January 2009 Update: This very same Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder recently sold at Gooding’s Scottsdale Auction for $4,950,000....
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Gooding & Company held its second annual Scottsdale Auction event on January 17th, 2009 in Arizona. Gooding once again delivered...
RM Auctions held its tenth annual Automobiles of Arizona auction event on January 16th at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix. RM offered 127 motor vehicles for auction during the eight-hour event, with total sales surpassing $18 million. “Overall, our Arizona auction was a very strong sale in terms of sales percentage...
The latest look back at old classified advertisements features a 1955 Maserati A6G 2000 Zagato offered for sale in the...
Mecum Auction will offer the historically significant 1963 Gulf Oil Corvette Z06 Race Car at their upcoming Mecum Kissimmee Auction,...
The latest look back at old classified advertisements features a 1937 Horch Type 853 Sports Cabriolet offered for sale in the June 1974 issue of Hemmings for $24,900. The Horch Type 853 Sports Cabriolet was popular among Germany’s rich and famous, as it was the only German-made car that offered...
RM Auctions will hold its Automobiles of Arizona auction event on January 16th at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix,...
Gooding & Company will hold its Scottsdale Auction event on January 17th, 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Gooding has assembled approximately...
RM Auctions was chosen to present the distinguished Dr. Barbara Mae Atwood Collection at their upcoming Automobiles of Arizona auction event, January 16th, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona. The result of a lifetime of judicious collecting by the late Dr. Atwood, the esteemed Atwood Collection features a magnificent selection of pre-war...
The 1947 Steyr-Allard racer owned by the legendary Sydney Allard, one of America’s greatest automotive pioneers, will be sold at...
Bonhams will hold its eleventh annual Ferrari and Prestigious Italians auction event on December 20th in Gstaad, Switzerland. Bonhams will...
Bonhams’ traditional end of season UK sale at Olympia in London drew the crowds on December 1st, with the wide selection of automobiles, motorcycles and automobilia attracting international interest. The sale realized £2.9-million with 68% of all lots selling, reflecting sound discerning bidding across the wide spectrum of cars on...
The latest look back at old classified advertisements features a 1970 McLaren M8D/4 offered for sale in the March 1978...
This Talbot-Lago sold for £312,500 at RM Auctions’ Automobiles of London auction held October 29th at the Battersea Evolution in...
The 1913 5-litre Bugatti Type 18 Sports Two-Seater known as “Black Bess” and widely regarded as the most important Type 18 in existence will star in Bonhams’ Retromobile sale in Paris on February 7th, 2009. With continuous history from new, this Bugatti has the most extraordinary provenance and in 95...
The first production Ford Thunderbird will be sold at no reserve during the 38th annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in...
The latest look back at old classified advertisements features a 1960 Aston Martin DB4GT offered for sale in the March...
The Bonhams & Goodman auction of the six-strong Dawson-Damer racing car collection realized over $2 million USD in Sydney on November 16th. Top lot was the 1963 Lotus-Climax 25 Formula 1 car as driven by legendary double-World Champion Driver Jim Clark to win seven Grand Prix races that season. It...
A rare, record-breaking 1954 Dodge Firearrow III Sport Concept by Ghia and a one-of-a-kind 1950 Saturn ‘Bob Hope Special’ will take...
After the winter rain that fell on the International Concours in Regent Street, the participants on the 2008 London to...
Worldwide Auctioneers held its third annual Hilton Head auction event on November 1st at the Honey Horn Plantation located on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Worldwide Auctioneers’ 2008 Hilton Head auction, held in combination with the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival, featured more than 100...
A 1963 Shelby AC Cobra 289 factory race car will be featured at Russo and Steele’s upcoming “Sports and Muscle...
This week’s look back at old classified advertisements features a Alfa Romeo race car offered for sale in the May...
The 2008 Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival was held October 30th – November 2nd in the low country of South Carolina and Georgia. The Hilton Head Island Concours is the culmination of four days of events that also include...
Bonhams & Goodman to Auction the Dawson-Damer Collection of Historic Lotus Race Cars The historic and highly valuable collection of John...
The latest look at old classified advertisements features a Ferrari 196 S race car offered for sale in the April...
With the financial world still reeling from the ramifications of the subprime housing implosion, the four major auctions held in conjunction with this year’s Monterey Historics week were eagerly anticipated by insiders as a bellwether for the state of the classic car market. Yet, when the final gavel fell on...
Bonhams & Butterfields celebrated the sixth year of its famed auctions of motorcycles, motorcars and automobilia on Saturday, October 25th...
RM Auctions will mark their 10th anniversary Automobiles of Arizona auction event in Phoenix, Arizona with the sale of one...
The latest episode in Sports Car Digest’s look back at classified advertisements features a 1953 Siata 208S Spyder that was offered for sale in the September 1964 issue of Road & Track for $4,000. Created by Societa Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori (SIATA), these magnificent Italian wonders were powered by Fiat’s...
