The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has added two new events to the calendar for Pebble Beach Automotive Week: the Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum presented by Credit Suisse and the Pebble Beach Classic Car Expo. Forum speakers include SCM Publisher Keith Martin and SCM Contributor Miles Collier. Pebble Beach […]
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RM Celebrates 20 Years of Collector Car Auctions in the Motor City
RM Auctions has announced more highlights for its 20th annual Michigan sale, taking place July 26 in Plymouth. The firmly rooted Motor City sale, the official auction of the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s, is a staple on the North American collector car calendar, and it has […]
Ken Gross Receives Automotive Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Citation
SCM and ACC Contributor Ken Gross will receive two prestigious awards this year: He’s being honored by the Automotive Hall of Fame with a Distinguished Service Citation, and his 2013 book, Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles, has earned him the International Motor Press Association’s coveted Ken Purdy Award. Read more […]
Auctions America’s Littlefield Collection Catalog Now Online
Auctions America is gearing up for its sale of the Littlefield Collection, one of the most important collections of historic military vehicles and accessories ever to be offered at auction. The collection, comprised of 114 vehicles and more than 200 parts and accessories, represents nearly every era of 20th century […]
Mecum Cancels Bloomington Gold Auction
Mecum has canceled their auction at Bloomington Gold, the annual Corvette event taking place June 27-29 in Champaign, IL. The auction company posted this statement on their website: As the number of successful auction events on the Mecum calendar continues to grow, the Corvette collecting community has regularly been opting […]
Prototype GT40 Roadster Joins RM Monterey
RM Auctions will offer one of the most significant Ford GT40s in existence, the 1965 Ford GT40 roadster prototype, at its flagship Monterey sale, taking place August 15–16 in California. As one of only a select group of prototypes built, and the first of only four GT40 roadsters, GT/108 holds […]
Two Bonhams Auctions, Two Countries, $18.8m
Bonhams held two impressive auctions this weekend for a combined total of more than $18m. The top lot at the 15th annual Aston Martin sale in Newport Pagnell, U.K., was a 1970 DB6 Mk II Volante, pictured above and sold at $1,273,284. The sale totaled $14,258,075 among 44 cars sold. At […]
RM Achieves its Best Ever European Sale Result with $56m Monaco Sale
RM Auctions sells $56,907,139 of automobiles, boats, motorcycles and memorabilia during incredible five hour sale at Le Sporting Monte Carlo 93 percent of all lots sold as sale attract bids from 37 countries across the globe Top sale highlights include the 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/C, which sold for $7,859,997; the […]
McQueen’s 275 GTB/4 Comes to RM Monterey
RM Auctions will lift the gavel on Steve McQueen’s 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 at its flagship Monterey sale, August 15-16. Sporting a distinctive shade of metallic gold called Nocciola, the vehicle on offer, chassis 10621, was special ordered by Hollywood Sport Cars for Steve McQueen in 1967 while he was […]
Size Does Matter at the Northwest Microcar Extravaganza
The Tenth Annual Microcar Meet, known as the GPNWMME (Great Pacific Northwest Microcar Minicar Xtravaganza), will be held July 11-13 at LeMay — America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, WA. A full weekend of activities has been planned, including a Saturday Island Hopping drive to Vashon and Maury Islands. Access to […]