Several record-breaking sales of racing cars were made during the auction activities surrounding Monterey Auto Week 2009. Topping the list...
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Worldwide Auctioneers will present the R.E. Monical Collection Auction in conjunction with next year’s Houston Classic Auction, a selection of...
The 2021 Monterey Car Week may be over, but we here at SportsCarDigest are just getting started in our review of the week. We’ve already highlighted all four exciting days of the Monterey Motorsports Reunion that took place at the Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. We’ve celebrated with you as a...
Worldwide Auctioneers welcomed aficionados back to its expansive Auburn, Indiana headquarters last week for another successful and dynamic collector car...
The collector car auctions started the year in full force with the 2021 Mecum Kissimmee Auction collecting $122.8 million in...
The legendary Phil Hill’s son, Derek, drove the historic 1952 Jaguar C-Type, s/n XKC-007 to a C-Type auction world record, selling for $2,530,000 at RM’s Sports & Classics of Monterey event in California. XKC-007 was one of the first C-Types delivered to North America. In 1952, a young Phil Hill...
The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2013 was held the weekend of 24-26 May at the Grand Hotel Villa d’Este and...
Auctions America, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, March 27-29, 2015 Report by Rick Carey | Photos by Andrew Newton Astute readers of...
RM Auctions will hold its 2010 Sports and Classics of Monterey auction on August 12th to 14th at the Portola Hotel and Spa and Monterey Convention Center in Monterey, California. RM’s 25th annual auction will feature approximately 225 cars, with 20 automobiles estimated to garner over $1 million. “RM has...
For one week each August, the Monterey Peninsula in California is transformed into the epicenter for the classic car community....
Collecting Cars is currently offering an extremely low-mileage, futuristic 2014 BMW i8 on their global auction platform through the Collecting...
The Bonhams Paris 2017 auction was held 9 February at the Grand Palais in Paris during Retromobile Week. Philip Kantor, Bonhams European Head of Motoring, said: “This is our sixth sale at the Grand Palais, and it is clear that the event has become recognized as the season opener in...
Worldwide Auctioneers will hold its Classics at the Trump Taj Mahal Atlantic City auction on Friday, February 18th, 2011, at...
Barrett-Jackson, Orange County Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa, California, June 22-24, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor In its...
Barrett-Jackson held their Scottsdale auction on January 17-23, 2011 at WestWorld of Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in more than 1,200 cars selling at No Reserve for nearly $70 million in total sales. The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2011, as more than 250,000 consignors, bidders and visitors walked...
Gooding & Company recently announced they will be offering up for sale The Phil Hill Family Automobilia Collection in a...
Collector car auction watchers had their eyes and wallets focused on last weekend’s 10th annual RM Auctions Automobiles of Amelia...
The Bonhams Paris Auction 2014 was held Thursday 6th February at the Grand Palais in Paris during Retromobile Week, resulting in €17 million in total sales. The top result at the Bonhams Paris Auction went to the 1968 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Berlinetta, which achieved a new world auction record for...
The Mecum Anaheim 2015 sale was held November 12-14 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, resulting in $13,853,225 in...
The RM Sotheby’s New York City 2015 auction was held December 10 at Sotheby’s headquarters in Manhattan, resulting in $73,514,375...
Two Steve McQueen bikes and “The King of Cool’s” international driver’s license took top spots Saturday, May 9, 2009 as auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields thrilled motorcycle aficionados and collectors in Carmel, CA. Bonhams offered vintage motorcycles and collectibles in its first-ever motorbikes auction at the Quail Lodge Resort and Golf...
Auctions America by RM, Auburn Fall, Auburn, Indiana, August 28-31, 2014 2014 is the fifth year since RM’s Auctions America...
The Bonhams Scottsdale 2019 auction was held Thursday, January 17th at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, resulting in...
Early consignments have been announced for the Bonhams Scottsdale 2013 auction, scheduled for Thursday, January 17th at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Among the headline entries for the 2nd annual Bonhams Arizona auction is a car known as “Le Petite Royale”, the 1930 Bugatti Type 46 Faux Cabriolet...
Phillips in association with Bacs & Russo set a new world record for a wristwatch at auction, as the one...
RM Auctions will hold its ‘Quintessentially English’ auction at the Salon Prive Concours d’Elegance on Thursday, 23rd June, 2011. Held...
RM Sotheby’s latest European online auction, Open Roads, European Summer Auction, was the second European-based sales to be held via RM Sotheby’s proprietary online platform. The event was held over the course of nine days and attracted bidders from over 41 different countries and generated €8.23 million in total sales....
Silverstone Auctions recently opened for business in the new ‘Wing’ building at famed Silverstone. A joint venture between Silverstone Circuits...
The Mecum Dallas 2015 auction was held September 16-19 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, resulting...
Regardless of where in the world you live—or whether you follow the financial markets—you’d be hard-pressed to not be familiar with the recent implosion of the American sub-prime lending market. The repercussions have sent a shudder through the worldwide financial community and have caused pundits and fund managers to start...
