Auction News
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A worthy successor to the iconic 300 SL Gullwing. Looking at the 2010 – 2015 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
Sports Car Market Publisher Keith Martin and SCM Contributor Philip Richter examine the potent and powerful SLS AMG (C197) built from 2010 to 2015. Designed with help from David Coulthard and power from an M159 engine that was the world’s most powerful naturally aspirated unit, this supercar was the spiritual successor to the iconic 300SL…
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What makes this 1980 Ford F-250 4 x 4 Custom worth $97,000? It’s not $90,000 of gold bars in the glove compartment
SCM Contributors Lowell Paddock and Philip Richter discuss a 1980 Ford F-250 that sold on Bring a Trailer for $97,000. A veritable time capsule with 76 miles on the odometer, this ¾-ton truck with a short-cab and long-bed came with a 5.8-liter V8 engine and three-speed automatic. Was it the resplendent and rare Midnight Blue…
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Buy Sell Hold Market Alert: 1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88 sells for $610,000 on Bring a Trailer
Sports Car Market Publisher Keith Martin and SCM Contributor Michael Pierce talk about a 1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88 that sold recently on Bring a Trailer for $610,000. One of only 116 built, this big-block had impeccable credentials, winning awards from Bloomington Gold and the National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS). What drove it to sell for…
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SCMLive! 8th Annual Scottsdale Insider Seminar
SCM Contributors Stephen Serio and Philip Richter, and Gooding’s Hans Wurl compare, contrast, price and rate four Affordable Supercars. Moderated by SCM Publisher Keith Martin. Acura NSX BMW M6 Ferrari Modena 360 Mercedes SL 55 AMG Be sure to check out more SCMLive! on the SCM YouTube page.
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Barrett-Jackson to Postpone 2020 Palm Beach Auction to October 15-17, 2020
Following the recommendation of county and state officials in Florida, executives with Barrett-Jackson today announced the company will postpone its 18th Annual Palm Beach Auction, scheduled for April 16-18, 2020, at the South Florida Fairgrounds. The decision was made due to the uncertainty of the current public health crisis and to safeguard auction customers, sponsors…
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RM Auctions’ Palm Beach Auction Shifts to Online Only
RM Auctions, a division of RM Sotheby’s Group, today announces that its forthcoming Palm Beach auction, scheduled 20–21 March at the Palm Beach International Raceway, will be canceled and transitioned into an Online Only auction via rmsothebys.com. The decision to shift this live auction to the company’s online platform comes in light of the current…
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Porsche and Ferrari Shine at Gooding Amelia Island
President David Gooding and Auctioneer Charlie Ross sell the 1976 Porsche 934 for $1,380,000. Photo copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Image by Jensen Sutta. Gooding & Company, the auction house revered for selling the world’s most desirable and prized collector cars, realized $20,785,080 in a single day at the company’s 11th annual Amelia Island…
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RM Sotheby’s Achieves Over $35.8m at Amelia Island
RM Sotheby’s returned to the Ritz-Carlton at Amelia Island this past weekend for the company’s 22nd annual sale as the official auction house of the renowned Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. A two-day auction for 2020, the sale was a resounding success, totaling more than $35.8 million and with 94 percent of all lots offered finding…
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Ford vs. Ferrari Comes to the Philadelphia Concours
On April 24-25, the fourth annual Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance, the premier concours event in the City of Brotherly Love, will celebrate the greatest rivalry in car racing history that inspired the 2019 film “Ford v Ferrari” and Ford’s first victory over Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. Vintage Fords…
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McQueen’s Manx Highlights Bonhams’ Amelia Sale
Bonhams — the auction house most associated with the King of Cool — will be offering at auction the very car in which Steve McQueen took Faye Dunaway on an exhilarating, white-knuckled ride in the 1968 movie “The Thomas Crown Affair.” Like the car chase on the streets of San Francisco in “Bullitt,” the ride…