Author: Auction News

McQueen Memorabilia to be Offered at Bonhams

Bonhams & Butterfields’s annual vintage motorbike, custom car and sports-racing collectibles auction at LA’s Petersen Auto Museum—now referred to as the “Classic California” sale—features a wonderful assemblage of desirable early Steve McQueen memorabilia from the collection of his first wife, as well as property from noted private and institutional collections […]

Stolen $4 Ferrari – What The Insiders Say Really Happened

The PF Cabriolet was supposedly owned by two Italians. They got into a disagreement over the car, and one of the partners, the one holding the title paperwork, sold it, and provided the new owner with everything necessary to register the car. However, the seller didn’t give his partner any […]

3M Buys Meguiar’s

St. Paul, MN — 3M Corporation, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced on September 8 that it had made an agreement to acquire Meguiar’s, Inc., of Irvine, California. Meguiar’s is a century-old family business that manufactures car care products and produces enthusiast-oriented “Car Crazy” TV and radio shows. “Combining with […]

Mecum Offers 1969 Corvette AA/GS Drag Racer

The Stone Woods & Cooke Gasser. Image: Mecum AuctionsMarengo, IL – September 12, 2008 — This very special competition 1969 Corvette is one of those cars that makes the blood run hot and your fingers itch to grab the steering wheel and head down the quarter-mile track. In the 1960s, […]

Bonhams to Sell the Dearden Supercharged Vincent Black Lightning

The undisputed star of Bonhams’s sale at the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show in Stafford on October 19 will be the only supercharged Vincent Black Lightning ever made. Built to break the world speed record, the machine has been kept in totally original condition and is expected to sell for $400,000-$600,000, […]

Airworthy Spitfire Sells for Record $2.1m at Bonhams Sale in New Zealand

A 1945 Supermarine Spitfire aircraft sold for a record price of over $3m NZ ($2.1m U.S.), the highlight of Bonhams and Goodman’s highly anticipated inaugural New Zealand sale of Collector’s Cars and Aircraft held Sunday, September 14. The sale was conducted in Nelson, New Zealand, and was attended by a […]

Fairfield Concours Grows Big in its Fifth Year

Westport, CT, September 15, 2008 — More than 190 vehicles from the early 1900s to today have been entered by owners and drivers from across the nation in next weekend’s Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance presented by Porsche. On September 20 and 21, the established event in its fifth year is […]

Hilton Head Concours Announces Honorary Chairman Nicola Bulgari

Hilton Head Island, SC, September 10, 2008 -– The Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival, one of the nation’s signature automobile events, will include major international names in collecting and racing when the event returns to Honey Horn on Hilton Head Island, S.C. from Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2008. […]