RM Auctions, Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island, Florida, March 10, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor This year marked...
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Mecum Auctions will celebrate its Silver anniversary at Dana Mecum’s 25th Original Spring Classic Auction, scheduled for May 15-20, 2012,...
By Martin Swig Every few weeks we read of a new world record price paid for a collector car. Are these the good investments they’re claimed to be? I think not. Here’s why. When I was in high school and college in the late ‘40s, early ‘50s, a car was...
Auctions America by RM, Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 16-18, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey,...
A selection of significant Ferraris have been consigned to the RM Auctions Monaco 2012 sale, scheduled for May 11-12 at...
Collector car auction icon Rick Cole has joined Barrett-Jackson as an Automotive Specialist. The announcement was made on the auction block during Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach event this past weekend. Barrett-Jackson said Los Angeles-based Cole will utilize his vast experience in the auction arena to help the company source consignments for...
Bonhams will offer the ex-GTC Gulf Team Davidoff 1997 McLaren F1 GTR Longtail FIA GT Endurance Racing Coupe at its...
Barrett-Jackson, South Florida Fairgrounds, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 5-7, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor 2012...
Mecum will auction the Salmon Brothers Collection on June 16th, 2012 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Offered without reserve, more than 140 automobile collection spans 100 years of American automotive history. Twin brothers Tom and Don Salmon, avid car collectors for more than 40 years will sell their private collection...
By Marcel Hundscheid The second edition of the Spa Classic will be held 25-27 May, 2012 at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps...
Mecum Auctions held their inaugural Houston sale on April 13-14, 2012 at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas, resulting in...
Despite what have been arguably the worst economic times in over a generation, the mantra of the auction world for the past two years has been that cars of uncompromising quality, will always realize exceptional prices. And, while intuition and logic may have dictated that this couldn’t possibly be true...
The RM Auctions Monaco 2012 sale will be staged 11-12 May at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The two-day, biennial...
Branson Spring Collector Car Auction, Branson Convention Center, Missouri, April 20-12, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor...
A 1938 Horch 853A Erdmann and Rossi Sport Cabriolet, Best of Show winner at the 2004 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, will headline the 2012 RM Auctions Monterey sale, scheduled for August 17–18 in Monterey, California. One of only three known surviving examples of its kind, the Horch 853A was designed...
Worldwide Auctioneers held its Houston Classic Auction 2012 on Saturday, May 5th at the La Torretta Lake Resort in Montgomery,...
The RM Auctions Monaco 2012 auction was held 11-12 May at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, resulting in more than...
RM Auctions announced more featured offerings for the August 17–18, 2012 Monterey sale, a 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Berlinetta and a 1938 Talbot-Lago T23 Teardrop Coupe. The 410 S, chassis 0594 CM, is the only example built with a closed body, while the Talbot-Lago, chassis 93064, is the sole Jeancart-style...
The Monaco Historic Grand Prix 2012 was held 11-13 May on the 3.34 km Monaco Grand Prix Circuit. The biennial...
Mecum Auctions will offer collectors a piece (or two) of American racing history at the 2012 Monterey auction, scheduled for...
The Celebration of Automobiles was held Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. The second annual event paid tribute to the heritage of automotive development at the famed track for more than 100 years. Held in conjunction with the Indianapolis 500, the Celebration of Automobiles 2012 featured...
Gooding & Company announced early featured consignments for the 2012 Pebble Beach auction, scheduled for August 18th and 19th in...
RM Auctions will offer the Dingman Collection during a multi-day sale, June 9-10, 2012 in Hampton, New Hampshire, 50 miles...
RM Auctions will offer ‘without reserve’ more than 150 vehicles from the Charlie Thomas Collection during a single-day auction, scheduled for October 20th, 2012 in Dallas, Texas. The collection is the product of two decades of acquisition by Texas businessman and lifelong auto enthusiast, Charlie Thomas. A car dealer and...
Mecum Auctions, Spring Classic, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 15-20, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor...
Bonhams, Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, Greenwich, Connecticut, June 3, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor In its fifth...
A pair of GT40s, including a 1968 Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage Lightweight Racing Car, chassis P/1074, and an unrestored 1967 Ford GT40 MK I, chassis P/1059, are the latest headline consignments confirmed for the 2012 RM Auctions Monterey sale, scheduled for August 17–18 in California. The GT40 succeeded the Shelby Daytona...
The RM Auctions Dingman Collection 2012 auction was held June 9-10 in Hampton, New Hampshire, resulting in more than $9.88...
A 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster will be among the featured offerings at the Gooding & Company Pebble Beach...
A recently discovered 1928 Mercedes-Benz 26/120/180 ‘S’ Type Sports Tourer will headline the Bonhams Goodwood Revival 2012 auction, scheduled for 15th September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. The S Type, which has been in the same family ownership from new, is expected to sell for more...
