Final preparations are well underway for RM Auctions’ annual sale at the historic Inn at St. John’s, in Plymouth, Michigan, July 27. The official auction of the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s, and a staple on the U.S. collector car calendar, this year’s sale lifts the gavel on […]
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Bonhams Offers Maserati 300S at Goodwood Festival of Speed Sale
Bonhams has announced the sale of Maserati 300S Sports-Racing Spider, chassis no. 3053, for this Friday’s Festival of Speed sale. Sir Stirling Moss has described the 3-litre, 6-cylinder-engined Maserati 300S as “…one of my favourite front-engined sports Maseratis – one of the easiest, nicest, best-balanced sports-racing cars ever made.” This […]
“20 Grand” Duesenberg Featured at Palos Verde Concours
The featured car at the 2013 Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance on September 15 is a 1933 Duesenberg SJ Torpedo Sedan. The car wears a California license platereading “20 Grand” — a reference to the original sales price of the car. Part of the Nethercutt Collection, it was restored in 1979 […]
Prototype Bugatti Type 35 Grand Prix Added to Bonhams’ Quail Lodge Auction
Some of the finest motorcars in the world continue to join what has fast become Bonhams’ most anticipated U.S. automotive event in recent years: the forthcoming Quail Lodge auction. Leading the recent consignments is the very first Type 35 Bugatti – the prototype. This is in fact the […]
Works D-Type at Le Mans 90th Anniversary
The first works Jaguar D-Type, OKV 1, which finished second at Le Mans in 1954, was back at the circuit for the 90th anniversary of the race last weekend to pay homage to all Jaguars that have competed in the famous event. OKV 1 was invited by the Automobile […]
RM Announces New Paris Sale During Rétromobile Week
RM Auctions has announced the addition of a new sale to its established roster of European events. The new auction will take place during the world-famous Rétromobile show week in Paris, and will become a permanent fixture on RM’s global events calendar. The inaugural sale is scheduled to feature a preview on […]
Leake Auction Company Experiences a 41% Increase in Tulsa Sales
Leake Auction Company wrapped up their Tulsa auction with sales soaring to $11.8 million and a sell through rate of 68 percent. The auction was held in the Expo Building on the Tulsa Fairgrounds, June 7-9. The top selling car was a 1937 Packard Closed Touring Retro Rod, selling for […]
Concorso Italiano Restores Fiat 124 Spyder for Charity
Concorso Italiano, the world’s largest exotic Italian car show and lifestyle event held annually in Monterey, CA, along with a very select group of restoration specialists, has undertaken an exciting project. They are restoring a 1974 Fiat Spyder to raise funds for JDRF. The vehicle was purchased from the Shackelford […]
Classics from the Richard and Linda Kughn Collection Featured at RM’s Michigan Sale
RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s, returns to the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, July 27, for its 19th annual Michigan sale. The well-established auction—formerly known as the Meadow Brook sale—is a featured attraction of the concours weekend and enjoys […]
Small-Run Alfa Book Offers SCMer Discount
The U.S. distributor of Millenove: Alfa Romeo 1900 has made arrangements with the author H.-J. Döhren and is now offering the book at a discount price. Readers can order the book for $120, which includes shipping inside the U.S. (The book retails for $169.) Supply is very limited. Place your order by […]