Bonhams’ classic motorcar auction in Philadelphia on October 2 exceeded expectations with very strong results. Hosted at the Simeone Foundation...
It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
Rolls-Royce’s brilliant, first post-war design is as enjoyable to drive now as it was then. The Silver Wraith was the first large-chassis Rolls-Royce produced after the second World War. The market for expensive, hand-crafted luxury automobiles was somewhat limited in the post-war era, with most people having more urgent needs....
The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud series was produced between 1955 and 1966 with a production run of 7,372 units. The first...
A Future Classic, Bespoke Romance The 2016 Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé is a spectacular automobile that continues the grand British tradition of...
The unique Salon Privé Double Concours Weekend presented some of the world’s most desirable automobiles on the prestigious grounds of Blenheim Palace last week, with Thursday August 31’s 12th annual Chubb Insurance Concours d’Elégance followed by Saturday’s inaugural Concours Masters (see separate story). Voted Best of Show for the Chubb...
Arizona Concours d’Elegance, Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix January 10-12, 2015 (Click to enlarge images) Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
As the organizers of the Atlanta Concours d’Elegance gear up for its second edition on the weekend of September 30-October...
A very rare 1949 Bristol 402 Drophead Coupé was the star of the weekend’s Bonhams MPH Beaulieu Sale. The car was gifted new to Hollywood actress Jean Simmons, it was a matching pair that her future husband and fellow star, Stewart Granger got for them. The Hollywood couple used it...
In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the coming London Olympics, Rodeo Drive became decidedly British on June 17,...
Artist Carter says he’s not alone in loving the BRM for the sound of its engine: a 16-cylinder, 1.5-liter Rolls...
The aristocracy of automobile marques in the days before the Great Depression was comprised almost exclusively of products from European manufacturers: Hispano-Suiza, Isotta Fraschini, Minerva, Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce. American buyers who wanted the finest luxury car that money could buy inevitably chose vehicles that were imported from the Old World;...
The internal combustion engine (ICE) was not the only, nor the default, means of propulsion for early motor cars at...
• Coys rounded off a successful year with their final auction of 2012, “True Greats”, on December 4th, at Westminster,...
• The Branson Auto Museum has pledged to rebuild and reopen at the same location after a tornado with 130-mph winds touched down on the last day of February. Although the roof was destroyed in the twister and flying debris damaged some cars, the majority of the collection survived unscathed....
• Barrett-Jackson announced that it generated more than $14.2 million in gross sales of rare, high-end collectible vehicles, exotics, customs,...
VR: How did you start writing? CC: My wife had a job with the local police department working nights doing...
A Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost, purchased new by famed billionaire Howard Hughes during The Roaring Twenties, captured Best of Show honors at the fifth anniversary Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance at Pinehurst Resort last Saturday (above, photo courtesy of Pinehurst Concours). The Pinehurst Concours was just the second time the tan-bodied 1925...
Coachbuilding is the art and science of producing bespoke bodywork installed on a pre-assembled chassis with the art as timeless as...
Mecum Auctions’ inaugural Los Angeles classic and collector-car auction realized more than $9.3 million in total sales last weekend. Despite...
COYS Autosport International auction saw bidders battling for Freddie Mercury’s Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, which reached £74,600, more than six times its estimate. This very special Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was bought for Freddie Mercury’s personal use by his managing company Goose Productions Ltd. in 1979 and pre-sale expectations estimated it could...
In anyone’s language the 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost of Rex Vincent is an imposing motor car. Yes, at over 17-feet...
There is a saying, “an apple never falls far from its tree” and similarly a carrossier needs strong antecedents. The...
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...