Since the start of the pandemic shutdown, we’ve covered a lot more Bring a Trailer cars in the pages of SCM. Of course, Brian Baker was featuring some of their consignments in his “Rising Sun” column for years. Covering Bring a Trailer makes sense — they provide a platform where […]
This upcoming weekend, June 27 and 28, was when it was all supposed to go back to quasi-normal. At least that was the hope back in late March and April, when auction companies were canceling sales and moving auction dates on the calendar. Mecum moved their Indy sale to this […]
Online auctions have caught fire. Just like a band that spent 10 years playing dive bars and opening county fairs — only to become an overnight success when conditions were right — online auctions have hit their stride. It wasn’t too long ago when Barrett-Jackson set records for Dodge Daytona […]
Internet auctions allow a freedom from time and place over land auctions. It doesn’t matter where the buyers are physically located, they just need an Internet connection (and the financial wherewithal) to join the bidding — no middleman required. Given that expanded virtual access to clients and an increased willingness […]
RM Sotheby’s closed their Online Only: Driving into Summer sale on Friday, May 29, and they sold some big-dollar cars. This was one of the most anticipated sales of Spring 2020 for good reason. Cars that could pack auction rooms and headline Scottsdale or Monterey auctions were on offer at […]
Many parts of the country are starting to reopen after weeks to months under stay-at-home orders. The first bars and restaurants started taking diners again in my county out here in Oregon. I hope they did well, considering the situation. Decisions in March and April gutted the spring auction calendar, […]
Here’s hoping you had a pleasant Memorial Day weekend. We have just a quick note for the auction calendar for you this week. RM Sotheby’s Online Only: Driving into Summer is the biggest game going on right now for online auctions. The sale started last Thursday, May 21, and the […]
The numbers are atypical, I absolutely agree there. Preliminary results from Barrett-Jackson Online Only May sale showed 45 of 85 lots sold for $3,560,525, which is far from the normal Barrett-Jackson bottom line. This was a far-from-normal sale, however. I counted only four cars listed as no reserve. In recent […]
Online auctions are really cooking now. Barrett-Jackson wrapped up its first exclusively online sale on May 17. Preliminary results show that this wasn’t a typical Barrett-Jackson auction, but we knew that going into it. By my count, only four lots had the no-reserve status that we normally associate with a […]
States are implementing phases for opening businesses back up, and that has some auction companies back in the office getting to work. According to Jason McCormick of McCormick’s Classic Car Auctions in California, “We have been classed as an ‘essential business’ by the City of Palm Springs and Riverside County, […]
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