Hot Rods and Resto Mods are...
The second Atlanta Concours d’Elegance took place in Georgia last weekend, September 30-October 1, with nearly 180 quality vehicles crowding...
A 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow from the from Thomas F. Derro Collection of American Classics topped all sellers at RM Sotheby’s 11th Hershey Sale in conjunction with the AACA Fall Meet at Hershey Lodge in the Pennsylvania city. The auction registered $15,932,802 in total sales with an incredible sell-through rate...
1948 Chrysler Town & Country Chris Kidd called a few days ago and said, “You guys have to see this!...
Leake Auction Company will kick off its 2018 auction season at Oklahoma City’s Bennett Event Center February 23–24 with a...
Leake Auction Company’s recent Oklahoma City auction marked $6.8 million in sales with 77 percent of the nearly 400 vehicles on offer being sold. Held at the Bennett Event Center on February 23 and 24, the two-day auction’s top seller, was a 2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, part of the Rolland...
Leake Auction Company will host its annual three-day spring auction at Dallas Market Hall in Dallas, Texas, next weekend, April...
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...
It was possibly the greatest automotive marketing slogan ever – “Ask the Man Who Owns One.” Packards were such high...
In 1954, Southern California designer Bill Miller, designed a low slung, custom sports car for himself using Packard V12 running...
Richard A. Stephens, former Academy of Art University president, always had a penchant for cars, a sentiment that has been passed down to his daughter and current president of the Academy, Dr. Elisa Stephens. Desiring to offer automotive design at the Academy, Mr. Stephens wanted to give students a design...
Each October, all roads lead to Hershey, where RM Auctions will again present a selection of American Veteran, Brass, Classic,...
The fall is usually a decent time for a concours, often pleasant and dry, but the times and weather are...
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...
The Atlanta Concours d’Elegance has broken new ground – with fresh beginnings on the historic grounds of the Fort McPherson...
The 25th Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance has announced the Featured Marques for the event slated for Saturday and...
In the early 1950s, Americans looked forward to attending auto shows for the unveiling of the manufacture’s latest offerings. Adding to the excitement was the increasing number of concept cars that debuted at these events, presenting a possible glimpse into the future of the automobile that they may someday be...
More Cylinders: Jessie Vincent and the Packard Twin Six engine “The greatest piece of machinery that ever went upon the...
We had spent the previous evening at Justin Marshall and his wife Shirley’s spectacular hilltop home overlooking their winery in...
“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...
With a shiver of trepidation, I slip behind the wheel of the museum’s grand 1936 Packard phaeton Standard Eight parade...
The Concours of Elegance – famed for gathering together the rarest cars ever created – will showcase seven of the world’s...
Joe Conzonire eases his 1903 Packard Model F Runabout out of his shop and pulls it into the sunlight. It is as dazzling and intricate as a tsarist Russian Fabergé egg. I behold a symphony of polished brass, lacquered wood, tufted leather and Jules Vern Victorian machinery. Its regal, opulent,...
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