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Preliminary Monterey Auction Totals: $247m and Growing
This year’s Monterey auctions have wrapped, with a preliminary total of just over $247m from RM Sotheby’s, Gooding & Co, and Bonhams. RM Sotheby’s recorded a total of $133m. See the results here. Gooding & Company achieved $91.5m. See the results here. Bonhams totaled $23m. See the results here. The overall totals will grow significantly…
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How to Find SCM During Monterey Car Week
The best week of the year is here! Here is where you can find us on the Peninsula: August 16-19: Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction. Visit our booth! August 16: Join Publisher Martin and Andy Reid during tours of selected auction cars at Gooding & Company and Bonhams. Publisher Martin will lead the Gooding…
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Do Your Homework! Monterey Car Week is Next Week!
Procrastination is easy during the lazy days of summer, but the biggest week in car collecting is roaring up on us. Have you checked out all the catalogs and started researching the cars? We thought so. Here are the links to all the Monterey Car Week auctions: Gooding & Company RM Sotheby’s Mecum Bonhams Russo…
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Meet Keith and Donald at the Forest Grove Concours This Weekend
Lincolns, Woodies and classic Minis will take center stage when the Forest Grove Concours d ‘Elegance returns for its 45th year on Sunday, July 16, on the historic, tree-shaded campus of Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. Honoring a Century of Lincoln Motors cars, the Concours will feature pre-war and post-war Lincoln automobiles. Special classes include Mini from…
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RM Sotheby’s Announces Single-Marque Ferrari Auction
RM Sotheby’s has announced an all-Ferrari auction, to take place September 9th at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy. This new sale, held during Ferrari’s 70th anniversary celebration, will offer some of the greatest collectible Ferraris available today — all of them with the coveted Ferrari Classiche certification. This is not the first time the…
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RM Sotheby’s Totals $28.5 million at Villa Erba Sale
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…
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Pebble Beach Concours Moves Dates for 2018
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…
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Russo and Steele Offers Real-Time Online Bidding
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…
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Late-Model Racing Ferraris lead the way, as Auctions America Auburn Spring Totals $10.2 Million
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…
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One Million Porsche 911s since 1963
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…