Carroll Shelby’s first race car, 1949 MG TC, to cross the block at Barrett Jackson Las Vegas A historic 1949...
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Russo and Steele, Newport Beach, California, June 21-22, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor It takes chutzpah,...
Russo and Steele is adding another day to its 10th anniversary Monterey auction event this August 12-14, 2010. Held at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Monterey, California, the additional evening program will see Russo and Steele extend its event to three days and more than 250 cars, with the auction...
The Mecum Kissimmee Auction 2014 was held January 17-26 at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, resulting in $63,435,490 in...
Silverstone Auctions will present some exceptional Porsches at the upcoming NEC Classic Live Online Auction to be held on the 13-14th...
Bonhams Delivers Sizzling Auction Action at its First Greenwich Sale of Collector Motorcars with Sales of Nearly $2.7 Million Determined, competitive bidders did not let the sweltering 98-degree heat deter them from vying for the rare collector motorcars and automobilia Bonhams offered on Sunday, June 8th, at the site of...
In a private online auction, RM Sotheby’s recently sold the fabled white Enzo – the only example to leave Maranello...
A Porsche 550A Spyder will be among the headline offerings at the 2018 Bonhams Scottsdale auction, scheduled for January 18th...
The Lancia 037 Prototype will be the stand-out vehicle at the upcoming RM Sotheby’s Milan Sale planned for sale on June 15. RM Sotheby’s has announced an all-new, exclusive sale in Milan to be held on Mille Miglia’s eve at Palazzo Serbelloni, Sotheby’s Milan’s historic location. The sale will offer 25-30 exceptional...
RM Auctions at Fisherman’s Wharf 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe $4,000,000 1964 Fiat Abarth Racer Replica $8,000 1972 Shadow Mk...
RM Sotheby’s, Hershey, Pennsylvania, October 8-9, 2015 The next time someone tries to make the case that the market for...
The Russo and Steele Scottsdale Auction 2013 will be held January 16-20 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The 13th annual Arizona sale will see in excess of 600 automobiles cross the auction block over five days, headlined by the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Coupe, 1963 Pontiac Catalina “Swiss Cheese” Super Duty Coupe,...
RM Auctions held its Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s sale on July 30, 2011 in Plymouth, Michigan, resulting...
Early consignments to the 25th annual RM Auctions Sports & Classics of Monterey event, held August 13–14, 2010 in California,...
The Mecum Monterey 2016 auction was held August 18-21 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel in Monterey, California, resulting in more than $50 million in total sales. With 704 classic and collector cars offered at the three-day sale, this year’s total surpassed the prior year by more than $5 million....
The Gooding and Company Amelia Island 2020 auction was held Friday, March 6th at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort...
The Gooding and Company Scottsdale 2015 Auction will be held January 16-17 nearby the Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona....
Lewis Hamilton’s 2010 Turkish Grand Prix winning McLaren Mercedes MP4-25A Formula 1 Race Car will be auctioned at the 2021 British Grand Prix, the first time any Lewis Hamilton GP winning car has come to market. The auction is scheduled on Saturday afternoon of the Formula 1 Pirelli British Grand...
The Koenigsegg Regera is 1 of only 80 built with twin-turbocharged V-8 and 3 electric motors that provide 1,500 hp....
Gooding and Company apparently saved the best for last when announcing the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider as...
The collector car auctions started the year in full force with the 2021 Mecum Kissimmee Auction collecting $122.8 million in sales with a 90% overall sell-through rate. In Mecum’s 34-year history, it is the highest single-auction total they have ever achieved. The 2021 Mecum Kissimmee Auction was held over 10...
A strong selection of sports and racing cars are among the headline offerings at the 2014 Mecum Auctions Houston sale,...
Our friends at Hagerty covered Arizona Auction Week 2019, from Barrett-Jackson, Bonhams, Gooding and Company, RM Sotheby’s, Russo and Steele,...
Ford Motor Company developed the Ford GT to commemorate their 100th anniversary. The GT40 Concept they unveiled at the 2002 North American International Auto Show, debuted with a look and prestige that honors the company’s legendary 24-Hours-of-Le-Mans-winning GT40 race car in the 1960s. By the end of 2004, production on the Ford GT started. Ford Motor...
Bonhams, Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, Greenwich, Connecticut, June 1, 2014 Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Bonhams featured a couple of...
The RM Auctions Auburn Fall 2019 sale was held August 19 to September 1 at the Auburn Auction Park in...
A collection of four Porsche supercars will be offered for sale at the 2017 Gooding and Company Amelia Island auction, to be held Friday, March 10 at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort in Florida. The offerings include a Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion, Porsche 964 Turbo S Leichtbau, Porsche 997...
The Williams-Renault FW14B Formula 1 car that British racing driver Nigel Mansell won five Grand Prix races on his way...
Mecum Auction held its Original Spring Classic Auction 2010 on May 19-23 in Indianapolis, Indiana, resulting in total gross sales...
The value of historic Bugatti cars continues to rise. In 2020, the five most valuable vehicles that were sold at auction internationally were all from Molsheim. Even with the challenges with the pandemic, auction houses Bonhams and Gooding & Company reported that the historic Bugattis auctioned broke records. In fact, it is the first time that...