Tony Piff

MARENGO, Ill. – Mecum Auctions returned to Monterey for a successful second annual auction at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa on the Del Monte Golf Course, where the top sale was a rare ex-DeLorenzo 1967 Corvette L88 Roadster—one of only 20 produced and the earliest RPO-ordered L88 known to exist—that sold on the…

Auburn, Ind. (August 19, 2010) − Auctions America by RM officially opens its gates to the upgraded Auburn Auction Park on Wednesday, September 1st for a free public preview of the facility and the auction cars as it gears up for its inaugural “Auburn Fall Collector Car Auction”, scheduled for September 2-5, 2010. An incredibly…

19th August 2010—Bonhams annual sale of Collectors’ Motorcycles and Related Memorabilia at The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, Stafford on 17th October will include the historic racing motorcycle on which the legendary Helmut Fath won the Sidecar World Championship in 1968 and with which Horst Owesle took the title in 1971. World Champion in 1960 riding…

15 August 2010—San Francisco—Bonhams & Butterfields celebrated the thirteenth anniversary of its renowned motorcar auction at the sunny Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley with resounding success. Comprising a diverse selection of 102 cars, one airplane, and one boat, of which 77 sold (for a sell rate of 74%), the auction represented three major collections, headlined…

BLENHEIM, ON (August 17, 2010) – RM delivered a one, two punch in Monterey this past weekend during the year’s pinnacle event for the collector car hobby, posting the week’s highest auction results of $67 million in total sales with an impressive 95% of all lots sold, and clinching an unprecedented fourth “Best of Show”…

Legendary race car driver John Fitch says his friend and mentor Briggs Cunningham wanted to bring America to the forefront of road racing, and he wanted to do it in an American-designed car, built and campaigned by American engineers and mechanics, and driven by American drivers. “That goal doesn’t seem to be so difficult looking…

The Bonhams end-of-year Important Motor Cars & Fine Automobilia sale will be held at Mercedes-Benz World, it was announced in an August 17 press release. The December sale is traditionally Bonhams’ largest of the season, by value and volume, and offers a wide variety of motor cars spanning all periods, types, and marques. James Knight, Group Head…

Number plate and automobilia collectors were well satisfied at Shannons Melbourne Classic Auction on August 16, driving total sales of nearly $720,000, with nearly 80 per cent of all lots sold on the night. Ten special Victorian Heritage enamel number plates—including five prized three-digit plates—found new homes, with the “fastest” money on two plates with…

In two days, Six New World Records Achieved, Three $6 Million+ Collector Cars Sold, and 13 Total Lots Sold for More Than $1 Million Each PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (August 16, 2010) – Gooding & Company, the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, sold more than $64.59 Million in collector cars over the…