Author: SCM Web

18th Annuall Corvette Funfest Celebrates the Hobby

Effingham, Ill. (September 21, 2011) – Corvette enthusiasts from around the world converged on Mid America Motorworks’ corporate campus in Effingham, Ill. for the 18th Annual Corvette Funfest. Themed “America’s Star Spangled Corvette Party,” the four day celebration welcomed more than 15,000 Corvettes and 45,000 enthusiasts with the Oscar Mayer […]

Final Preparations Underway for Auctions America’s Fall Carlisle Sale

Fresh on the heels of its highly-successful Auburn Fall sale in Indiana earlier this month, Auctions America by RM is busy making final preparations for its Fall Carlisle auction, September 29 – October 1 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A featured attraction at Carlisle Event’s highly-anticipated Fall Carlisle collector car weekend (September […]

Sell Your Car on TV at Carlisle!

The highly viewed TV series “What’s My Car Worth?” on Discovery HD Theater is coming to Fall Carlisle!  Host Keith Martin will be joined by Mark Hyman, Peter Klutt and Donnie Gould, and this time we’ll be buying cars, cutting checks on camera, right there on the set.  If you […]

Collector of the Week: Elliot D. Hillback

Elliott D. Hillback, of Needham, MA, sent in an email about his 1963 Aston Martin DB4C: The DB4C with a top speed of almost 150 mph, a sleek and sexy Anglo-Italian “Superleggera” (super lightweight) alloy body, all disk brakes, an all coil spring suspension, and a strong and flexible 3.7-liter […]

Barrett-Jackson Partners With Josh Duhamel For Charity

SCOTTSDALE, AZ. –September 12, 2011 – Barrett-Jackson Auction Company, The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions™, and actor Josh Duhamel announced today a partnership to raise funds to directly help relief victims of the flooding that devastated Minot and surrounding North Dakota communities. Duhamel, will be on the auction block for […]

Record Numbers at Worldwide’s Auburn Auction

Worldwide Auctioneers is reporting its most successful event to date at home in Auburn, recording overall sales of  $13.2 million at its 4th annual The Auburn Auction, along with record attendance. There was standing room only in a packed auction arena during the event’s highlight, Saturday evening’s catalogue auction, The […]

Auctions America by RM Posts $18m+ at Auburn Fall

The focus of the collector car world returned to Auburn, Indiana last weekend as Auctions America by RM presented its second annual Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend, posting over $18.3 million in total sales with over 60% of all lots sold. Over 43,000 enthusiasts turned out to the Auburn Auction […]

Bonhams To Auction Rare Bugatti Found in Pennsylvania Barn

(September 4, 2011 — New York, NY) Bonhams announced today that they have recently found a rare 1938 Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux Coupe, which will be one of the highlight lots at its two day Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance Auction on September 17 and 18, 2011. An example of Bugatti’s […]

Auctions America by RM Announces Auction of Lee Roy Hartung Collection

AUBURN, IN (September 2, 2011) – Auctions America by RM in partnership with RM Auctions announced today it will lift the gavel on one of the Chicago area’s best known treasures, the famous Lee Roy Hartung Collection, during a multi-day sale in Glenview, Illinois, November 3 – 5, 2011. Well-known […]

Bonhams Fairfield County Connecticut Sale Shaping up to be a Duesey

Bonhams international auctioneers has announced that their second annual sale held in conjunction with the Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance in Westport, Connecticut will now span two days, Saturday September 17th and Sunday, September 18th, with a 1935 Duesenberg Model J of singular, art deco design, including a special waterfall radiator, […]