Auction News

Long Valley, NJ. April 2008 –While there are thousands of restoration shops around the world that restore and rebuild existing cars, DELAHAYE USA, a division of AppletonProductions, Inc, is proud to be the only firm in the world that specializes in recreating the most beautiful classic coachbuilt cars ever built with hand-craftedaluminum bodies, yet with…

Hollywood, CA. March 31, 2008 –-Russo and Steele Collector Automobiles, one of the nation’s premier collector car auctions, specializing in European sports cars, American muscle cars, hot rods and customs reports a strong first event sales total of $5.2 million dollars. With strong Post Sale activity still pending, preliminary sales percentage estimates are between 42-43%.…

Richmond, VA –-The Second Annual Motley’s Classic & Collector Car Auction to be held on April 17-18, 2008 is pleased to announce the consignment of two collector-grade coachbuilt Ford Model Ts long part of local collections. Both are brass-era cars with very significant original and AACA award-winning histories offered by their long-time owners to thin…

March 31, 2008 –Worldwide Auctioneers, auctioneers of fine collector cars, has today announced that it will hold an exclusive catalog auction of significant motorcars at the site of its new Auburn, Indiana headquarters, on Saturday August 30th, 2008, the weekend of the Annual Labor Day Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival. The company confirmed last week that…

Traverse City, MI. –In conjunction with the 2008 National Cherry Festival, Hagerty Insurance—the nation’s leading provider of collector car and boat insurance—will be hosting a recently restored General Motors Futurliner at the annual Hagerty Family Car Show. The GM Futurliner is an extremely rare vehicle designed by Harley Earl in the 1940s. The 12 buses…

The Italian manufacturer of luxury sports cars Automobili Lamborghini SpA, based in Sant’ Agata Bolognese, has achieved a further record year’s financial results. In the 2007 fiscal year (December 31), the company has surpassed all key objectives for deliveries, sales and net profit. 2007 marks the sixth consequent record year for Lamborghini. Deliveries of 2406…

Richard Lloyd is most recently remembered as the managerial mastermind behind the victory of Bentley at Le Mans in 2003. He returned to the highest levels of sports car racing in 2007 with runs of Zytek by his team, Arena International Motorsport, in both the European and American Le Mans Series. However, Lloyd is probably…

Starting this weekend, Mecum Auction Company and HD Theater will broadcast live the Mecum Auto Auction: Muscle Cars and More, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, and will run for six consecutive Saturdays starting March 29 and ending with the grand finale on Saturday, May 17. Each episode will feature approximately 100 collector cars,…

Heavy rain and strong winds failed to stop die-hard historic motorsport fans enjoying the live action of the Slowly Sideways Group B rally cars at this year’s Race Retro at Stoneleigh Park. Only adding to the fun, rally legends Markku Alen, Bjorn Waldegard and Russell Brookes thrilled the crowds as they slid around the stage.…