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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…

Million-dollar cars were out in force at nearly each auction location in Monterey. SCM Publisher Keith Martin commented “Some thought our $140m in projected sales for Monterey was hopelessly optimistic in the face of a flailing economy. Yet the overall sales of $172m surpassed that prediction by $32m and surpassed last year’s total  of $120m…

San Francisco – August 15, 2010 -– Bonhams & Butterfields celebrated the thirteenth anniversary of its renowned motorcar auction at the sunny Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley with resounding success. Comprising a very diverse and newsworthy selection of 102 cars, 1 airplane and 1 boat – of which 77 sold (a 74% sell rate), the…

Monterey, CA – August 15, 2010 -– An exquisite 1938 Talbot-Lago T150-C Lago Speciale Teardrop Coupe with coachwork by Figoni et Falaschi, and an exceptional 1954 Ferrari 375 MM Berlinetta, the fifth of only seven examples built, each sold for $4,620,000 at RM’s Sports & Classics of Monterey Saturday night, leading an impressive group of…