It’s a new week, and that means more rescheduled auctions these days. However, it seems that companies are pretty confident that they have dates where we can all meet up again. Late last week, Mecum announced the rescheduling of its flagship Spring Classic sale in Indianapolis, IN. Originally slated for […]
Author: Chad Tyson
Chad opted for a more formal education on automotive technology at WyoTech, in Laramie, WY, after tearing into his 1967 Chevrolet Camaro at age 17. A few years later, he wound up at a Ford dealership for a while, specializing in repairing PowerStroke turbo diesels, and enjoying rekeying Focus ignition lock cylinders. Although his early preference was late-’60s GM muscle, he isn’t afraid of oddball and unique engineering. He has a fondness for dreamily searching for cars on eBay Motors and tromping around junkyards. He is a valuable part of getting auction information into the magazine.
From the Auction Desk: Distract Yourself Online and In the Garage
By this point, I’m sure most of us are pretty tired of the stay-at-home orders, or some level of social distancing, that have marked a profound change in our daily lives. Yes, I know, you click on the car stuff to avoid reading about COVID-19, but this isn’t a political […]
From the Auction Desk: Thin on the Ground
I was really looking forward to Gooding & Company’s Passion of a Lifetime sale at the Somerset House in London, U.K. It was due to hammer tomorrow, April 1 in London. That would have been the first international sale that Gooding took on during my time here at SCM. It’s […]
From the Auction Desk: Clearing the Spring Calendar
I think it’s safe to say that with at least 40% of our fellow citizens under stay-at-home orders, the vast majority of collector-car auctions have been called off for the next little while. I’ve been crossing off auctions on my desk calendar left, right, up and down. Branson announced on […]
From the Auction Desk: Cancellations and Postponements
This week takes away even more auctions. Mecum issued this announcement: “In accordance with the CDC’s recommendation to postpone events involving more than 50 people over the next eight weeks, we will be rescheduling our March and April events. The March Gone Farmin’ Spring Classic Tractor Auction and the Houston […]
From the Auction Desk: Is Summer Here Yet?
Who else enjoyed a raucous night on Saint Patrick’s Day at home? Anyone, anyone, anyone? Maybe the bars/pubs/lounges are still open in your area, and you had a chance at some normalcy in these odd times. You’re not going to find any sense of that in the auction calendar. In […]
From the Auction Desk: Cars in the Time of Coronavirus
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Sláinte. What a week it’s been. From RM Auctions moving their Palm Beach sale to the Internet — and Barrett-Jackson just postponing their Palm Beach sale by six months — the immediate auction calendar took a major body blow. The subsequent recommendations from the Federal Centers […]
From the Auction Desk: Amelia Island Best Buy
In this spot a few weeks ago, I highlighted the expected top-dollar American cars from Amelia Island. The no-reserve 1930 Duesenberg Model J convertible I expected to be the top American-built sale from the island ended up second on that list at $1,132,500. A 1932 Duesenberg Model J Stationary Victoria […]
From the Auction Desk: Autobahn Missiles Soar at Amelia Island
It’s fun to scroll through the results after the major auction gatherings — probably why I’m have this position in this company — to get a feel from each individual company on how they fared. As I scrolled through the RM Sotheby’s results, one particular caught my eye. A 1990 […]
From the Auction Desk: Letter Series Deals in Greensboro
GAA Classic Cars held the first of three yearly sales this past weekend. Few auctions run as consistently as GAA Classic Cars, with three per year in February, July and November, plus an occasional collection large enough to merit a sale all by its lonesome. And none of the other […]