The Mike Hailwood/David Hobbs JW Automotive Gulf Racing 1970 Le Man's entry, the iconic 1970 Porsche 917K Coupe, is to be offered in Monterey 13-14 August by RM Sotheby's. The word ‘iconic’ is loosely applied to many cars these days, but the worthiness of the term can sometimes be questioned. The 1970 Porsche 917K, chassis # 917 031/026, being the vehicle that challenged at the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans with Mike … [Read more...]
Lewis Hamilton’s First Grand Prix Winning Car: Once-in-a-lifetime Auction
Lewis Hamilton's 2010 Turkish Grand Prix winning McLaren Mercedes MP4-25A Formula 1 Race Car will be auctioned at the 2021 British Grand Prix, the first time any Lewis Hamilton GP winning car has come to market. The auction is scheduled on Saturday afternoon of the Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand Prix 2021 race weekend right before the first-ever Sprint Qualifying Race. This will be the first time that … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s 2021 Open Roads, March Auction Top 10 Results
The top 10 results from RM Sotheby's 2021 Open Roads, March Auction saw the top being allocated to a 2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale A, which sold for $500,500. RM Sotheby’s completed its Online Only: Open Roads, March auction with greater than 72% of all lots being sold. Bidders engaged in the auction from over 30 countries. The online auction closed over two days of bidding, with day one devoted to consignments … [Read more...]
Porsche 918 Spyder Tops RM Sotheby’s Open Roads, February Auction
RM Sotheby's Online Only: Open Roads, February auction was held from February 19-28 achieving a 76 percent sell-through rate. Day one of the online auction was devoted to consignments based in the UK and Europe, which saw €3,328,600 in sales. Cars based in North America were the focus of day two and resulted in $3,236,075 in sales. Finally a stand-alone Swiss single-owner collection of seven rare, limited … [Read more...]