Barrett-Jackson Northeast, Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort, Uncasville, Connecticut, June 23-25, 2016 When Barrett-Jackson announced its first auction in New...
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A 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix previously owned and campaigned by Lord Howe and driven by Tazio Nuvolari will...
The Mecum Harrisburg 2016 auction was held July 21-23 at the Farm Show Complex and ExpoCenter in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, resulting in $16.7 million in total sales and a 70 percent sell-through rate. The top result at the Mecum Harrisburg 2016 sale went to a 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback...
The Gooding & Co. Pebble Beach 2016 auction will feature a selection of pre-war automobiles when it returns August 20-21...
• Watkins Glen International has announced that Jaguar Cars North America will sponsor the United States Vintage Grand Prix weekend,...
The RM Sotheby’s Motor City 2016 auction was held Saturday, July 30th at the Concours of America at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan, resulting in $6,445,725 in total sales and an 80 percent sell-through rate. The 22nd annual sale featured 70 automobiles, with interest received from 35 states across the...
Mecum Auctions, Spring Classic, State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 17-21, 2016 After being overshadowed by Kissimmee, Harrisburg, Dallas and other...
By Andrew Newton, Auction Editor, Hagerty The 2016 Monterey auction week is one of the most anticipated automotive auction events...
These are the auction cars that will create the biggest buzz of Monterey Week 2016. With total auction sales estimated by Hagerty to reach $370 million, these twenty automobiles will undoubtedly play a major role on an auction company’s final sales numbers. From pre-war Alfa Romeos and Bugattis to the...
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach 2016 auction was held August 20-21 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in California,...
The Bonhams Quail Lodge 2016 auction was held Friday, August 19th on the grounds of the Quail Lodge in Carmel...
The RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2016 auction was held August 19-20 at the Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention Center in Monterey, California, resulting in $117.9 million in total sales and an 82 percent sell-through rate at its flagship sale during the Pebble Beach Car Week. “This year’s Monterey auction once again...
A trio of original, low-mileage Aston Martin DB4 models will be a central feature at the 2016 RM Sotheby’s London...
The Mecum Monterey 2016 auction was held August 18-21 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel in Monterey, California, resulting in...
The Russo and Steele Monterey 2016 auction was held August 18-20 in downtown Monterey, California, resulting in $10.9 million in total sales. The three-day auction saw record crowds visit Russo’s waterfront venue at Fisherman’s Wharf. Russo and Steele CEO Drew Alcazar, said, “The additional revenue earned by Russo and Steele...
An original, never restored 1956 Porsche 550RS Spyder will be among the headline offerings at the 2016 Bonhams Goodwood Revival...
Samuel Clemens is best quoted noting, “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” So, too are reports of the...
By Hagerty At the macro level, there were few surprises at the 2016 Monterey Car Week. We predicted that overall numbers would be down for the second year in a row (they were); and we said that the best of the best would sell for good money and that OK...
The Auctions America Auburn Fall 2016 sale was held August 31 – September 4 at Auburn Auction Park in Auburn,...
The RM Sotheby’s London 2016 sale was held 7th September at Battersea Evolution in London, resulting in £21,659,350 ($29,023,529 USD)...
The Bonhams Goodwood Revival Auction 2016 was held 10 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester, England, resulting in total sales of £14.5 million and a 70 percent sell-through rate. More than 175 lots of motor cars and automobilia went under the hammer in front of a packed crowd...
Bonhams, Quail Lodge, Carmel Valley, California, August 19, 2016 The total sale may be off from 2013’s $107.5 million blockbuster...
The Mecum Louisville 2016 auction was held September 8-10 at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, resulting in $13.4...
RM Sotheby’s, Portola Plaza, Monterey, California, August 19-20, 2016 2016 posed some problems for RM Sotheby’s. The Convention Center where their auction had been held for as long as they’ve been on the Monterey Peninsula was a giant construction project. The solution was simple [sic]: take the fountain (which hadn’t...
A pair of Duesenbergs, offered from more than 50 years of single-family ownership, will be among the headline offerings at...
The Tammy Allen Collection will be featured at the Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas 2016 Auction, scheduled for October 13-15 at the...
Gooding and Company, Pebble Beach, California, August 20-21, 2016 The collector car market as a whole is getting pretty rich with consignments, and sales, skewing toward more and more toward the rich end of the continuum. That is nowhere more clear than at The Pebble Beach Auction. 29 lots had...
Mecum Auctions, Hyatt Regency, Monterey, California, August 18-20, 2016 To appreciate what Mecum Auctions represents during the auction orgy on...
The Finest Aspen 2016 auction was held Saturday, September 17 at the Snowmass Club in Aspen, Colorado, resulting in $2,807,450...
The RM Sotheby’s Hershey 2016 sale was held October 6-7 during the AACA Eastern Fall Meet in Pennsylvania, resulting in $11,581,367 in total sales and a 90 percent sell-through rate. RM’s 10th annual sale at the Hershey Lodge featured 132 total lots that attracted bidders from 18 countries. In a...