A 1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Coupe was high sale at $3,780,000, as RM Sotheby’s totaled $28.5 million during the May 27 Villa Erba sale.

The auction, RM Sotheby’s fourth Villa Erba sale, was held in conjunction with the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on the shore of Lake Como, Italy.

RM Sotheby’s 2015 Villa Erba sale totaled $29.8 million.

A 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Atalante prototype was the second-highest sale of the 2017 Villa Erba auction at $3,402,000.

A 1993 Porsche Read More

The Pebble Beach Concours, which typically takes place on the third Sunday in August, has announced it will take place a week later in 2018. The concours will be held August 26, 2018.

This one-time move makes room for the United States Amateur Championship, which will be held at Pebble Beach Golf Links from August 13 to 16, 2018.

Concours Chairman Sandra Button said in a press release, “Pebble Beach Resorts began with a scenic drive, and golf soon Read More

Russo and Steele auctions usually start with waves of fog, power-chording rock anthems and a light show that can be seen from Earth orbit.

But, at least for some bidders, Russo and Steele’s big show will glow from a tiny screen.

Russo and Steele has partnered with Auction Mobility to offer a real-time online bidding system that also includes video streaming, catalogs with lot notifications.

The system, which is available from iTunes and Google Play Stores, also has an Read More

A 2012 Ferrari 458 GTD race car sold for $462,000 — doubling its pre-sale estimate — and was high sale at Auctions America’s May 11-13 Auburn Spring sale.

All told, Auctions America sold 83 percent of the offered lots — for a total of $10.2 million.

The massive Level 5 Motorsports Collection attracted a lot of attention — and a lot of first-time Auctions America bidders.

A 1941 Packard One-Eighty Convertible Victoria by Darrin was second-highest sale at $360,00. Third Read More

When you think of a production run of one million cars, you think of a Detroit assembly line and Chevy Impalas or Ford Mustangs.

But Porsche just built the millionth Porsche 911 — a Carrera S in Irish Green. Porsche built the first 911 in 1963.

“54 years ago, I was able to take my first trips over the Grossglockner High Alpine Road with my father,” said Dr. Wolfgang Porsche in a press release. “The feeling of being in a Read More

Barrett-Jackson announced today the retirement of Gary Bennett, the company’s longstanding Vice President of Consignment.

Bennett has been involved with Barrett-Jackson since the 1970s, starting out first as a regular bidder and consignor, and later assisting with special projects when Craig Jackson took charge of the company in 1995. He joined in an official capacity in 2002.

Worldwide Auctioneers is joining the Monterey Car Week auction lineup.

Worldwide’s Pacific Grove Auction on the Monterey Peninsula will see about 70 cars cross the block on August 17, 2017 at the Pacific Grove Golf Links.

Monterey Car Week is the most-important event during the collector-car year, as buyers and sellers travel to the Monterey Peninsula from all over the world to buy and sell blue-chip cars.

Mecum Auctions, Gooding & Company, Russo and Steele, RM Sotheby’s and Bonhams Read More

Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction will no longer be the last event of Monterey Car Week.

Gooding announced today that their 2017 Pebble Beach Auction will be on Friday, August 18 and Saturday August 19 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center. In past years, Gooding & Company’s Sunday evening auction — which started soon after the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance ended — was the last event of the week.

“As the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours Read More