This year, for its Quail Lodge Sale, Bonhams is thrilled to present an absolute icon of modern-era sports car racing: an ex-GTC Gulf Team Davidoff 1997 McLaren F1 GTR ‘Longtail’ FIA GT Endurance Racing Coupe. The McLaren F1 GTR design is from that pantheon of victors, including the legendary Ford […]
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Win Tickets to This Year’s Classy Chassis
Win Four Free Tickets! Classy Chassis is offering four FREE tickets to one of their new Twitter followers! Become a new follower today through April 20, 2012 in order to be entered in the drawing. 2012 Classy Chassis Concours d’Elegance to Feature Bonneville Race Cars and Aston Martin Don’t forget […]
Barrett-Jackson Calls Upon Collector Car Legend Rick Cole to Serve as Automotive Specialist
Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions™, announced that it has contracted collector car legend Rick Cole to serve as an Automotive Specialist. The announcement was made live on SPEED from the auction block during Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach event this past weekend. Best known as the hobby’s “Auctioneer to the […]
Whitney Houston’s Porsche to Hit the Auction Block in San Antonio
The 1991 Porsche Carrera Convertible previously owned by the late Whitney Houston will be auctioned during the Dan Kruse-Leake Collector Car Show & Auction in San Antonio, April 20-21. The white, soft top convertible has only 53,313 miles. Insurance documentation shows that the car was once registered to Nippy, Inc., […]
More Ferrari Competition Greats Added to RM’s Glittering Monaco Sale – Includes Video!
RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house for investment-quality automobiles, is delighted to announce a superb roster of incredible new Ferrari consignments for its forthcoming Monaco sale at the Grimaldi Forum, 11–12 May. Scheduled during the same weekend as the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, the highly anticipated […]
Pebble Beach Names New Chief Judge
Chris Bock At the conclusion of the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on August 19, Ed Gilbertson will retire as Chief Judge, and Chris Bock, celebrating his 50th year at the event, will step into that esteemed role. “The success of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is directly linked […]
RM Auctions to Lift Gavel on Denmark’s Famed Aalholm Automobile Collection
RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, announced today it will present more than 175 vehicles from the world-famous Aalholm Automobil Museum ‘without reserve’ during a single-day auction, 12 August, 2012 in southern Denmark. Located just west of Nysted on the Island of Lolland, and set against the […]
RM Sales Total More Than $23m at Amelia Island Auction
RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, continued its strong track record in Northern Florida this weekend, generating more than $23 million in sales before a packed house at its well-established sale at the Ritz-Carlton. The 88 percent sell through rate saw 92 of the […]
Gooding Breaks $36m at Amelia
Gooding & Company announced more than $36 million in sales from 70 out of 77 lots sold at its Amelia Island Auction on March 9, more than doubling its results from 2010 and establishing a new auction record for Amelia Island. Led by many extraordinary Porsche racing cars that were […]
Concours d’Elegance of America Announces Open Track Event and Affiliation with Michigan Classics Vintage Races
The Concours d’Elegance of America is pleased to announce their Second Annual Concours Open Track Event will be held at Waterford Hills Road Racing (W.H.R.R.I.) on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. The event will be managed by the staff of Waterford Hills Road Racing, Inc. All modern and vintage cars that […]