The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013 was held the weekend of 24-26 May at the Grand Hotel Villa d’Este and...
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On the weekend of October 23-24, RM Sotheby’s held a live auction of the outstanding Elkhart Collection. The auction, which...
A 1930 OM 665 SS Superba 2.3-Litre Supercharged that won its class at the Mille Miglia will be featured at the 2014 Bonhams Goodwood Revival auction, scheduled for 13 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester, UK. After winning its class and finishing fifth overall at the Mille Miglia...
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auction 2013 was held August 17-18 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble...
A rare, barn find BMW 507 will be on offer at the Bonhams Audrain Concours Auction scheduled on September 30....
Mecum Auctions, Spring Classic, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 15-20, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Since moving from the fields north of Belvidere, Illinois to Indianapolis, Mecum Auctions’ Spring Classic has grown nearly exponentially. Even though the 2012 Spring Classic didn’t replace Mecum’s January Kissimmee...
The RM Sotheby’s London 2017 sale was held 6th September at Battersea Evolution in London, resulting in £7,064,475 in total...
RM Auctions staged its Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s sale on July 28, 2012 in Plymouth, Michigan, resulting...
Mecum Auction will hold its inaugural Monterey Auction on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort in Monterey, California. Mecum’s Monterey Auction will feature more than 200 vehicles, including sports cars and investment-grade collector cars. While the FIA Championship-winning 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe is the clear...
Motoexotica/Manheim, Phoenix (Tolleson), Arizona, January 14-15, 2011 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Motoexotica is a specialty car...
The Bonhams Simeone Museum 2017 auction was held Monday, October 2nd at the Simeone Automotive Museum in Philadelphia, resulting in...
The debut Rick Cole Auctions Monterey 2014 will be held August 14-17 during Monterey Classic Car Week. The auction of approximately 35 cars will be headquartered at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Monterey. The headline entries at the Rick Cole Monterey 2014 include a 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport; 1965 Ferrari...
Rare and desirable motorcars and collectible examples of automobilia come to auction with Bonhams on Saturday, October 4, 2008, at...
Ferrari collectors from across the globe descended on Maranello, Italy, May 18, for RM Auctions’ second annual “Ferrari Leggenda e...
Barrett-Jackson held its 8th annual Palm Beach Collector Car Auction on April 1-3, 2010 in Florida, resulting in more than $20 million in total sales. Barrett-Jackson hosted more than 55,000 attendees during the three-day auction at the Americraft Expo Center at the South Florida Fairgrounds....
A selection of automobiles from the Malcolm Pray Collection will be among the headline offerings at the 2014 RM Auctions...
Collecting Cars is offering a great chance to own a custom truck from the first generation of Ford 4x4s, a...
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, held its 2009 Ferrari Leggenda e Passione auction on May 17th at Ferrari S.p.A. in Maranello, Italy. RM achieved yet another world record result when the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa sold for $12,402,500. RM Auctions’ 3rd annual auction is the only auction dedicated...
Worldwide Auctioneers will hold its 2009 Houston Classic Auction on Saturday, May 2nd in Seabrook, Texas. The fifth annual Houston...
The Auctions America Auburn Fall 2016 sale was held August 31 – September 4 at Auburn Auction Park in Auburn,...
Gooding & Company will hold its inaugural Amelia Island Auction event on Friday, March 12th on the grounds of the Amelia Island Plantation in Florida. Gooding becomes the second auction to be held during the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance weekend, joining RM Auctions’ Automobiles of Amelia Island sale. “The Amelia...
As you’ll read in various sections of this month’s issue, the 2013 season got off to a surprisingly hot start...
Barrett-Jackson, Hot August Nights, Reno, Nevada, August 8-10, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Hot August Nights...
Mecum Auction held the St. Charles Auction on October 1-4, 2009 at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Ilinois, with total gross sales (excluding buyer’s premium) of $11.3 million. Mecum offered more than 750 collector cars, nearly 100 vintage signs and automotive memorabilia to registered bidders, reporting a 55%...
The RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2016 auction was held August 19-20 at the Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention Center in Monterey,...
Auctions America, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, April 1-3, 2016 With collector car auctions popping up like daffodils in the spring (although...
The RM Sotheby’s Paris 2017 sale was held 8th February at Place Vauban in France, resulting in total sales of €27,576,400 and a 78 percent sell-through rate. Bidders represented 37 countries at RM’s fourth annual Paris sale during Retromobile Week. Highlighting the evening sale was the 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo...
Car enthusiasts and Ferrari collectors from across the globe descended on Maranello, Italy this past weekend for RM Auctions’ second...
The Lotus collection of Olav Glasius will be offered for sale at the 2012 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction,...
The beat goes on in the classic car market as RM Auctions Collector Cars of Fort Lauderdale event held February 6-8 attracted strong interest with total sales surpassing $11 million. Regarded as Florida’s premier collector car event, the annual three-day sale at the Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County Convention...
