1972 Iso Grifo Series II Gooding & Company Lot 66, which sold for the “was everyone sleeping?” price of $511,500 Earlier this year, a good friend — and wonderfully overzealous lover of all things Iso — asked me if there was any chance this car could be worth $1 million, […]
Thank you to everyone that supported my ride to fight cancer last year. We raised over $20,000 — and with your support, we can do even more this year! As many of you know, my family and I were struck by the news that our dear friend, Arianna Dougan, was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, […]
Making it a night to remember, RM Sotheby’s shattered numerous world-record auction values at its 10th anniversary London sale on September 7, generating in excess of $29 million in sales. While a stunning 1960 Aston Martin DB4GT proved to be the night’s biggest seller, it is the game-changing prices achieved […]
Preliminary results show that total sales at the big five Monterey Car Week Auctions — RM Sotheby’s, Gooding & Co., Russo and Steele, Bonhams and Mecum — are an estimated $345 million — well short of the $397 million total in 2015. The highest sale totals during Monterey Car Week […]
Richard Mattei’s 1936 Lancia Astura Pinin Farina Cabriolet is on top of the collector car world. Mattei’s Lancia won Best of Show at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on August 21. This was the first time Mattei entered a car at Pebble Beach. “I was just happy to be […]
When Harry Krix and Bill Wallet, co-chairmen and co-founders of the Atlanta Concours d’Elegance, decided their inaugural event — October 8 and 9 at the globally recognized Chateau Elan Winery and Resort in Braselton — would join the ranks of the premier concours circuit, they also decided to open the […]
A new award ceremony is scheduled for Monterey Car Week this year — for the best car among the top 2015 concours-winning cars. Sir Michael Kadoorie, Christian Philippsen, Chip Conner and Bruce Meyer have created the Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Award. The cars will be on display, and […]
A 1932 Packard Twin Six Roadster Coupe that is unrestored and had the same owner for 63 years will cross Mecum’s Monterey block on Saturday, August 20. Mecum’s Monterey Auction is scheduled for August 18-20 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Spa in Monterey, CA. Read more.
A very big cat — in the form of a 1993 Jaguar XJ 220 with just 541 miles on the clock — will cross the block at Russo and Steele’s Monterey Auction. This barely exercised Jaguar supercar once held the title of the world’s fastest production car, and it is […]
Gooding & Company has added yet another huge Alfa Romeo to its Pebble Beach Auction — a 1933 8C 2300 Monza with period race history and a long, unbroken ownership history. Only 39 of these cars were made, and this car carries an estimate of $12 million to $15 million. […]
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