Mecum Auction will hold its inaugural Monterey Auction on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Resort in...
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The 2009 Quail Motorsports Gathering will take place on Friday, August 14th at the Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club...
RM Auctions kicked off Monterey’s classic car week at the Portola Hotel & Spa with the distinguished Nick Alexander Woodie Collection achieving in excess of $7 million in total sales. The four-hour auction attracted spirited bidding as 51 magnificent pre- and post-war Ford & Mercury wood-bodied station wagons crossed the...
Gooding & Company, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, sold an impressive 83% of all Saturday...
Update, 8/26/09: Bonhams reported four additional sales post-block, highlighted by the 1938 Peugeot 402 Darl’mat Legere ‘Special Sport’ Roadster that...
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...
Gooding & Company’s 2009 Pebble Beach Auction was held Saturday, August 15th and Sunday, August, 16th at the Pebble Beach...
RM Auctions held its 2009 Sports & Classics of Monterey auction on August 13th to 15th at the Portola Hotel...
The 2009 Russo and Steele “Monterey Sports and Muscle at the Marriott” auction was held August 14th and 15th at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Monterey, California. Russo and Steele’s 9th annual auction, concurrent with the Monterey Car Week, offered a diverse set of 150 cars, ranging from European sports...
Worldwide Auctioneers will hold The Auburn Auction on Saturday, September 5th, 2009 at the Worldwide Headquarters in Auburn, Indiana. The...
Mecum Auctions will sell one of the largest and rarest sign collections ever assembled at their upcoming Bob McDorman Sign...
Bonhams unveiled the line-up for its annual sale at the Goodwood Revival, to be held Friday, September 18th. Leading the charge is the ex-Fred Stiles 1930 model/1938-assembled Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 Testa Fissa, the so-called “Stiles Threesome” Spider with bodywork by the leading British coachbuilder, James Young Ltd. Originally only twelve...
Bonhams & Goodman announced that it has consigned a fully restored 1940 Hawker Hurricane MkIIA, a former WWII fighter, for...
The helmet and goggles worn by Sir Stirling Moss when he won the 1957 British Grand Prix, Aintree, assisted by...
The 1961 Ol’ Yaller VIII race car will be sold at no reserve during the 2nd Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Las Vegas October 7-10, 2009. It is one of only nine Ol’ Yallers built by road racing icon, Max Balchowsky, from 1956-1963 and appeared in the 1964 movie,...
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, will return to England on October 28th for the Automobiles of London event at...
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, announced the consignment of a 1963 A.T.S. 2500 GT 3.0-litre sports car to its...
Bonhams announced a new sale to be held during the “Weekend de L’Excellence Automobile” at Reims-Gueux Circuit in France on Saturday, September 26th. Racing into pole position is a 1912 5 litre chain drive Bugatti racing car, created and owned by the eponymous Ettore Bugatti who raced it to great...
Mecum Auction announced a special preview of the ’57 Heaven Museum at Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Missouri...
RM Auctions announced consignments from two US collections to its annual Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey event – a series...
Motorcar collectors, aficionados and friends of the LeMay family assembled September 11-12, 2009 at the Hotel Murano’s Bicentennial Pavilion in Tacoma, WA for the first annual Bonhams & Butterfields sale held to raise funds for America’s Car Museum. This auction featured never-before offered cars from the famous LeMay Collection, sold...
RM Auctions will hold the Icons of Speed and Style auction on September 26th, 2009 at the Peterson Automotive Museum...
Worldwide Auctioneers held The Auburn Auction on Saturday, September 5th, 2009 at the Worldwide Headquarters in Auburn, Indiana. The second...
Bonhams held its annual Goodwood Revival auction on Friday, September 18th, with more than £3.87 million changing hands by the end of the sale. As the great and good gathered to celebrate the ‘Golden Era’ of motor sport at what has become one of the world’s most popular race meetings,...
Mecum Auctions offered the extensive Bob McDorman Sign Collection, Memorabilia and Vintage Parts Sale on September 11-12, 2009 at Bob...
RM Auctions held the Icons of Speed and Style auction on September 26th, 2009 at the Peterson Automotive Museum in...
Worldwide Auctioneers appointed Neil Wood as Director of its Private Treaty Sales Division, in an effort to offer its clients additional service. “Neil brings a wealth of international experience, genuine passion and a network of long-standing global customer relationships to the company....
Automotive enthusiasts will descend upon Hershey, Pennsylvania next week as the site of the annual Antique Automobile Club of America’s...
Bonhams had a busy September, offering 530 cars across five auction sales for a grand total of £9.63 million, reflecting...
A 1965 289 Shelby Cobra (Lot #704) will be sold at No Reserve by the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company on October 10, 2009. The Shelby roadster, CSX2568, is one of only 687 built from 1962-1965 and will be one of the stars for its 2nd annual Las Vegas event on October...
