The RM Sotheby’s Hershey 2016 sale was held October 6-7 during the AACA Eastern Fall Meet in Pennsylvania, resulting in...
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The highly anticipated ‘Passion of a lifetime’ auction, held by Gooding & company, was a huge success with total sales...
In 1929, during the very first Monaco Grand Prix, a Bugatti Type 35B took the checkered flag. It was the same model that took the top spot at the recently concluded Bonhams Monaco Sale after achieving €2 million. The rare Bugatti was offered from a very long term ownership by...
The Worldwide Pacific Grove 2017 auction was held Thursday, August 17th at the Pacific Grove Golf Links in Pacific Grove,...
Mecum Auctions will celebrate its Silver anniversary at Dana Mecum’s 25th Original Spring Classic Auction, scheduled for May 15-20, 2012,...
Antiquorum’s successful summer auction in New York, which included watches and memorabilia from the late legendary actor Steve McQueen, totaled an impressive $5,706,324. Bids came in from across globe including from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Italy, Germany, France and Romania. A strong 81% of the 416 timepieces were sold by lot...
Barrett-Jackson has announced the No Reserve auction of the distinguished Larry Winkler Collection during the 2021 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction at...
Auctions America by RM, Auburn Fall, Auburn, Indiana, August 30-September 2, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor...
RM Auctions, in association with Auctions America, will offer the Sam Pack Car Collection on November 14-15, 2014 at the Pack Automotive Museum located near Dallas, Texas. The event will feature more than 130 of Pack’s automobiles during the single-vendor auction. Sam Pack’s museum collection represents more than a dozen...
RM Auctions, Hershey Lodge, Hershey, Pennsylvania, October 9-10, 2014 Two collections headlined this year’s RM auction at Hershey. The first...
The Bonhams Paris 2016 auction was held 4 February at the Grand Palais in Paris during Retromobile Week, resulting in...
Mecum Auctions, Salmon Brothers Collection, North Little Rock, Arkansas, June 16, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Mecum Auctions hasn’t been noted for single-owner collection sales. Until now. The sale of Tom and Don Salmon’s collection was not only a commercial success, bringing $6.8 million in total...
The 1976 Porsche 911 Turbo Carrera special ordered by Steve McQueen will be among the headline offerings at the Mecum...
The Mecum Monterey Daytime Auctions 2012 will be held August 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa in...
The RM Auctions Arizona 2014 sale will be held January 16-17 on the grounds of the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix. More than 120 classic and significant automobiles will cross the auction podium at this year’s sale, including 15 automobiles with pre-sale estimates exceeding $1 million. The 15th...
On October 22-24, 2020, Barrett-Jackson held their first in-person event since early 2020 at the Fall Auction that was held at WestWorld...
In a couple of weeks, the much-awaited Scottsdale Auction will start, and they have a lot of interesting lots on...
A handsome restored 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 will be the highlight of the Bonhams Collector’s Motor Cars and Automobilia Auction to be held on the 11th of October at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Hosted by Bonhams US Motor Car department, the auction will be the first fully-live auction...
By Marcel Hundscheid The second edition of the Spa Classic will be held 25-27 May, 2012 at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps...
Bonhams, Westin Kierland, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 15, 2015 Bonhams kicks off the catalog auctions at Scottsdale with its sale at...
Bonhams & Butterfields celebrated the sixth year of its famed auctions of motorcycles, motorcars and automobilia on Saturday, October 25th in Los Angeles during California Bike Week, the kick-off to Love Ride Weekend — held at the prestigious Petersen Automotive Museum. An international crowd of collectors competed for American muscle...
RM Auctions held its Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s sale on July 30, 2011 in Plymouth, Michigan, resulting...
Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Worldwide’s two-day Houston Classic Weekend sale at the Keels & Wheels Concours...
Gooding & Company held its second annual Scottsdale Auction event on January 17th, 2009 in Arizona. Gooding once again delivered the top sale of Arizona Auction Week when the 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider from the newly-discovered VanKregten Estate sold for $4,950,000....
The recently concluded Bonhams Greenwich Concours d’Elegance Online Auction was led by a matching numbers and recently restored 1966 Aston...
Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction Editor RM Auctions completed its thirteenth year at the Amelia Island...
The final Mecum auction in 2012 was held December 6-8 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Missouri, resulting in $11.4 million in total sales and a 65% sell-through rate. The top result at the Mecum Kansas City 2012 auction went to the a purpose-built, factory drag car...
A 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider will headline the 2014 RM Auctions Arizona sale, scheduled for January 16–17,...
The Porsche Collection of Matt Drendel will be offered at the 2012 Gooding and Company Amelia Island Auction, scheduled for...
The Mecum Auctions Kissimmee 2013 sale will be staged January 18-27 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. The expanded, ten-day Kissimmee auction will see more than 3,000 vehicles and 1,200 items of automotive memorabilia cross the stage in Florida. Last year’s Mecum auction at Kissimmee proved a resounding success,...